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Yasushi Okada

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Publications

137

Citations

20.2K

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68

Active since

1966

Affiliations

The University of Tokyo(Current)

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

The University of Osaka

Tokyo University of Science

Tokyo University of Agriculture

Yasushi Okada is an author at The University of Tokyo specializing in life sciences, molecular biology, and cell biology.

Publications per year

1966–2025

137

Publications

137

Randomization of Left–Right Asymmetry due to Loss of Nodal Cilia Generating Leftward Flow of Extraembryonic Fluid in Mice Lacking KIF3B Motor Protein

Shigenori Nonaka, Yosuke Tanaka, Yasushi Okada et al. · Cell · 1998 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Genetics +12

Frameshift Mutations and the Genetic Code

George Streisinger, Yasushi Okada, Joyce Emrich et al. · Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology · 1966 · 1.4K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +10

A standardized kinesin nomenclature

Carolyn J. Lawrence, R. Kelly Dawe, Karen Christie et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2004 · 767 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology +10

The neuron-specific kinesin superfamily protein KIF1A is a uniqye monomeric motor for anterograde axonal transport of synaptic vesicle precursors

Yasushi Okada, Hiroto Yamazaki, Yoko Sekine‐Aizawa et al. · Cell · 1995 · 691 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +17

Targeted Disruption of Mouse Conventional Kinesin Heavy Chain kif5B, Results in Abnormal Perinuclear Clustering of Mitochondria

Yosuke Tanaka, Yoshimitsu Kanai, Yasushi Okada et al. · Cell · 1998 · 658 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +11

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