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Megumi Sawai

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Publications

9

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378

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Active since

2017

Affiliations

Hokkaido University(Current)

Hokkaido Pharmaceutical University

Megumi Sawai is an author at Hokkaido University specializing in life sciences, lipid metabolism, and lipid biochemistry.

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Publications per year

2017–2021

9

Publications

9

The 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratases HACD1 and HACD2 exhibit functional redundancy and are active in a wide range of fatty acid elongation pathways

Megumi Sawai, Yukiko Uchida, Yusuke Ohno et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2017 · 65 citations · Full text

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The very-long-chain fatty acid elongase Elo2 rescues lethal defects associated with loss of the nuclear barrier function in fission yeast cells

Yasuha Kinugasa, Yasuhiro Hirano, Megumi Sawai et al. · Journal of Cell Science · 2019 · 55 citations · Full text

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Biosynthesis of the anti‐lipid‐microdomain sphingoid base 4,14‐sphingadiene by the ceramide desaturase FADS3

Keisuke Jojima, Mai Edagawa, Megumi Sawai et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2020 · 54 citations · Full text

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Lipid polarity gradient formed by ω-hydroxy lipids in tear film prevents dry eye disease

Masatoshi Miyamoto, Takayuki Sassa, Megumi Sawai et al. · eLife · 2020 · 53 citations · Full text

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Production of branched-chain very-long-chain fatty acids by fatty acid elongases and their tissue distribution in mammals

Honoka Tanno, Takayuki Sassa, Megumi Sawai et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids · 2020 · 46 citations

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