Yasushi Saka

Fission yeast cut3 and cut14, members of a ubiquitous protein family, are required for chromosome condensation and segregation in mitosis.

Yasushi Saka, Takashi Sutani, Yukiko Yamashita et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1994 · 324 citations · Full text

Chromatin, Chromatin Structure, Cell Division +15

Damage and replication checkpoint control in fission yeast is ensured by interactions of Crb2, a protein with BRCT motif, with Cut5 and Chk1

Yasushi Saka, Fumiko Esashi, Takahiro Matsusaka et al. · Genes & Development · 1997 · 247 citations · Full text

Molecular Biology, Crb2 Interact, Cell Cycle +16

Fission yeast cut5+, required for S phase onset and M phase restraint, is identical to the radiation-damage repair gene rad4+

Yasushi Saka, Mitsuhiro Yanagida · Cell · 1993 · 230 citations

Chromatin, Genome Instability, S Phase Onset +11

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Cell Division during Early Xenopus Embryogenesis

Yasushi Saka, James C. Smith · Developmental Biology · 2001 · 168 citations

Biology, Pattern Formation, Cell Lineage +11

A Mechanism Regulating the Onset of Sox2 Expression in the Embryonic Neural Plate

Costis Papanayotou, Anne Mey, Anne‐Marie Birot et al. · PLoS Biology · 2008 · 165 citations · Full text