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 · 325 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +13

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 · 249 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17

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 · 232 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Genetics +12

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Cell Division during Early Xenopus Embryogenesis

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

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology +16

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 · 166 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +16