Yuichi Nakahara

Trehalose transporter 1, a facilitated and high-capacity trehalose transporter, allows exogenous trehalose uptake into cells

Takahiro Kikawada, Ayako Saito, Yasushi Kanamori et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 279 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Entomology +13

Vitrification is essential for anhydrobiosis in an African chironomid, <i>Polypedilum vanderplanki</i>

Minoru Sakurai, Takao Furuki, Ken‐ichi Akao et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 252 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Physiology +13

Dehydration-induced expression of LEA proteins in an anhydrobiotic chironomid

Takahiro Kikawada, Yuichi Nakahara, Yasushi Kanamori et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2006 · 222 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +6

Radiation tolerance in the tardigrade<i>Milnesium tardigradum</i>

Daiki D. Horikawa, Tetsuya Sakashita, Chihiro Katagiri et al. · International Journal of Radiation Biology · 2006 · 199 citations

Medicine, Toxicology, Radiation Biophysics +16

Establishment of a Rearing System of the Extremotolerant Tardigrade <i>Ramazzottius varieornatus</i> : A New Model Animal for Astrobiology

Daiki D. Horikawa, Takekazu Kunieda, Wataru Abe et al. · Astrobiology · 2008 · 149 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +9