Tissue self-organization based on collective cell migration by contact activation of locomotion and chemotaxis

Taihei Fujimori, Akihiko Nakajima, Nao Shimada, +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Role of an expansin‐like molecule in <i>Dictyostelium</i> morphogenesis and regulation of its gene expression by the signal transducer and activator of transcription protein Dd‐STATa

Shun Ogasawara, Nao Shimada, Takefumi Kawata

Development Growth & Differentiation

Extracellular matrix family proteins that are potential targets of Dd-STATa in Dictyostelium discoideum

Nao Shimada, Keiko Nishio, Mineko Maeda, +2

Journal of Plant Research

Extracellular Matrix FamilyProtein FunctionDictyostelium DiscoideumCell DivisionMedicine +9

Self-organization of chemoattractant waves in<i>Dictyostelium</i>depends on F-actin and cell–substrate adhesion

Fumihito Fukujin, Akihiko Nakajima, Nao Shimada, +1

Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Molecular BiologyCytoskeletonCell BiophysicsOptogeneticsCellular Physiology +18

Evidence that the Dictyostelium STAT protein Dd-STATa plays a role in the differentiation of inner basal disc cells and identification of a promoter element essential for expression in these cells

Nao Shimada, Takefumi Kawata, T. Maruo, +2

Differentiation

Dictyostelium StatDevelopmental BiologyGeneticsPromoter ElementCellular Biology +4

Identification of new modes of Dd-STATa regulation of gene expression in Dictyostelium by in situ hybridisation

Nao Shimada, Mineko Maeda, Hideko Urushihara, +1

The International Journal of Developmental Biology

GeneticsSignal TransducersMolecular BiologyMolecular GeneticsSitu Hybridisation +15

The Green Tea Catechin Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) Blocks Cell Motility, Chemotaxis and Development in Dictyostelium discoideum

Kyle J. McQuade, Akihiko Nakajima, April N. Ilacqua, +2

PLoS ONE

BiologyPhytoalexinDevelopmental BiologyDictyostelium DiscoideumBotany +13

SunB, a novel Sad1 and UNC‐84 domain‐containing protein required for development of <i>Dictyostelium discoideum</i>

Nao Shimada, Kei Inouye, Satoshi Sawai, +1

Development Growth & Differentiation

Sunb ProteinGeneticsSignal TransducersMolecular BiologyMolecular Genetics +14

Evidence that Noncoding RNA <i>dutA</i> Is a Multicopy Suppressor of <i>Dictyostelium discoideum</i> STAT Protein Dd-STATa

Nao Shimada, Takefumi Kawata

Eukaryotic Cell

A gene encoding, prespore‐cell‐inducing factor in <i>Dictyostelium discoideum</i>

Takefumi Kawata, Manabu Nakagawa, Nao Shimada, +2

Development Growth & Differentiation