Akihiko Ishijima

Direct measurement of stiffness of single actin filaments with and without tropomyosin by in vitro nanomanipulation.

Hiroaki Kojima, Akihiko Ishijima, Toshio Yanagida · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 499 citations · Full text

Muscle Function, Engineering, Single Actin Filaments +22

Simultaneous Observation of Individual ATPase and Mechanical Events by a Single Myosin Molecule during Interaction with Actin

Akihiko Ishijima, Hiroaki Kojima, Takashi Funatsu et al. · Cell · 1998 · 475 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Biochemistry, Individual Atpase +13

Direct observation of steps in rotation of the bacterial flagellar motor

Yoshiyuki Sowa, Alexander D. Rowe, Mark C. Leake et al. · Nature · 2005 · 325 citations

Biology, Bacteriology, Direct Observation +5

Torsional rigidity of single actin filaments and actin–actin bond breaking force under torsion measured directly by <i>in vitro</i>  micromanipulation

Yuri Tsuda, Hironori Yasutake, Akihiko Ishijima et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 275 citations · Full text

Sub-piconewton force fluctuations of actomyosin in vitro

Akihiko Ishijima, Takashi Doi, Katsuhiko Sakurada et al. · Nature · 1991 · 270 citations

Mechanobiology, Molecular Physiology, Sub-piconewton Force Fluctuations +8