Kazumasa Ohashi

Signaling from Rho to the Actin Cytoskeleton Through Protein Kinases ROCK and LIM-kinase

Midori Maekawa, Toshimasa Ishizaki, Shuken Boku et al. · Science · 1999 · 1.6K citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Cofilin phosphorylation by LIM-kinase 1 and its role in Rac-mediated actin reorganization

Neng Yang, Osamu Higuchi, Kazumasa Ohashi et al. · Nature · 1998 · 1.3K citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14

Identification of the Product of Growth Arrest-specific Gene 6 as a Common Ligand for Axl, Sky, and Mer Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

Kyoko Nagata, Kazumasa Ohashi, Toru Nakano et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1996 · 527 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17

Rho-associated Kinase ROCK Activates LIM-kinase 1 by Phosphorylation at Threonine 508 within the Activation Loop

Kazumasa Ohashi, Kyoko Nagata, Midori Maekawa et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2000 · 527 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Phosphorylation of cofilin by LIM-kinase is necessary for semaphorin 3A-induced growth cone collapse

Hiroyuki Aizawa, Shuji Wakatsuki, Ai Ishii et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2001 · 343 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +6