The let-23 gene necessary for Caenorhabditis elegans vulval induction encodes a tyrosine kinase of the EGF receptor subfamily

Raffi V. Aroian, Makoto Koga, Jane Mendel, +2

Nature

Cell LineageSignal TransductionDevelopmental BiologySignaling PathwayReceptor Tyrosine Kinase +7

Primary structure of the human follistatin precursor and its genomic organization.

Shunichi Shimasaki, Makoto Koga, Frederick Esch, +7

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

GeneticsMolecular BiologyMolecular GeneticsGenomic OrganizationProtein Expression +15

Transmission of chronic spongiform encephalopathy with kuru plaques from humans to small rodents

Jun Tateishi, Michiya Ohta, Makoto Koga, +2

Annals of Neurology

Clinical SymptomsCreutzfeldt-jakob DiseaseNeurological DisorderPathologyKuru Plaques +21

Follistatin Gene Expression in the Ovary and Extragonadal Tissues

Shunichi Shimasaki, Makoto Koga, Marino Buscaglia, +3

Molecular Endocrinology

The<i>C. elegans che-1</i>gene encodes a zinc finger transcription factor required for specification of the ASE chemosensory neurons

Okiko Uchida, Hiroyuki Nakano, Makoto Koga, +1

Development

Chemotaxis DefectsMolecular RegulationAse Chemosensory NeuronsCellular PhysiologyWater-soluble Chemicals +14

Porcine follistatin gene structure supports two forms of mature follistatin produced by alternative splicing

Shunichi Shimasaki, Makoto Koga, Fred Esch, +4

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Protein ExpressionNatural SciencesGeneticsMature FollistatinMolecular Biology +7

A Caenorhabditis elegans MAP kinase kinase, MEK-1, is involved in stress responses

Makoto Koga, Richard R Zwaal, Kun‐Liang Guan, +2

The EMBO Journal

Developmental BiologySignal TransductionSignaling PathwayStressReceptor Tyrosine Kinase +6

DAF-7/TGF-β expression required for the normal larval development in C. elegans is controlled by a presumed guanylyl cyclase DAF-11

Mayumi Murakami, Makoto Koga, Yasumi Ohshima

Mechanisms of Development

Transcriptional RegulationMolecular PhysiologyDevelopmental BiologyNormal Larval DevelopmentSignaling Pathway +12

Mosaic analysis of the <i>let-23</i> gene function in vulval induction of <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>

Makoto Koga, Yasumi Ohshima

Development

Multiple Skp1-Related Proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans

Atsushi Yamanaka, Masayoshi Yada, Hiroyuki Imaki, +3

Current Biology

Protein FunctionSignal TransductionMultiple Skp1-related ProteinsGeneticsMolecular Genetics +2