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Author

Ryota Kunita

Tokai University

Also Known As

Ryota Kunita

16

Publications

757

Citations

14

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All Affiliations

Tokai UniversityUniversity of OttawaJapan Science and Technology AgencyChildren's Hospital of Eastern OntarioNational Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
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Ryota Kunita is an author at Tokai University specializing in medicine, cell biology, and intracellular trafficking.

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Natural Sciences

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Public Health

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12

Publications

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Citations

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Mice deficient in the Rab5 guanine nucleotide exchange factor ALS2/alsin exhibit age-dependent neurological deficits and altered endosome trafficking

Shinji Hadano, Susanna C. Benn, Shigeru Kakuta,

Human Molecular Genetics

2005

136

The Rab5 Activator ALS2/alsin Acts as a Novel Rac1 Effector through Rac1-activated Endocytosis

Ryota Kunita, Asako Otomo, Hikaru Mizumura,

Journal of Biological Chemistry

2007

89

Homo-oligomerization of ALS2 through Its Unique Carboxyl-terminal Regions Is Essential for the ALS2-associated Rab5 Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Activity and Its Regulatory Function on Endosome Trafficking

Ryota Kunita, Asako Otomo, Hikaru Mizumura,

Journal of Biological Chemistry

2004

68

Identification and localization of two genes on the chicken Z chromosome: implication of evolutionary conservation of the Z chromosome among avian species

Yasushi Saitoh, Akira Ogawa, Tetsuya Hori,

Chromosome Research

1993

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Defective relocalization of ALS2/alsin missense mutants to Rac1-induced macropinosomes accounts for loss of their cellular function and leads to disturbed amphisome formation

Asako Otomo, Ryota Kunita, Kyoko Suzuki-Utsunomiya,

FEBS Letters

2011

48

ALS2/alsin deficiency in neurons leads to mild defects in macropinocytosis and axonal growth

Asako Otomo, Ryota Kunita, Kyoko Suzuki-Utsunomiya,

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

2008

42

ALS2CL, the novel protein highly homologous to the carboxy‐terminal half of ALS2, binds to Rab5 and modulates endosome dynamics

Shinji Hadano, Asako Otomo, Kyoko Suzuki-Utsunomiya,

FEBS Letters

2004

41

ALS2CL, a novel ALS2-interactor, modulates ALS2-mediated endosome dynamics

Kyoko Suzuki-Utsunomiya, Shinji Hadano, Asako Otomo,

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

2007

26

Identification and Characterization of Novel Members of the CREG Family, Putative Secreted Glycoproteins Expressed Specifically in Brain

Ryota Kunita, Asako Otomo, Joh‐E Ikeda

Genomics

2002

21

Predominant expression of a Z-chromosome-linked immunoglobulin superfamily gene, ZOV3, in steroidogenic cells of ovarian follicles and in embryonic gonads of chickens

Ryota Kunita, Osamu Nakabayashi, Shigeki Mizuno,

Differentiation

1997

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