Publications by authors named "Junji Morokuma"

18Publications

Regenerative Adaptation to Electrochemical Perturbation in Planaria: A Molecular Analysis of Physiological Plasticity.

Authors:
Maya Emmons-Bell Fallon Durant Angela Tung Alexis Pietak Kelsie Miller Anna Kane Christopher J Martyniuk Devon Davidian Junji Morokuma Michael Levin

iScience 2019 Dec 9;22:147-165. Epub 2019 Nov 9.

Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA; Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA. Electronic address:

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December 2019

Live imaging of intracellular pH in planarians using the ratiometric fluorescent dye SNARF-5F-AM.

Authors:
Wendy Scott Beane Dany Spencer Adams Junji Morokuma Michael Levin

Biol Methods Protoc 2019 29;4(1):bpz005. Epub 2019 May 29.

Department of Biology and Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.

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May 2019

Neural control of body-plan axis in regenerating planaria.

Authors:
Alexis Pietak Johanna Bischof Joshua LaPalme Junji Morokuma Michael Levin

PLoS Comput Biol 2019 04 16;15(4):e1006904. Epub 2019 Apr 16.

Allen Discovery Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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April 2019

The Role of Early Bioelectric Signals in the Regeneration of Planarian Anterior/Posterior Polarity.

Authors:
Fallon Durant Johanna Bischof Chris Fields Junji Morokuma Joshua LaPalme Alison Hoi Michael Levin

Biophys J 2019 03 1;116(5):948-961. Epub 2019 Feb 1.

Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. Electronic address:

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March 2019

Space travel has effects on planarian regeneration that cannot be explained by a null hypothesis.

Authors:
Michael Levin Junji Morokuma Joshua Finkelstein

Regeneration (Oxf) 2017 08 5;4(4):156-158. Epub 2017 Dec 5.

Allen Discovery Center Tufts University 200 Boston Ave Medford MA 02155-4243 USA.

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August 2017

Planarian regeneration in space: Persistent anatomical, behavioral, and bacteriological changes induced by space travel.

Authors:
Junji Morokuma Fallon Durant Katherine B Williams Joshua M Finkelstein Douglas J Blackiston Twyman Clements David W Reed Michael Roberts Mahendra Jain Kris Kimel Sunia A Trauger Benjamin E Wolfe Michael Levin

Regeneration (Oxf) 2017 04 13;4(2):85-102. Epub 2017 Jun 13.

Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University Biology Department Tufts University 200 Boston Ave., Suite 4600 Medford MA 02155-4243 USA.

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April 2017

Long-Term, Stochastic Editing of Regenerative Anatomy via Targeting Endogenous Bioelectric Gradients.

Authors:
Fallon Durant Junji Morokuma Christopher Fields Katherine Williams Dany Spencer Adams Michael Levin

Biophys J 2017 May;112(10):2231-2243

Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, and Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. Electronic address:

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May 2017

Computational discovery and in vivo validation of hnf4 as a regulatory gene in planarian regeneration.

Authors:
Daniel Lobo Junji Morokuma Michael Levin

Bioinformatics 2016 09 10;32(17):2681-5. Epub 2016 May 10.

Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.

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September 2016

Gap Junctional Blockade Stochastically Induces Different Species-Specific Head Anatomies in Genetically Wild-Type Girardia dorotocephala Flatworms.

Authors:
Maya Emmons-Bell Fallon Durant Jennifer Hammelman Nicholas Bessonov Vitaly Volpert Junji Morokuma Kaylinnette Pinet Dany S Adams Alexis Pietak Daniel Lobo Michael Levin

Int J Mol Sci 2015 Nov 24;16(11):27865-96. Epub 2015 Nov 24.

Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and Department of Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4600, Medford, MA 02155, USA.

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November 2015

Bioelectric signaling regulates head and organ size during planarian regeneration.

Authors:
Wendy Scott Beane Junji Morokuma Joan M Lemire Michael Levin

Development 2013 Jan;140(2):313-22

Biology Department and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4600, Medford, MA 02155, USA.

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January 2013

Inhibition of planar cell polarity extends neural growth during regeneration, homeostasis, and development.

Authors:
Wendy S Beane Ai-Sun Tseng Junji Morokuma Joan M Lemire Michael Levin

Stem Cells Dev 2012 Aug 23;21(12):2085-94. Epub 2012 Mar 23.

Biology Department and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA.

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August 2012

A chemical genetics approach reveals H,K-ATPase-mediated membrane voltage is required for planarian head regeneration.

Authors:
Wendy S Beane Junji Morokuma Dany S Adams Michael Levin

Chem Biol 2011 Jan;18(1):77-89

Biology Department and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155-4243, USA.

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January 2011

Long-range neural and gap junction protein-mediated cues control polarity during planarian regeneration.

Authors:
Néstor J Oviedo Junji Morokuma Peter Walentek Ido P Kema Man Bock Gu Joo-Myung Ahn Jung Shan Hwang Takashi Gojobori Michael Levin

Dev Biol 2010 Mar 21;339(1):188-99. Epub 2009 Dec 21.

Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and Department of Biology, Tufts University. Suite 4600, 200 Boston Avenue, Medford. MA 02155, USA.

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March 2010

Modulation of potassium channel function confers a hyperproliferative invasive phenotype on embryonic stem cells.

Authors:
Junji Morokuma Douglas Blackiston Dany S Adams Guiscard Seebohm Barry Trimmer Michael Levin

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Oct 17;105(43):16608-13. Epub 2008 Oct 17.

Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Forsyth Institute, and Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 140 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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October 2008

KCNQ1 and KCNE1 K+ channel components are involved in early left-right patterning in Xenopus laevis embryos.

Authors:
Junji Morokuma Douglas Blackiston Michael Levin

Cell Physiol Biochem 2008 24;21(5-6):357-72. Epub 2008 Apr 24.

Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Forsyth Institute, Developmental Biology Department, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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August 2008

TGF-beta signaling-mediated morphogenesis: modulation of cell adhesion via cadherin endocytosis.

Authors:
Souichi Ogata Junji Morokuma Tadayoshi Hayata Gabriel Kolle Christof Niehrs Naoto Ueno Ken W Y Cho

Genes Dev 2007 Jul;21(14):1817-31

Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, Developmental Biology Center, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.

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July 2007

Effects of 17beta-estradiol, nonylphenol, and bisphenol-A on developing Xenopus laevis embryos.

Authors:
Kiyoaki Sone Megumi Hinago Atsushi Kitayama Junji Morokuma Naoto Ueno Hajime Watanabe Taisen Iguchi

Gen Comp Endocrinol 2004 Sep;138(3):228-36

Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Science, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan.

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September 2004

HrNodal, the ascidian nodal-related gene, is expressed in the left side of the epidermis, and lies upstream of HrPitx.

Authors:
Junji Morokuma Motoko Ueno Hiroshi Kawanishi Hidetoshi Saiga Hiroki Nishida

Dev Genes Evol 2002 Oct 4;212(9):439-46. Epub 2002 Sep 4.

Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.

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October 2002