Publications
2008
Yasunori Sasakura, Aru Konno, Katsutoshi Mizuno, Nori Satoh, Kazuo Inaba
Enhancer detection in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis with transposase-expressing lines of Minos.
Developmental Dynamics (2008) 237: 39-50
2007
Yasunori Sasakura, Yuichi Oogai, Terumi Matsuoka, Nori Satoh, Satoko Awazu
Transposon-mediated transgenesis in a marine invertebrate chordate, Ciona intestinalis.
Genome Biology (2007) 8: S3
Jean-Stephane Joly, Shungo Kano, Terumi Matsuoka, Helene Auger, Satoko Awazu, Laurent Legendre, Yasunori Sasakura.
Culture of Ciona intestinalis in closed systems
Developmental Dynamics (2007) 236: 1832-1840.
Yasunori Sasakura
Germline transgenesis and insertional mutagenesis in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis
Developmental Dynamics (2007) 236: 1758-1767.
Awazu Satoko, Terumi Matsuoka, Kazuo Inaba, Nori Satoh, Yasunori Sasakura
High Throughput enhancer trap by re-mobilization of transposon Minos in Ciona intestinalis.
Genesis (2007) 45: 307-317.
2005
Yasunori Sasakura, Keisuke Nakashima, Satoko Awazu, Terumi Matsuoka, Akie Nakayama, Jun-ichi Azuma, Nori Satoh
Transposon-mediated insertional mutagenesis revealed the functions of animal cellulose synthase in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
Proceedings of National Academy of Science USA (2005) 102: 15134-15139.
Akie Nakayama, Nori Satoh, Yasunori Sasakura
Tissue-specific profile of DNA replication in the swimming larvae of Ciona intestinalis.
Zoological Science (2005) 22: 301-309.
Terumi Matsuoka, Satoko Awazu, Eiichi Shoguchi, Nori Satoh, Yasunori Sasakura
Germline transgenesis of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis by electroporation.
Genesis (2005) 41:61-72.
2004
Satoko Awazu, Akane Sasaki, Terumi Matsuoka, Nori Satoh, Yasunori Sasakura
An enhancer trap in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis identifies enhancers of its Musashi orthologous gene.
Developmental Biology (2004) 275:459-472.
Terumi Matsuoka, Satoko Awazu, Nori Satoh, Yasunori Sasakura
Minos transposon causes germline transgenesis of the ascidian Ciona savignyi.
Development Growth & Differentiation (2004) 46: 249-255.
2003
Yasunori Sasakura, Satoko Awazu, Shota Chiba, Nori Satoh
Germ-line transgenesis of the Tc1/mariner superfamily transposon Minos in Ciona intestinalis.
Proceedings of National Academy of Science U S A. (2003) 100:7726-7730.
Yasunori Sasakura, Satoko Awazu, Shota Chiba, Shungo Kano, Nori Satoh
Application of Minos, one of the Tc1/mariner superfamily transposable elements, to ascidian embryos as a tool for insertional mutagenesis.
Gene (2003) 308:11-20.