ZFIN Person: Muraoka, Osamu

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-970411-8

Muraoka, Osamu

Email:	osamu-muraoka@hotmail.co.jp
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Affiliation:	Higuchi Lab
Address:	Department of Pharmacology Niigata University Medical School 1-757 Asahicho-dori Niigata, 951-8510 Japan
Country:	Japan
Phone:	81-78-306-3135
Fax:	81-78-306-3136
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Muraoka, O., Shimizu, T., Yabe, T., Nojima, H., Bae, Y.K., Hashimoto, H., and Hibi, M. (2006) Sizzled controls dorso-ventral polarity by repressing cleavage of the Chordin protein. Nature cell biology. 8(4):329-340

Shimizu, T., Yabe, T., Muraoka, O., Yonemura, S., Aramaki, S., Hatta, K., Bae, Y.K., Nojima, H., and Hibi, M. (2005) E-cadherin is required for gastrulation cell movements in zebrafish. Mechanisms of Development. 122(6):747-763

Shimizu, T., Bae, Y.K., Muraoka, O., and Hibi, M. (2005) Interaction of Wnt and caudal-related genes in zebrafish posterior body formation. Developmental Biology. 279(1):125-141

Bae, Y.K., Shimizu, T., Muraoka, O., Yabe, T., Hirata, T., Nojima, H., Hirano, T., and Hibi, M. (2004) Expression of sax1/nkx1.2 and sax2/nkx1.1 in zebrafish. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 4(4):481-486

Nojima, H., Shimizu, T., Kim, C.H., Yabe, T., Bae, Y.K., Muraoka, O., Hirata, T., Chitnis, A., Hirano, T., and Hibi, M. (2004) Genetic evidence for involvement of maternally derived Wnt canonical signaling in dorsal determination in zebrafish. Mechanisms of Development. 121(4):371-386

Hashimoto, H., Rebagliati, M., Ahmad, N., Muraoka, O., Kurokawa, T., Hibi, M., and Suzuki, T. (2004) The Cerberus/Dan-family protein Charon is a negative regulator of Nodal signaling during left-right patterning in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 131(8):1741-1753

Yabe, T., Shimizu, T., Muraoka, O., Bae, Y.-K., Hirata, T., Nojima, H., Kawakami, A., Hirano, T., and Hibi, M. (2003) Ogon/Secreted Frizzled functions as a negative feedback regulator of Bmp signaling. Development (Cambridge, England). 130(12):2705-2716

Bae, Y.K., Shimizu, T., Yabe, T., Kim, C.H., Hirata, T., Nojima, H., Muraoka, O., Hirano, T., and Hibi, M. (2003) A homeobox gene, pnx, is involved in the formation of posterior neurons in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 130(9):1853-1865

Muraoka, O. (2002) The new technology for controlling gene function in zebrafish. Nihon yakurigaku zasshi. Folia pharmacologica Japonica. 120(2):96-100

Muraoka, O., Ichikawa, H., Shi, H., Okumura, S., Taira, E., Higuchi, H., Hirano, T., Hibi, M., and Miki, N. (2000) Kheper, a Novel ZFH/δEF1 Family Member, Regulates the Development of the Neuroectoderm of Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Developmental Biology. 228(1):29-40

Kim, C.H., Ueshima, E., Muraoka, O., Tanaka, H., Yeo, S.Y., Huh, T.L., and Miki, N. (1996) Zebrafish elav/huC homologue as a very early neuronal marker. Neuroscience letters. 216(2):109-112

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