Yuuri Yasuoka, “Tissue-specific expression of carbohydrate sulfotransferases drives keratan sulfate biosynthesis in the notochord and otic vesicles of Xenopus embryos.” Front. Cell Dev. Biol. (2023) 11:957805. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2023.957805
Camden Jansen, Kitt D. Paraiso, Jeff J. Zhou, Ira L. Blitz, Margaret B. Fish, Rebekah M. Charney, Jin Sun Cho, Yuuri Yasuoka, Norihiro Sudou, Ann Rose Bright, Marcin Wlizla, Gert Jan C. Veenstra, Masanori Taira, Aaron M. Zorn, Ali Mortazavi, and Ken W.Y. Cho “Uncovering the mesendoderm gene regulatory network through multi-omic data integration” Cell Reports (2022) 38: 110364 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110364
Yuuri Yasuoka†, Masahito Matsumoto, Ken Yagi, and Yasushi Okazaki (†, corresponding author) “Evolutionary History of GLIS Genes Illuminates their Roles in Cell Reprogramming and Ciliogenesis” Molecular Biology and Evolution (2020) 37: 100-109. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz205
Yuuri Yasuoka†, Yukiko Tando, Kaoru Kubokawa, and Masanori Taira (†, corresponding author) “Evolution of cis-regulatory modules for the head organizer gene goosecoid in chordates: comparisons between Branchiostoma and Xenopus” Zoological Letters (2019) 5: 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-019-0143-1
Yuuri Yasuoka and Masanori Taira “Microinjection of DNA constructs into Xenopus embryos for gene mis-expression and cis-regulatory module analysis” Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (2019) https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot097279
Mariko Kondo, Megumi Matsuo, Kento Igarashi, Yoshikazu Haramoto, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Yuuri Yasuoka, Masanori Taira “de novo transcription of multiple Hox cluster genes takes place simultaneously in early Xenopus tropicalis embryos” Biology Open (2019) bio. 038422. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.038422
Yumeko Satou, Kohei Minami, Erina Hosono, Hajime Okada, Yuuri Yasuoka, Takashi Shibano, Toshiaki Tanaka, Masanori Taira “Phosphorylation states change Otx2 activity for cell proliferation and patterning in the Xenopus embryo” Development (2018) 145: dev159640. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.159640
Tatsuo Michiue*, Takayoshi Yamamoto*, Yuuri Yasuoka*, Toshiyasu Goto, Takafumi Ikeda, Kei Nagura, Takuya Nakayama, Masanori Taira, and Tsutomu Kinoshita (*, co-first authors) “High variability of expression profiles of homeologous genes for Wnt, Hh, Notch, and Hippo signaling pathways in Xenopus laevis” Developmental Biology (2017) 426:270-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.12.006
Minoru Watanabe*, Yuuri Yasuoka*, Shuuji Mawaribuchi, Aya Kuretani, Michihiko Ito, Mariko Kondo, Haruki Ochi, Hajime Ogino, Akimasa Fukui, Masanori Taira, and Tsutomu Kinoshita (*, co-first authors) “Conservatism and variability of gene expression profiles among homeologous transcription factors in Xenopus laevis” Developmental Biology (2017) 426:301-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.09.017
Jun Inoue, Yuuri Yasuoka, Hiroki Takahashi, and Noriyuki Satoh “The chordate ancestor possessed a single copy of the Brachyury gene for notochord acquisition.”Zoological Letters (2017) 3:4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-017-0064-9
Rebekah M. Charney, Elmira Forouzmand, Jin Sun Cho, Jessica Cheung, Kitt D. Paraiso, Yuuri Yasuoka, Shuji Takahashi, Masanori Taira, Ira L. Blitz, Xiaohui Xie, and Ken W.Y. Cho. “Foxh1 Occupies cis-Regulatory Modules Prior to Dynamic Transcription Factor Interactions Controlling the Mesendoderm Gene Program.” Developmental Cell (2017) 40:595-607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2017.02.017
Yuuri Yasuoka†, Chuya Shinzato, and Noriyuki Satoh (†, corresponding author) “The mesoderm-forming gene, brachyury, regulates ectoderm-endoderm demarcation in a diploblast, the coral, Acropora digitifera” Current Biology (2016) 26: 2885-2892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.011
Adam M. Session, Yoshinobu Uno, Taejoon Kwon, ….., Yuuri Yasuoka (55th of 74 authors), ….., Richard M. Harland, Masanori Taira, Daniel S. Rokhsar “Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis” Nature (2016) 538:336–343. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature19840
Yuuri Yasuoka, Yutaka Suzuki, Shuji Takahashi, Haruka Someya, Norihiro Sudou, Yoshikazu Haramoto, Ken W. Cho, Makoto Asashima, Sumio Sugano and Masanori Taira “Occupancy of tissue-specific cis-regulatory modules by Otx2 and TLE/Groucho for embryonic head specification.” Nature Communications (2014) 5: 4322. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5322
Yuuta Moriyama, Toru Kawanishi, Ryohei Nakamura, …..,Yuuri Yasuoka (10th of 21 authors), ….., Hisashi Hashimoto, Atsuko Shimada and Hiroyuki Takeda “The medaka zic1/zic4 mutant provides molecular insight into teleost caudal fin evolution.” Current Biology (2012) 22: 601–607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.063
Yuuri Yasuoka, Masaaki Kobayashi, Daisuke Kurokawa, Koji Akasaka, Hidetoshi Saiga, and Masanori Taira “Evolutionary origins of blastoporal expression and organizer activity of the vertebrate gastrula organizer gene lhx1 and its ancient metazoan paralog lhx3” Development (2009) 136: 2005-2014. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.028530
Review Articles
Yuuri Yasuoka and Masanori Taira “LIM homeodomain proteins and associated partners: Then and now” Current Topics in Developmental Biology (2021) 145:113-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ctdb.2021.04.003
Yuuri Yasuoka “Morphogenetic Mechanisms Forming the Notochord Rod: the Turgor Pressure-Sheath Strength Model” Development, Growth & Differentiation, (2020) 62:379-390. https://doi.org/10.1111/dgd.12665
Yuuri Yasuoka “Enhancer Evolution in Chordates: Lessons from Functional Analyses of Cephalochordate Cis-Regulatory Modules” Development, Growth & Differentiation (2020) 62:279-300. https://doi.org/10.1111/dgd.12684
Yuuri Yasuoka and Masanori Taira “The molecular basis of the gastrula organizer in amphibians and cnidarians.” in Reproductive and Developmental Strategies (Ed. by Kazuya Kobayashi, Takeshi Kitano, Yasuhiro Iwao, and Mariko Kondo), Animal Diversity and Generality series, Springer Japan (2018) pp 667-708. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56609-0_31
Yuuri Yasuoka, Ph. D. 