Akiyoshi Takahashi
School of Marine Biosciences
Kitasato University
Ofunato
Iwate 022-0101
Japan
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- Structural and functional diversity of proopiomelanocortin in fish with special reference to barfin flounder. Takahashi, A., Kobayashi, Y., Amano, M., Yamanome, T. Peptides (2009)
- Evaluation of posttranslational processing of proopiomelanocortin in the banded houndshark pituitary by combined cDNA cloning and mass spectrometry. Takahashi, A., Kobayashi, Y., Moriyama, S., Hyodo, S. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2008)
- The melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2 (MCH-R2) mediates the effect of MCH to control body color for background adaptation in the barfin flounder. Takahashi, A., Kosugi, T., Kobayashi, Y., Yamanome, T., Schiöth, H.B., Kawauchi, H. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2007)
- Occurrence of two functionally distinct proopiomelanocortin genes in all modern lampreys. Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Moriyama, S., Nozaki, M., Joss, J.M., Sower, S.A., Kawauchi, H. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2006)
- Evolution of melanocortin systems in fish. Takahashi, A., Kawauchi, H. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2006)
- Posttranslational processing of proopiomelanocortin family molecules in sea lamprey based on mass spectrometric and chemical analyses. Takahashi, A., Yasuda, A., Sower, S.A., Kawauchi, H. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2006)
- Nucleotide sequence and expression of three subtypes of proopiomelanocortin mRNA in barfin flounder. Takahashi, A., Amano, M., Itoh, T., Yasuda, A., Yamanome, T., Amemiya, Y., Sasaki, K., Sakai, M., Yamamori, K., Kawauchi, H. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2005)
- Structures for the proopiomelanocortin family genes proopiocortin and proopiomelanotropin in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Kasahara, M., Sower, S.A., Kawauchi, H. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2005)
- Promoter activity of sea lamprey proopiocortin and proopiomelanotropin genes in AtT-20/D16v cells. Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Kosugi, T., Kako, K., Sakai, T., Ito, M., Takamatsu, N., Shiba, T., Sower, S.A., Kawauchi, H. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2005)
- Molecular cloning of proopiomelanocortin cDNA in the ratfish, a holocephalan. Takahashi, A., Itoh, T., Nakanishi, A., Amemiya, Y., Ida, H., Meguro, H., Kawauchi, H. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2004)
- Possible involvement of melanin-concentrating hormone in food intake in a teleost fish, barfin flounder. Takahashi, A., Tsuchiya, K., Yamanome, T., Amano, M., Yasuda, A., Yamamori, K., Kawauchi, H. Peptides (2004)
- Identification of proopiomelanocortin-related peptides in the rostral pars distalis of the pituitary in coelacanth: evolutional implications. Takahashi, A., Yasuda, A., Sullivan, C.V., Kawauchi, H. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2003)
- Evolutionary significance of proopiomelanocortin in agnatha and chondrichthyes. Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Nozaki, M., Sower, S.A., Kawauchi, H. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B, Biochem. Mol. Biol. (2001)
- Identification of carp proopiomelanocortin-related peptides and their effects on phagocytes. Takahashi, A., Takasaka, T., Yasuda, A., Amemiya, Y., Sakai, M., Kawauchi, H. Fish Shellfish Immunol. (2000)
- Occurrence of four MSHs in dogfish POMC and their immunomodulating effects. Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Sakai, M., Yasuda, A., Suzuki, N., Sasayama, Y., Kawauchi, H. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. (1999)
