Nobutaka Hirokawa
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Medicine
7-3-1 Hongo
Japan
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- Left-right determination: involvement of molecular motor KIF3, cilia, and nodal flow. Hirokawa, N., Tanaka, Y., Okada, Y. Cold. Spring. Harb. Perspect. Biol (2009)
- Kinesin superfamily motor proteins and intracellular transport. Hirokawa, N., Noda, Y., Tanaka, Y., Niwa, S. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. (2009)
- The mechanisms of kinesin motor motility: lessons from the monomeric motor KIF1A. Hirokawa, N., Nitta, R., Okada, Y. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. (2009)
- Intracellular transport and kinesin superfamily proteins, KIFs: structure, function, and dynamics. Hirokawa, N., Noda, Y. Physiol. Rev. (2008)
- Nodal flow and the generation of left-right asymmetry. Hirokawa, N., Tanaka, Y., Okada, Y., Takeda, S. Cell (2006)
- mRNA transport in dendrites: RNA granules, motors, and tracks. Hirokawa, N. J. Neurosci. (2006)
- Molecular motors and mechanisms of directional transport in neurons. Hirokawa, N., Takemura, R. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. (2005)
- Molecular motors in neuronal development, intracellular transport and diseases. Hirokawa, N., Takemura, R. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. (2004)
- Biochemical and molecular characterization of diseases linked to motor proteins. Hirokawa, N., Takemura, R. Trends Biochem. Sci. (2003)
- Influencing science policy in Japan. Hirokawa, N. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. (2001)
- Stirring up development with the heterotrimeric kinesin KIF3. Hirokawa, N. Traffic (2000)
- Kinesin and dynein superfamily proteins and the mechanism of organelle transport. Hirokawa, N. Science (1998)
- Kinesin and dynein superfamily proteins in organelle transport and cell division. Hirokawa, N., Noda, Y., Okada, Y. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. (1998)
- The mechanisms of fast and slow transport in neurons: identification and characterization of the new kinesin superfamily motors. Hirokawa, N. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. (1997)









