Vitrification is essential for anhydrobiosis in an African chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki M Sakurai, T Furuki, K Akao, D Tanaka, Y Nakahara, T Kikawada, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (13), 5093-5098, 2008 | 272 | 2008 |
Mechanism allowing an insect to survive complete dehydration and extreme temperatures M Watanabe, T Kikawada, N Minagawa, F Yukuhiro, T Okuda Journal of Experimental Biology 205 (18), 2799-2802, 2002 | 266 | 2002 |
Trehalose transporter 1, a facilitated and high-capacity trehalose transporter, allows exogenous trehalose uptake into cells T Kikawada, A Saito, Y Kanamori, Y Nakahara, K Iwata, D Tanaka, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (28), 11585-11590, 2007 | 245 | 2007 |
Dehydration-induced expression of LEA proteins in an anhydrobiotic chironomid T Kikawada, Y Nakahara, Y Kanamori, K Iwata, M Watanabe, B McGee, ... Biochemical and biophysical research communications 348 (1), 56-61, 2006 | 241 | 2006 |
Radiation tolerance in the tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum DD Horikawa, T Sakashita, C Katagiri, M Watanabe, T Kikawada, ... International journal of radiation biology 82 (12), 843-848, 2006 | 234 | 2006 |
Desiccation-induced structuralization and glass formation of group 3 late embryogenesis abundant protein model peptides T Shimizu, Y Kanamori, T Furuki, T Kikawada, T Okuda, T Takahashi, ... Biochemistry 49 (6), 1093-1104, 2010 | 154 | 2010 |
Comparative genome sequencing reveals genomic signature of extreme desiccation tolerance in the anhydrobiotic midge O Gusev, Y Suetsugu, R Cornette, T Kawashima, MD Logacheva, ... Nature communications 5 (1), 4784, 2014 | 146 | 2014 |
The induction of anhydrobiosis in the sleeping chironomid: current status of our knowledge R Cornette, T Kikawada IUBMB life 63 (6), 419-429, 2011 | 131 | 2011 |
Increase of internal ion concentration triggers trehalose synthesis associated with cryptobiosis in larvae of Polypedilum vanderplanki M Watanabe, T Kikawada, T Okuda Journal of Experimental Biology 206 (13), 2281-2286, 2003 | 127 | 2003 |
The trehalose transporter 1 gene sequence is conserved in insects and encodes proteins with different kinetic properties involved in trehalose import into peripheral tissues Y Kanamori, A Saito, Y Hagiwara-Komoda, D Tanaka, K Mitsumasu, ... Insect biochemistry and molecular biology 40 (1), 30-37, 2010 | 125 | 2010 |
Dehydration-inducible changes in expression of two aquaporins in the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki T Kikawada, A Saito, Y Kanamori, M Fujita, K Śnigórska, M Watanabe, ... Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes 1778 (2), 514-520, 2008 | 112 | 2008 |
Anhydrobiosis-associated nuclear DNA damage and repair in the sleeping chironomid: linkage with radioresistance O Gusev, Y Nakahara, V Vanyagina, L Malutina, R Cornette, T Sakashita, ... PloS one 5 (11), e14008, 2010 | 102 | 2010 |
Factors Inducing Successful Anhydrobiosis in the African Chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki: Significance of the Larval Tubular Nest1 T Kikawada, N Minakawa, M Watanabe, T Okuda Integrative and Comparative Biology 45 (5), 710-714, 2005 | 85 | 2005 |
Enzymatic control of anhydrobiosis‐related accumulation of trehalose in the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki K Mitsumasu, Y Kanamori, M Fujita, K Iwata, D Tanaka, S Kikuta, ... The FEBS journal 277 (20), 4215-4228, 2010 | 84 | 2010 |
Identification of anhydrobiosis-related genes from an expressed sequence tag database in the cryptobiotic midge Polypedilum vanderplanki (Diptera; Chironomidae) R Cornette, Y Kanamori, M Watanabe, Y Nakahara, O Gusev, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 285 (46), 35889-35899, 2010 | 79 | 2010 |
An abundant LEA protein in the anhydrobiotic midge, PvLEA4, acts as a molecular shield by limiting growth of aggregating protein particles R Hatanaka, Y Hagiwara-Komoda, T Furuki, Y Kanamori, M Fujita, ... Insect biochemistry and molecular biology 43 (11), 1055-1067, 2013 | 78 | 2013 |
Effects of Group 3 LEA protein model peptides on desiccation-induced protein aggregation T Furuki, T Shimizu, S Chakrabortee, K Yamakawa, R Hatanaka, ... Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and Proteomics 1824 (7), 891-897, 2012 | 77 | 2012 |
Expression of heat shock protein-coding genes associated with anhydrobiosis in an African chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki O Gusev, R Cornette, T Kikawada, T Okuda Cell stress and chaperones 16 (1), 81-90, 2011 | 71 | 2011 |
Mutation of a novel ABC transporter gene is responsible for the failure to incorporate uric acid in the epidermis of ok mutants of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L Wang, T Kiuchi, T Fujii, T Daimon, M Li, Y Banno, S Kikuta, T Kikawada, ... Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 43 (7), 562-571, 2013 | 63 | 2013 |
Biological effects of anhydrobiosis in an African chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki on radiation tolerance M Watanabe, T Sakashita, A Fujita, T Kikawada, DD Horikawa, ... International Journal of Radiation Biology 82 (8), 587-592, 2006 | 60 | 2006 |