Yoshio Masui
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- Bachelors Biology University of Tokyo
- Masters Biology University of Tokyo
- PhD Biology University of Tokyo
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Yoshio Masui is a Japanese Canadian cell biologist. Masui retired in 1997 and has since held the position of Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. Education Masui studied biology at Kyoto University, graduating with his Bachelor of Science degree in zoology in 1953, his Master of Science in 1955 and his Ph.D. in 1961.
Yoshio Masui's Published Works
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- Cytoplasmic control of nuclear behavior during meiotic maturation of frog oocytes. (1971) (1204)
- Formation in vitro of sperm pronuclei and mitotic chromosomes induced by amphibian ooplasmic components. (1983) (609)
- Relative roles of the pituitary, follicle cells, and progesterone in the induction of oocyte maturation in Rana pipiens. (1967) (289)
- Roles of cytosol and cytoplasmic particles in nuclear envelope assembly and sperm pronuclear formation in cell-free preparations from amphibian eggs (1984) (253)
- Lithium-induced respecification of pattern in Xenopus laevis embryos (1986) (249)
- Effects of cyclohexamide on a cytoplasmic factor initiating meiotic naturation in Xenopus oocytes. (1975) (248)
- From oocyte maturation to the in vitro cell cycle: the history of discoveries of Maturation-Promoting Factor (MPF) and Cytostatic Factor (CSF). (2001) (181)
- Understanding the cell cycle (1998) (159)
- A cytoplasmic factor promoting oocyte maturation: its extraction and preliminary characterization. (1976) (147)
- The induction of reversible and irreversible chromosome decondensation by protein synthesis inhibition during meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes. (1983) (144)
- Mechanisms of experimental cancer cachexia. Local involvement of IL-1 in colon-26 tumor. (1993) (115)
- Ca and Mg control of cytostatic factors from Rana pipiens oocytes which cause metaphase and cleavage arrest. (1977) (105)
- Control of chromosome behavior in amphibian oocytes. I. The activity of maturing oocytes inducing chromosome condensation in transplanted brain nuclei. (1973) (105)
- Basic Medical Research Award (1998) (101)
- Initiation of meiotic maturation in Xenopus laevis oocytes by the combination of divalent cations and ionophore A23187. (1975) (99)
- 8 – Meiotic Arrest in Animal Oocytes (1985) (89)
- Effects of Ca2+ ions on the formation of metaphase chromosomes and sperm pronuclei in cell-free preparations from unactivated Rana pipiens eggs. (1984) (83)
- Transformation of sperm nuclei to metaphase chromosomes in the cytoplasm of maturing oocytes of the mouse (1986) (80)
- A cytostatic factor in amphibian oocytes: its extraction and partial characterization. (1974) (77)
- Cell cycle transition in early embryonic development of Xenopus laevis. (1998) (76)
- Oocyte maturation. (1979) (73)
- Microtubule dependence of chromosome cycles in Xenopus laevis blastomeres under the influence of a DNA synthesis inhibitor, aphidicolin. (1997) (71)
- Regulation of the appearance of division asynchrony and microtubule-dependent chromosome cycles in Xenopus laevis embryos. (1995) (69)
- Towards understanding the control of the division cycle in animal cells. (1992) (68)
- Distribution of the cytoplasmic activity inducing germinal vesicle breakdown in frog oocytes (1972) (67)
- Properties of a cytostatic factor from Xenopus laevis eggs. (1979) (66)
- The elusive cytostatic factor in the animal egg (2000) (65)
- The Role of “Cytostatic Factor (CSF)” in the Control of Oocyte Cell Cycles: A Summary of 20 Years of Study (1991) (65)
- Ultraviolet light-induced unscheduled DNA synthesis in mouse oocytes during meiotic maturation (1975) (63)
- Microtubule cycles in oocytes of the surf clam, Spisula solidissima: an immunofluorescence study. (1986) (63)
- Changes in the stainability and sulfhydryl level in the sperm nucleus during sperm-oocyte interaction in mice (1982) (62)
- Roles of divalent cations in maturation and activation of vertebrate oocytes. (1977) (59)
- Control of chromosome behavior in amphibian oocytes. II. The effect of inhibitors of RNA and protein synthesis on the induction of chromosome condensation in transplanted brain nuclei by oocyte cytoplasm (1976) (56)
- Dose-dependent relationship between oocyte cytoplasmic volume and transformation of sperm nuclei to metaphase chromosomes (1987) (51)
- Transition of the blastomere cell cycle from cell size-independent to size-dependent control at the midblastula stage in Xenopus laevis. (2000) (49)
- Activation of Xenopus laevis eggs in the absence of intracellular Ca activity by the protein phosphorylation inhibitor, 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP). (1992) (49)
- Enhancement of mouse egg activation by the kinase inhibitor, 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP). (1994) (48)
- Stabilization and enhancement of primary cytostatic factor (CSF) by ATP and NaF in amphibian egg cytosols. (1988) (47)
- Maintenance of metaphase in colcemid-treated mouse eggs by distinct calcium- and 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP)-sensitive mechanisms. (1995) (45)
- The germinal vesicle material required for sperm pronuclear formation is located in the soluble fraction of egg cytoplasm. (1983) (42)
- 1 – Development of Cytoplasmic Activities That Control Chromosome Cycles during Maturation of Amphibian Oocytes (1987) (42)
- Inhibition by dibutyryl cyclic AMP of the transition to metaphase of mouse oocyte nuclei and its reversal by cell fusion to metaphase oocytes. (1985) (35)
- Suppression of chromosome condensation during meiotic maturation induces parthenogenetic development of mouse oocytes. (1988) (34)
- Functional and morphometric study of the liver in motor neuron disease (2004) (34)
- Chromosome condensation activity in Rana pipiens eggs matured in vivo and in blastomeres arrested by cytostatic factor (CSF). (1979) (33)
- A study on gonadotropin action in the induction of oocyte maturation in Xenopus laevis. (1974) (31)
- Problems of Oocyte Maturation and the Control of Chromosome Cycles * (1985) (30)
- Midblastula transition (MBT) of the cell cycles in the yolk and pigment granule‐free translucent blastomeres obtained from centrifuged Xenopus embryos (2005) (30)
- Changing levels of uv light and carcinogen-induced unscheduled DNA synthesis in mouse oocytes during meiotic maturation. (1978) (28)
- Cytostatic factor and chromosome behavior in early development (1980) (28)
- Control of chromosome behavior during progesterone induced maturation of amphibian oocytes. (1979) (28)
- Cell cycle transition in early embryonic development of Xenopus laevis (1998) (27)
- Chromosome condensation activity in the cytoplasm of anucleate and nucleate fragments of mouse oocytes. (1986) (27)
- Development of Microtubule‐Dependence of the Chromosome Cycle at the Midblastula Transition in Xenopus laevis Embryos (1992) (25)
- Oscillatory activity of maturation promoting factor (MPF) in extracts of Rana pipiens eggs. (1982) (25)
- The role of Ca2+ in progesterone-induced germinal vesicle breakdown of Xenopus laevis oocytes: the synergic effects of microtubule depolymerization and Ca2+ (1996) (24)
- Molecular characteristics of cytostatic factors in amphibian egg cytosols. (1989) (23)
- Role of amphibian egg transglutaminase in the development of secondary cytostatic factor in vitro (1997) (21)
- Sperm-induced cell cycle activities in blastomeres arrested by the cytostatic factor of unfertilized eggs in Rana pipiens. (1982) (21)
- Roles of Ca ions and ooplasmic factors in the resumption of metaphase-arrested meiosis in Rana pipiens oocytes. (1984) (17)
- pH-dependence of the inducing activity of lithium ion. (1966) (17)
- A quest for cytoplasmic factors that control the cell cycle. (1996) (16)
- Interactions between metaphase and interphase factors in heterokaryons produced by fusion of mouse oocytes and zygotes. (1986) (15)
- Activation of newt eggs in the absence of Ca2+ activity by treatment with cycloheximide or D2O (1995) (15)
- Cytostatic factor (CSF) activity in cytosols extracted from Xenopus laevis eggs. (1990) (14)
- Induction of Neural Structures under the Influence of Lithium Chloride (1959) (13)
- Effect of lithium chloride upon differentiation of the neural-plate ectoderm of head area. (1960) (12)
- The role of microtubules and inositol triphosphate induced Ca2+ release in the tyrosine phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase in extracts of Xenopus laevis oocytes (1996) (11)
- Mesodermal and endodermal differentiation of the presumptive ectoderm ofTriturus gastrula through influence of lithium ion (1961) (11)
- Fractionation of cytostatic factors from cytosols of amphibian eggs. (1989) (10)
- Effect of LiCl upon the Organizer and the Presumptive Ectoderm (1956) (10)
- Metaphase arrest in newly matured or microtubule-depleted mouse eggs after calcium stimulation (1995) (9)
- A possible bio-assay for chromosome movement in isolated mitotic apparatus. (1977) (9)
- Cytostatic factor (CSF) in the eggs of Xenopus laevis. (1989) (9)
- Changes in protein association with intracellular membranes of Xenopus laevis oocytes during maturation and activation (1993) (9)
- Induction of cleavage in nucleated and enucleated frog eggs by injection of isolated sea-urchin mitotic apparatus. (1978) (8)
- The effect of cytochalasin D on protein synthesis in Xenopus laevis oocytes (1990) (7)
- A rapid method for whole mount preparations of mammalian oocytes and early embryos. (1994) (6)
- Roles of protein synthesis in the control of chromosome behavior during egg maturation and activation. (1991) (6)
- Effects of ionizing radiation on meiotic maturation of frog oocytes. I. In vivo studies. (1973) (4)
- Hormonal and cytoplasmic control of the maturation of frog oocytes. (1972) (4)
- Effects of ionizing radiation on meiotic maturation of frog oocytes (1973) (3)
- Alternation of the differentiation of gastrula ectoderm under influence of lithium chloride. (1960) (3)
- The Cytostatic Factor (CSF) that Causes Metaphase Arrest in Amphibian Eggs (1990) (3)
- Effects of ionizing radiation on meiotic maturation of frog oocytes. II. In vitro studies. (1973) (3)
- Requirements for Microtubule Polymerization and a Calcium Surge for the Metaphase-to-Interphase Transition in Mature Mouse Oocytes (1994) (2)
- Calcium-dependent development of secondary cytostatic factor (2°CSF) from Xenopus laevis oocytes and zygotes (1996) (2)
- Arsenic mobilization influenced by iron reduction and sulfidogenesis (2004) (1)
- [Regulations of cell division cycles and MPF]. (1993) (1)
- The biology of egg maturation and fertilization. (2000) (0)
- The Role of Methyl Farnesoate in Reproduction and Sex Determination of the Water Flea, Daphnia Magna(Mechanisms of Sex Determination in Animals-Genetic Evolution of Sex-,Symposium,PROCEEDING OF THE 75^ ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN) (2004) (0)
- Studies on the Effect of Lithium upon the Morphogenesis of the Amphibian Embryos (1961) (0)
- Experimental studies on kernicterus in thiamine-deficient Gunn rats. (1987) (0)
- Metabolic and morphological finding in the liver of motor neuron disease (1983) (0)
- Differention of the prechordal tissue under influence of lithium chloride. (1960) (0)
- Compensatory Formation of Erythrocytes in Splenectomized Newts (1967) (0)
- A Case of Solitary Gastric Varices treated effectively by an Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist (2001) (0)
- From cell differentiation to the cell cycle: how failing in biochemistry led to success in morphology (2009) (0)
- [Production of putrescine from arginine by oral microorganisms]. (1987) (0)
- Studies on the muscle pathology in motor neuron disease. (1984) (0)
- A Case of Esophageal Varices Treated by ICG Dye Enhanced Diode Laser Therapy (1998) (0)
- A Case of Leiomyosrcoma of the Rectum (1997) (0)
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