| Accumulation of anchored proteins forms membrane diffusion barriers during neuronal polarization C Nakada, K Ritchie, Y Oba, M Nakamura, Y Hotta, R Iino, RS Kasai, ... Nature cell biology 5 (7), 626-632, 2003 | 415 | 2003 |
| Genetically encodable bioluminescent system from fungi AA Kotlobay, KS Sarkisyan, YA Mokrushina, M Marcet-Houben, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (50), 12728-12732, 2018 | 203 | 2018 |
| The chemical basis of fungal bioluminescence KV Purtov, VN Petushkov, MS Baranov, KS Mineev, NS Rodionova, ... Angewandte Chemie 127 (28), 8242-8246, 2015 | 186 | 2015 |
| Firefly luciferase is a bifunctional enzyme: ATP-dependent monooxygenase and a long chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase Y Oba, M Ojika, S Inouye FEBS letters 540 (1-3), 251-254, 2003 | 160 | 2003 |
| Synergistic Expression of Ad4BP/SF-1 and Cytochrome P-450 Aromatase (Ovarian Type) in the Ovary of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, During Vitellogenesis … Y Yoshiura, B Senthilkumaran, M Watanabe, Y Oba, T Kobayashi, ... Biology of Reproduction 68 (5), 1545-1553, 2003 | 144 | 2003 |
| Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles TR Fallon, SE Lower, CH Chang, M Bessho-Uehara, GJ Martin, ... elife 7, e36495, 2018 | 139 | 2018 |
| The duality of fish gonadotropin receptors: cloning and functional characterization of a second gonadotropin receptor cDNA expressed in the ovary and testis of amago salmon … Y Oba, T Hirai, Y Yoshiura, M Yoshikuni, H Kawauchi, Y Nagahama Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 265 (2), 366-371, 1999 | 134 | 1999 |
| Cloning, functional characterization, and expression of a gonadotropin receptor cDNA in the ovary and testis of amago salmon (Oncorhynchus rhodurus) Y Oba, T Hirai, Y Yoshiura, M Yoshikuni, H Kawauchi, Y Nagahama Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 263 (2), 584-590, 1999 | 124 | 1999 |
| Mechanism and color modulation of fungal bioluminescence ZM Kaskova, FA Dörr, VN Petushkov, KV Purtov, AS Tsarkova, ... Science advances 3 (4), e1602847, 2017 | 123 | 2017 |
| Medaka (Oryzias latipes) FTZ-F1 potentially regulates the transcription of P-450 aromatase in ovarian follicles: cDNA cloning and functional characterization M Watanabe, M Tanaka, D Kobayashi, Y Yoshiura, Y Oba, Y Nagahama Molecular and cellular endocrinology 149 (1-2), 221-228, 1999 | 119 | 1999 |
| Blarina toxin, a mammalian lethal venom from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: Isolation and characterization M Kita, Y Nakamura, Y Okumura, SD Ohdachi, Y Oba, M Yoshikuni, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (20), 7542-7547, 2004 | 111 | 2004 |
| The role of doublesex in the evolution of exaggerated horns in the Japanese rhinoceros beetle Y Ito, A Harigai, M Nakata, T Hosoya, K Araya, Y Oba, A Ito, T Ohde, ... EMBO reports 14 (6), 561-567, 2013 | 106 | 2013 |
| Ovarian carbonyl reductase-like 20β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase shows distinct surge in messenger RNA expression during natural and gonadotropin-induced meiotic maturation in … B Senthilkumaran, CC Sudhakumari, XT Chang, T Kobayashi, Y Oba, ... Biology of reproduction 67 (4), 1080-1086, 2002 | 92 | 2002 |
| Biosynthesis of coelenterazine in the deep-sea copepod, Metridia pacifica Y Oba, S Kato, M Ojika, S Inouye Biochemical and biophysical research communications 390 (3), 684-688, 2009 | 84 | 2009 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) inferred from 28S ribosomal DNA: Insights into the evolution of bioluminescence in Elateridae R Sagegami-Oba, Y Oba, H Ôhira Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42 (2), 410-421, 2007 | 74 | 2007 |
| The terrestrial bioluminescent animals of Japan Y Oba, MA Branham, T Fukatsu Zoological science 28 (11), 771-789, 2011 | 71 | 2011 |
| Fish gonadotropin and thyrotropin receptors: the evolution of glycoprotein hormone receptors in vertebrates Y Oba, T Hirai, Y Yoshiura, T Kobayashi, Y Nagahama Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular …, 2001 | 70 | 2001 |
| Identification and cDNA cloning of alveolin, an extracellular metalloproteinase, which induces chorion hardening of medaka (Oryzias latipes) eggs upon fertilization Y Shibata, T Iwamatsu, Y Oba, D Kobayashi, M Tanaka, Y Nagahama, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (12), 8349-8354, 2000 | 66 | 2000 |
| DNA barcoding of Japanese click beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) Y Oba, H Ôhira, Y Murase, A Moriyama, Y Kumazawa PLoS One 10 (1), e0116612, 2015 | 63 | 2015 |
| Biosynthesis of firefly luciferin in adult lantern: decarboxylation of ʟ-cysteine is a key step for benzothiazole ring formation in firefly luciferin synthesis Y Oba, N Yoshida, S Kanie, M Ojika, S Inouye PLoS One 8 (12), e84023, 2013 | 62 | 2013 |