A collaborative study of genome sequence with the former student of the lab is now published on Mammalian Genome . Saki Aoto, Mayu Fushimi, Kei Yura, Kohji Okamura (2020) Diversification of CpG-island promoters revealed by comparative analysis between human and rhesus monkey genomes. Mammalian Genome, 31, 240-251, doi:1007/s00335-020-09844-2.

After the turmoil of COVID-19 (not finished though) and rejuvenation of Science Building #1 (half done), the lab has relocated on the sixth floor in May 2021 and is rebooting now.

The lab has been studying on cricket genomes for a while and finally published a paper “The Draft Genome Dataset of the Asian Cricket Teleogryllus occipitalis for Molecular Research toward Entomophagy“ by Kosuke Kataoka, Ryuhei Minei, Keigo Ide, Atsushi Ogura, Haruko Takeyama, Makio N. Takeda Suzuki, Kei Yura and Toru Asahi on Frontiers in Genetics.

A study of the attitude toward breast cancer among younger generation is published on Journal of Human Genetics with the former student of the lab (Terui-Kohbata, H., Egawa, M., Yura, K., Yoshida, M. (2020) Knowledge and attitude of hereditary breast cancer among Japanese university female students) is now published on Journal of Human Genetics.

Yura, K., Tomoda, S., and Go, M. “Repeat of a helix-turn-helix module in DNA-binding proteins” in 1993 on Protein Engineering is cited in the manuscript “A LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator LcrX Is Involved in Virulence, Biofilm Formation, Swimming Motility, Siderophore Secretion, and Growth in Sugar Sources in Xanthomonas axonopodis Pv. glycines” by Park, H., Do, E., Kim, M., Park, H-J., Lee, J., Han, S-W on Frontiers in Palan Science.

A Vietnam otter clam study supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science is now published on Microbiology Resource Announcements. Yuki Kagaya, Ryuhei Minei, Ha T. T. Duong, Binh T. N. Le, Lua T. Dang, Trang T. H. Tran, Hoa T. Nguyen, Kengo Kinoshita, Kei Yura, Atsushi Ogura, Oanh T. P. Kim (2020) “Metagenome Sequences from the Environment of Diseased Otter Clams, Lutraria rhynchaena, from a Farm in Vietnam” 9:e01068-19.

Hoshina S, Yura K, Teranishi H, Kiyasu N, Tominaga A, Kadoma H, Nakatsuka A, Kunichika T, Obuse C, Waga S (2013) “Human origin recognition complex binds preferentially to G-quadruplex-preferable RNA and single-stranded DNA” on Journal of Biological Chemistry is cited by Hulke, M.L. et al. (2019) “Genomic methods for measuring DNA replication dynamics“ on Chromosome Research.

Yura, K., Y. Miyata, T., Arikawa, M., Higuchi, M., Sugita. (2008) “Characteristics and prediction of RNA editing sites in transcripts of the moss Takakia lepidozioides chloroplast” on DNA Research is cited by Bell, D., et al (2019) “Organellomic data sets confirm a cryptic consensus on (unrooted) land-plant relationships and provide new insights into bryophyte molecular evolution” on American Journal of Botany.

Kobayashi, E., Yura, K. & Nagai, Y. (2013) “Distinct conformation of ATP molecule in solution and on protein“ on Biophysics (Biophysics and Physicobiology) is cited by McCallum, M. (2019) “Multiple conformations facilitate PilT function in the type IV pilus“ on Nature Communications.

Nakamura K, Kawabata T, Yura K, Go N.(2003) “Novel types of two-domain multi-copper oxidases: possible missing links in the evolution“ on FEBS Letters is cited by Arregui L., et al (2019)”Laccases: structure, function, and potential application in water bioremediation“ on Microbial Cell Factories.