2022

• Noga A, Horii M, Goto Y, Toyooka K, Ishikawa T, Hirono M. "Bld10p/Cep135 determines the number of triplets in the centriole independently of the cartwheel" EMBO J. e104582 (2022).

2019

• Zhu X, Poghosyan E, Rezabkova L, Mehall B, Sakakibara H, Hirono M, Kamiya R, Ishikawa T, Yang P. "The roles of a flagellar HSP40 ensuring rhythmic beating" Mol. Biol. Cell. 15;30(2):228-241. (2019).

2017

• Kobayashi Y, Misumi O, Odahara M, Ishibashi K, Hirono M, Hidaka K, Endo M, Sugiyama H, Iwasaki H, Kuroiwa T, Shikanai T, Nishimura Y. "Holliday junction resolvases mediate chloroplast nucleoid segregation" Science. 356, 631-634. (2017).

2016

• Yamashita, S., Arakaki, Y., Kawai-Tokyooka, H., Noga, A., Hirono, M., Nozaki, H. “Alternative evolution of a spheroidal colony in volvocine algae: developmental analysis of embryogenesis in Astrephomene (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) “ BMC Evol. Biol. 161, 243 (2016).

• Ueki, N., Ide, T., Mochiji, S., Kobayashi, Y., Tokutsu, R., Ohnishi, N., Yamaguchi, K., Shigenobu, S., Tanaka, K., Minagawa, J., Hisabori, T., Hirono, M., Wakabayashi, K. “Eyespot-dependent determination of the phototactic sign in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 113, 5299-5304 (2016).

• Hilbert M*, Noga A*, Frey D*, Hamel V*, Guichard P, Kraatz SH, Pfreundschuh M, Hosner S, Flückiger I, Jaussi R, Wieser MM, Thieltges KM, Deupi X, Müller DJ, Kammerer RA, Gönczy P**, Hirono M**, Steinmetz MO** “SAS-6 engineering reveals interdependence between cartwheel and microtubules in determining centriole architecture.” Nat. Cell Biol. 18, 393-403 (2016).

*Authors contributed equally. **Co-corresponding authors

2015

• Kubo T, Hirono M, Aikawa T, Kamiya R, Witman G.B. “Reduced tubulin polyglutamylation suppresses flagellar shortness in Chlamydomonas” Mol. Biol. Cell. 26, 2810-2822 (2015).

• Kajikawa M, Sawaragi Y, Shinkawa H, Yamano T, Ando A, Kato M, Hirono M, Sato N, Fukuzawa H. “Algal dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase, triacylglycerol accumulation regulator1, regulates accumulation of triacylglycerol in nitrogen or sulfur deficiency” Plant Physiol. 168, 752-764 (2015).

2014

• Nakazawa, Y., Ariyoshi, T., Noga, A., Kamiya, R., and Hirono, M. "Space-dependent formation of central pair microtubules and their interactions with radial spokes" PLoS One 9 (10) e110513. 2014.

• Hirono, M. "Cartwheel assembly" Philosophical Transactions B 369 (1650). 20130458 (2014). (Issue of "Centrosome Renaissance")

• Wang, L., Yamano, T., Kajikawa, M., Hirono, M., Fukuzawa, H. "Isolation and characterization of novel high-CO2-requiring mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" Photosynth. Res. 121, 175-184 (2014).

• Yanagisawa, H.A., Mathis, G., Oda, T., Hirono, M., Richey, E.A., Ishikawa, H., Marshall, W.F., Kikkawa, M., Qin, H. "FAP20 is an inner junction protein of doublet microtubules essential for both the planar asymmetrical waveform and stability of flagella in Chlamydomonas" Mol. Biol. Cell. 25, 1472-1483 (2014).

• Kubo, T., Yanagisawa, H.A., Liu, Z., Shibuya, R., Hirono, M., Kamiya, R. "A conserved flagella-associated protein in Chlamydomonas, FAP234, is essential for axonemal localization of tubulin polyglutamylase TTLL9" Mol. Biol. Cell 25, 107-117 (2014).

• Ishikawa, H., Ide, T., Yagi, T., Jiang, X., Hirono, M., Sasaki, H., Yanagisawa, H., Wemmer, K.A., Stainier, D.Y., Qin, H., Kamiya, R., Marshall, W.F. "TTC26/DYF13 is an intraflagellar transport protein required for transport of motility-related proteins into flagella" eLife 3, e01566 (2014).

2013

• Arakaki, Y., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Hamamura, Y., Higashiyama, T., Noga, A., Hirono, M., Olson, B.J., Nozaki, H. "The simplest integrated multicellular organism unveiled" PLoS One 8 (12), e81641 (2013).

• Yamamoto, R., Song, K., Yanagisawa, H., Fox, L., Yagi, T., Wirschell, M., Hirono, M., Kamiya, R., Nicastro, D., and Sale, W. S. "The MIA complex is a conserved and novel dynein regulator essential for normal ciliary motility" J. Cell Biol. 201, 263-278 (2013).

2012

• Engel, B. D., Ishikawa, H., Wemmer, K. A., Geimer, S., Wakabayashi, K., Hirono, M., Craige, B., Pazour, G. j., Witman, G. B., Kamiya, R., Marshall, W. F. "The role of retrograde intraflagellar transport in flagellar assembly and function" J. Cell Biol. 199, 151-167 (2012).

2011

• van Breugel, M., Hirono, M., Andreeva, A., Yanagisawa, H. A., Yamaguchi, S., Nakazawa, Y., Morgner, N., Petrovich, M., Ebong, I. O., Robinson, C. V., Johnson, C. M., Veprintsev, D., Zuber, B. "Structures of SAS-6 suggest its organization in centrioles" Science. 331, 1196-1199 (2011).

• Shiratsuchi, G., Kamiya, R., and Hirono, M. "Scaffolding function of the Chlamydomonas procentriole protein CRC70, a member of the conserved Cep70 family" J. Cell Sci. 124, 2964-2975 (2011).

2010

• Kubo, T., Yanagisawa, H., Yagi, T., Hirono, M., and Kamiya, R. "Tubulin polyglutamylation regulates axonemal motility by modulating activities of inner-arm dyneins" Curr. Biol. 20, 441-445 (2010).

• Yamamoto, R., Hirono, M., and Kamiya, R. "Discrete PIH proteins function in the cytoplasmic preassembly of different subsets of axonemal dyneins" J. Cell Biol. 190, 65-71 (2010).

2009

• Yoshioka, K., Hirono, M., Sekiguchi, Y., and Mizuno, T. "Simple visual assay for evaluating the cortex contractility of Dictyostelium cells" Bioimages 17, 1-7 (2009).

2007

• Nakazawa, Y, Hiraki, M, Kamiya, R, and Hirono, M. "SAS-6 is a cartwheel protein that establishes the 9-fold symmetry of the centriole" Curr. Biol. 17, 2169-2174 (2007).

• Hiraki, M., Nakazawa, Y., Kamiya, R., and Hirono, M. "Bld10p constitutes the cartwheel-spoke tip and stabilizes the 9-fold symmetry of the centriole" Curr. Biol. 17, 1778-1783 (2007).

2005

• Yagi, T., Minoura, I., Fujiwara, A., Saito, R., Yasunaga, T., Hirono, M., Kamiya, R. "An axonemal dynein particularly important for flagellar movement at high viscosity. Implications from a new Chlamydomonas mutant deficient in the dynein heavy chain gene DHC9" J. Biol. Chem. 280, 41412-41420 (2005).

• Ikeda, T., Ikeda, K., Enomoto, M., Park, M.K., Hirono, M., Kamiya, R. "The mouse ortholog of EFHC1 implicated in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is an axonemal protein widely conserved among organisms with motile cilia and flagella" FEBS Lett. 579, 819-822 (2005).

• Okita, N., Isogai, N., Hirono, M., Kamiya, R., Yoshimura, K. "Phototactic activity in Chlamydomonas 'non-phototactic' mutants deficient in Ca2+-dependent control of flagellar dominance or in inner-arm dynein" J. Cell Sci. 118, 529-537 (2005).

2004

• Matsuura, K., Lefebvre, P.A., Kamiya, R., and Hirono, M. "Bld10p, a novel protein essential for basal body assembly in Chlamydomonas: localization to the cartwheel, the first nine-fold symmetrical structure appearing during assembly" J. Cell Biol. 165, 663-671 (2004).

• Wirschell, M., Pazour, G., Yoda, A., Hirono, M., Kamiya, R., and Witman, G. B. "Oda5p, a novel axonemal protein required for assembly of the outer arm and an associated adenylate kinase" Mol. Biol. Cell 15, 2729-2741 (2004).

2003

• Minoura-Kato, T., Okumura, M., Hirono, M., and Kamiya, R. "A Novel family of unconventional actins in Volvocalean algae" J. Mol. Evol. 57, 555-561 (2003).

• Ikeda, K., Brown, J. A., Yagi, T., Norrander, J. M., Hirono, M., Eccleston, E., Kamiya, R., Linck, R. W. "Rib72, a conserved protein associated with the ribbon compartment of flagellar A-microtubules and potentially involved in the linkage between outer doublet microtubules" J. Biol. Chem. 278, 7725-7734 (2003).

• Hirono, M., Uryu, S., Ohara, A., Kato-Minoura, T., and Kamiya, R. "Expression of conventional and unconventional actin in Chlamydomonas upon deflagellation and sexual adhesion" Eukaryotic Cell. 2, 486-493 (2003).

2002

• Matsuura, K, Lefebvre, P. A., Kamiya, R., Hirono, M. "Kinesin-II is not essential for mitosis and cell growth in Chlamydomonas" Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton. 52, 195-201 (2002).

• Hayashi, M., Yanagisawa, H., Hirono, M., and Kamiya, R. "Rescue of a Chlamydomonas inner-arm-dynein-deficient mutant by electroporation-mediated delivery of recombinant p28 light chain" Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton. 53, 273-280 (2002).