Kondo, T. and Kimura, A. (2018). Choice between 1- and 2-furrow cytokinesis in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos with tripolar spindles. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/450478. (October 23, 2018)

Kondo, T., and A. Kimura. 2018. Impaired chromosome segregation results in sperms with excess centrosomes in emb-27APC6 mutant C. elegans. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/449538 (October 22, 2018)

Kikuchi Y., *Kimura A. Microinjection into the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo using an uncoated glass needle enables cell lineage visualization and reveals cell-non-autonomous adhesion control. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/406991 (September 3, 2018)

Ohta M, Watanabe K, Ashikawa T, Nozaki Y, Yoshiba S, Kimura A, *Kitagawa D. Bimodal binding of STIL to Plk4 controls proper centriole copy number. Cell Reports 23, 3160-3169.e4. (2018) doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.030.

Sugioka K, Fielmich L-E, Mizumoto K, Bowerman B, van den Heuvel S, Kimura A, *Sawa H. The tumor suppressor APC is an attenuator of spindle-pulling forces during C. elegans asymmetric cell division. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115, E954-E963 (2018). doi: 10.1073/pnas.1712052115

Yamamoto K, *Kimura A. An anisotropic attraction model for the diversity and robustness of cell arrangement in nematodes. Development, 144, 4437-4449 (2017). doi: 10.1242/dev.154609


Arai R, Sugawara T, Sato Y, Minakuchi Y, Toyoda A, Nabeshima K, Kimura H, *Kimura A. Reduction in chromosome mobility accompanies nuclear organization during early embryogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Scientific Reports, 7, 3631 (2017). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03483-5 (June 16, 2017)

Hara Y, Adachi K, Kagohashi S, Yamagata K, Tanabe H, Kikuchi S, Okumura S-I, *Kimura A. Scaling relationship between intra-nuclear DNA density and chromosomal condensation in metazoan and plant. Chromosome Science, 19, 43-49 (2016). doi:10.11352/scr.19.43 (Released: June 26, 2017)

Kimura K., Mamane A., Sasaki T., Sato K., Takagi J., Niwayama R., Hufnagel L., Shimamoto Y., Joanny J.-F., Uchida S., *Kimura A. Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mediated Microtubule Alignment Governs Cytoplasmic Streaming. Nature Cell Biology, 19, 399-406. (2017) DOI: 10.1038/ncb3490 [PDF: SharedIt]

Sato Y., Kujirai T., Arai R., Asakawa H., Ohtsuki C., Horikoshi N., Yamagata K., Ueda J., Nagase T., Haraguchi T., Hiraoka Y., Kimura A., Kurumizaka H., *Kimura, H. A genetically encoded probe for live-cell imaging of H4K20 monomethylation. J. Mol. Biol. 428, 3885-3902 (2016). doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.08.010

Niwayama R., Nagao H., Kitajima T. S., Hufnagel L., Shinohara K., Higuchi T., Ishikawa T., *Kimura A. Bayesian Inference of Forces Causing Cytoplasmic Streaming in Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos and Mouse Oocytes. PLoS ONE 11, e0159917 (2016). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159917

*Matsumura S., Kojidani T., Kamioka Y., Uchida S., Haraguchi T., Kimura A., and Toyoshima F. Interphase adhesion geometry is transmitted to an internal regulator for spindle orientation via caveolin-1. Nature Communications 7, 11858 (2016)

Tanimoto H., *Kimura A., *Minc N. Shape-motion relationships of centering microtubule asters. J. Cell Biol. 212, 777-787 (2016). doi: 10.1083/jcb.201510064

Nakaoka Y, Kimura A, Tani T, *Goshima G. Cytoplasmic nucleation and atypical branching nucleation generate endoplasmic microtubules in Physcomitrella patens. Plant Cell 27, 228-242 (2015)

Hara Y, Iwabuchi M, Ohsumi K, *Kimura A.＿Intranuclear DNA density affects chromosome condensation in metazoans. Mol Biol. Cell 24, 2442–2453 (2013).

Hara Y, *Kimura A.＿An allometric relationship between mitotic spindle width, spindle length, and ploidy in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Mol Biol. Cell 24, 1411-1419 (2013).

Kimura K., and *Kimura A.＿Rab6 is required for the exocytosis of cortical granules and the recruitment of separase to the granules during the oocyte-to-embryo transition in Caenorhabditis elegans. J. Cell Sci. 125, 5897-5905 (2012).

Okubo Y., Sugawara T., Abe-Koduka N., Kanno J., *Kimura A., *Saga Y.＿Lfng regulates the synchronized oscillation of the mouse segmentation clock via trans-repression of Notch signaling. Nat. Comm. 3, 1141 (2012).

Hayashi H., Kimura K., and *Kimura A.＿Localized accumulation of tubulin during semi-open mitosis in the　Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. Molecular Biology Cell 23, 1688-1699 (2012).

Koyama H., Umeda T., Nakamura K, Higuchi T. and *Kimura A.＿A high-resolution shape fitting and simulation demonstrated equatorial cell surface softening during cytokinesis and its promotive role in cytokinesis. PloS ONE 7, e31607 (2012).

Niwayama R., Shinohara K., and *Kimura A. The hydrodynamic property of the cytoplasm is sufficient to mediate cytoplasmic streaming in the Caenorhabiditis elegans embryo. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 108, 11900-11905 (2011).

Aoki, K., Hayashi, H., Furuya, K., Sato, M., Takagi, T., Osumi, M., Kimura, A., and *Niki, H. Breakage of the nuclear envelope by an extending mitotic nucleus occurs during anaphase in Schizosaccharomyces japonicus. Genes to Cells, 16, 911-926 (2011).

*Kosodo Y., Suetsugu T., Suda M., Mimori-Kiyosue Y., Toida K., Baba S.A., Kimura A., *Matsuzaki F. Regulation of interkinetic nuclear migration by cell cycle-coupled active and passive mechanisms in the developing brain. EMBO J. 30, 1690-1704 (2011).

Kimura K., and *Kimura A. Intracellular organelles mediate cytoplasmic pulling force for centrosome centration in the Caenorhabditis elegans early embryo. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 137-142 (2011).

Oginuma M., Takahashi Y., Kitajima S., Kiso M., Kanno J., Kimura A., and *Saga Y. The oscillation of Notch activation but not its boundary is required for somite border formation and rostral-caudal patterning within a somite. Development, 137, 1515-1522 (2010).

Hara Y., *Kimura A.　 Cell-size-dependent spindle elongation in the Caenorhabditis elegans early embryo. Curr Biol. 19, 1549-1554 (2009).　

Sugawara T, *Kimura A. Physical properties of the chromosomes and implications for development. (Review) Development, Growth, and Differentiation, 59, 405-414 (2017). doi: 10.1111/dgd.12363. (Jun 2, 2017)

*Kimura A, Celani A, Nagao H, Stasevich T, Nakamura K. Estimating cellular parameters through optimization procedures: elementary principles and applications. Frontiers in Physiology 6, 60. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00060 (2015)

*Marshall M.F., Young K.D., Swaffer M., Wood E., Nurse P., Kimura A., Frankel J., Wallingford J., Walbot V., Qu X., and Roeder A.H.K. What determines cell size? BMC Biology 10, 101 (2012).

Kimura K., *Kimura A. A novel mechanism of microtubule length-dependent force to pull centrosomes toward the cell center. BioArchitecture 1, 74-79 (2011) DOI: 10.4161/bioa.1.2.15549

Kimura A., *Onami S. Modeling microtubule-mediated forces and centrosome positioning in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Methods in Cell Biology 97, 437-453 (2010)

*Goshima G., *Kimura A. New look inside the spindle: microtubule-dependent microtubule generation within the spindle. Curr Opin Cell Biol 22, 44-49 (2009)

Hara Y., *Kimura, A. Cell-size-dependent control of organelle sizes during development. In “Cell Cycle in Development” (Kubiak JZ Ed.) Springer Series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation 53, 93-108 (2011)