Excitable multivibrators: Switching dynamics between astable and monostable modes via opto-electronic threshold modulation
【Open Access】
Hiroshi. Ueno, Hiroshi Kawakami, and Koichiro Sadakane, Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications, IEICE 17, 306 (2026). DOI:10.1587/nolta.17.306
Effects of synergistic/antagonistic interactions between spermidine
(3+) and putrescine (2+) on gene expression through higher-order
DNA structural modification
【Open Access】
Haruto Ogawa, Takashi Nishio, Yuko Yoshikawa, Takahiro Kenmotsu, Kenichi Yoshikawa, European Biophysics Journal, (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s00249-026-01831-w.
Characteristic Effect of Hydroxyurea on the Higher-Order Structure of DNA and Gene Expression
【Open Access】
Haruto Ogawa, Takashi Nishio, Yuko Yoshikawa, Koichiro Sadakane, Takahiro Kenmotsu, Tomoyuki Koga, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Scientific Reports, 14, 13826 (2024). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-64538-y.
Chlorogenic Acid Protects DNA against Double-Strand Breaks: Evidence from Single Molecule Observation
【Open Access】
Haruto Ogawa, Takashi Nishio, Yuko Yoshikawa, Kochiro Sadakane, and Kenichi Yoshikawa, Chemistry Letters, 52, (2023). doi:10.1246/cl.230171.
Self-emergent vortex flow of microtubule and kinesin in cell-sized droplets under water/water phase separation【Open Access】
Hiroki Sakuta, Naoki Nakatani, Takayuki Torisawa, Yutaka Sumino, Kanta Tsumoto, Kazuhiro Oiwa and Kenichi Yoshikawa, Communications Chemistry, 6, 80/1-9 (2023). doi: 10.1038/s42004-023-00879-5.
Stiffness of Confinement Controls the Localization of an Object Under Crowding: Macroscale Real-World and Microscale Numerical Modelings on the Specificity of Intracellular Positioning
【Open Access】
Maho Kuroda, Satoshi Takatori, Takahiro Kenmotsu, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Chwen-Yang Shew, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 92, 064001 (2023). doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.92.064001.
The Anticancer Drug Daunomycin Directly Affects Gene Expression and DNA Structure
【Open Access】
Takashi Nishio, Yohji Shimada, Yuko Yoshikawa, Takahiro Kenmotsu, Helmut Schiessel, Kenichi Yoshikawa, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24,6631, (2023). doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076631.
Activation/Inhibition of Gene Expression Caused by Alcohols: Relationship with the Viscoelastic Property of a DNA Molecule【Open Access】
Kohei Fujino, Takashi Nishio, Keita Fujioka, Yuko Yoshikawa, Takahiro Kenmotsu, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Polymers, 15, 149(2023). doi.org/10.3390/polym15010149.
Markedly different effects of monovalent cations on the efficiency of gene expression【Open Access】
Takashi Nishio, Tomoya Masaoka, Yuko Yoshikawa, Koichiro Sadakane, Takahiro Kenmotsu, Helmut Schiessel, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Advanced Biology, 2200164 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202200164.
Structure of DNA Determines its Positioning in Cell-Size Droplets under Crowded Conditions【Open Access】
Takashi Nishio, Yuko Yoshikawa, Kenichi Yoshikawa, PLOS ONE, 16(12) e0261736 (2022). doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261736.
Emergence of uniform linearly-arranged micro-droplets entrapping DNA and living cells through water/water phase-separation【Open Access】
Mayu Shono, Ritsuki Ito, Fumika Fujita, Hiroki Sakuta, and Kenichi Yoshikawa, Sci. Rep., 11, 23570/1- 9 (2021). DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-02990-w.
Polymerization/depolymerization of actin cooperates with the morphology and stability of cell-sized droplets generated in a polymer solution under depletion effect 【Open Access】
Tatsuyuki Waizumi, Hiroki Sakuta, Masahito Hayashi, Kanta Tsumoto,Kingo Takiguchi and Kenichi Yoshikawa, J.Chem. Phys., 155, 075101/1-9 (2021).