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Mizuki Kurashina

University of British ColumbiaORCID 0000-0001-5961-1824Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:C. elegans· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:protein sequence· 1

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Kota MizumotoiD· 4 shared Akihiro C. E. ShibataiD· 1 shared Andrew William Snow· 1 shared Ardalan HendiiD· 1 shared Arpun Johal· 1 shared Brian A. MacVicariD· 1 shared Ethan Fortes· 1 shared Hideji MurakoshiiD· 1 shared

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJun 9, 2026

LIN-44/Wnt controls developmental neurite pruning via UNC-43/CaMKII and PKC-2/PKC in C. elegans

Menghao Lu, Jeffrey SH Lin, Mizuki Kurashina, Kota Mizumoto

This study identifies the Wnt-calcium signaling pathway as essential for stereotyped neurite pruning in C. elegans, showing its regulation by lin-44/Wnt and involvement of unc-43/CaMKII and pkc-2/PKC.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.04.729963

C. elegansexperimental assay

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJul 29, 2024

A modular system to label endogenous presynaptic proteins using split fluorophores in C. elegans

Mizuki Kurashina, Andrew William Snow, Kota Mizumoto

DOI 10.1101/2024.07.29.605690

C. elegansprotein sequence

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NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewedAug 13, 2021

Sustained expression of unc-4/Hox and unc-37/Groucho in postmitotic neurons specifies the spatial organization of the cholinergic synapses in C. elegans

Mizuki Kurashina, Jane Wang, Jeffrey H. Lin…·Kota Mizumoto

This study identifies a postmitotic role for UNC-4 and UNC-37 in synaptic patterning of cholinergic motor neurons in C. elegans by inhibiting the Wnt pathway.

13 citations

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NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewedJul 31, 2018

Rap2 and TNIK control Plexin-dependent synaptic tiling in C. elegans

Xi Chen, Akihiro C. E. Shibata, Ardalan Hendi…·Kota Mizumoto

This study identifies Rap2 and TNIK as regulators of Plexin-dependent synaptic tiling in C. elegans, showing their role in restricting presynaptic assembly and forming tiled innervation.

24 citations

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