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Kentaro M. Tanaka

Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityORCID 0000-0001-8967-4607Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:electrophysiology· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Aya TakahashiiD· 3 shared Ashleigh S. Takemoto· 1 shared Claire Tanaka SaitoiD· 1 shared Diler HajiiD· 1 shared Gavin R. RiceiD· 1 shared Hiromu C. SuzukiiD· 1 shared Julianne Naomi PelaeziD· 1 shared Kanoko Takahashi· 1 shared

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Alternative Splicing in TRPA1 Drives Sensory Adaptation to Electrophiles in Drosophilids

Hiromu C. Suzuki, Claire Tanaka Saito, Srivarsha Rajshekar, Takaaki Sokabe, Diler Haji, Simon Cornelis Groen, Julianne Naomi Pelaez, Teruyuki Matsunaga, Ashleigh S. Takemoto, Kentaro M. Tanaka, Aya Takahashi, Makoto Tominaga, Shigeru Saito, Noah Kerness Whiteman

This study identifies alternative splicing of TRPA1 as a key mechanism driving reduced electrophile sensitivity in S. flava, enabling adaptation to toxic Brassicales plants.

bioRxiv · May 9, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Trichomes on female reproductive tract: rapid diversification and underlying gene regulatory network in Drosophila suzukii and its related species

Kentaro M. Tanaka, Kanoko Takahashi, Gavin R. Rice, Mark Rebeiz, Yoshitaka Kamimura, Aya Takahashi

The paper examines oviprovector scales in Drosophila species, finding they have divergent sizes and spatial arrangements and are regulated by a conserved gene network similar to trichomes.

BMC Ecology and Evolution · Jul 28, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

A silencer repressing redundant enhancer activities revealed by deleting endogenous cis-regulatory element of ebony in Drosophila melanogaster

Noriyoshi Akiyama, Shoma Sato, Kentaro M. Tanaka, Takaomi Sakai, Aya Takahashi

The paper deletes an enhancer in ebony to reveal redundant enhancer activities and a silencer that represses expression in specific regions of Drosophila melanogaster.

bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2021 · PreprintGenetics