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Kaoru S. Imai

The University of OsakaORCID 0000-0001-9113-6074Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1

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Yutaka SatouiD· 2 shared Bo DongiD· 1 shared Guilin WangiD· 1 shared Naoko Higuchi· 1 shared Teng FeiiD· 1 shared Tengjiao ZhangiD· 1 shared Tianwei YuiD· 1 shared Weiyang ShiiD· 1 shared

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 30, 2026

Gata.a, Tbx21, and Klf6/7 function cooperatively for zygotic genome activation in ascidian embryos

Kaoru S. Imai, Naoko Higuchi, Yutaka Satou

The paper identifies Gata.a, Tbx21, and Klf6/7 as cooperative regulators of zygotic genome activation in ascidian embryos, controlling ~80% of zygotically activated genes.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.30.741679

zebrafishbulk RNA-seq

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Developmental BiologyScience AdvancesPeer-reviewedNov 4, 2020

A single-cell analysis of the molecular lineage of chordate embryogenesis

Tengjiao Zhang, Yichi Xu, Kaoru S. Imai…·Zhirong Bao

This study maps the molecular lineage of chordate embryogenesis using single-cell transcriptomics in Ciona savignyi, identifying 47 cell types and revealing fate determination mechanisms.

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C. elegansscRNA-seq

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