Toshinori Endo

This study shows Hox2 is required for atrial siphon fusion in Ciona, with Hox2-knockout animals retaining two siphons and lacking cupular organs.

The paper identifies and analyzes non-reference endogenous retrovirus insertions in 163 wild house mice, revealing population-specific patterns and adaptive introgression.

The paper performs whole-genome sequencing of Vero E6 and compares it with four other Vero sublines to identify genetic differences and their potential impact on viral response.

The paper identifies genomic deletions and mutations in Huh7 and Huh7.5.1-8 cell lines that may serve as markers for cell authentication and distinguish between the two lines.

The paper identifies conserved upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in animal genomes and finds seven novel regulatory uORFs that repress main ORF translation.

The paper introduces a pipeline called ESUCA to identify conserved upstream ORFs (CPuORFs) across multiple plant species and finds that many of these CPuORFs are functionally conserved.