Masaru Mori

Folate-dependent one-carbon metabolism controls meiotic and post-meiotic epigenome remodeling in the male germline

This study shows folate deficiency during spermatogenesis causes stage-specific metabolic and chromatin changes in the male germline, affecting histone modifications and epigenetic inheritance.

Advancing species identification: A non-invasive molecular approach through spider silk proteome analysis

This paper introduces a non-invasive molecular method for species identification using spider silk proteome analysis, achieving 86% accuracy across 15 species.

Functional consequences of shifting transcript boundaries in glucose starvation

The paper investigates transcript boundary shifts during glucose starvation in fission yeast, revealing changes in 3-UTRs, poly(A) tails, and 5-UTRs with functional impacts on stress response proteins.

Composition of minor ampullate silk makes its properties different from those of major ampullate silk

The paper investigates the composition and properties of minor ampullate silk (MI-silk) compared to major ampullate silk (MA-silk) and identifies MaSp2 as the factor affecting water resistance.

Darwin's bark spider shares a spidroin repertoire with Caerostris extrusa but achieves extraordinary silk toughness through gene expression

The paper investigates spidroin sequences and gene expression in Darwin's bark spider and its relative, finding that while spidroin genes are conserved, higher expression in Darwin's bark spider contributes to its tougher silk.

Multicomponent nature underlies the extraordinary mechanical properties of spider dragline silk

The paper identifies the multicomponent nature of spider dragline silk and shows that its mechanical properties arise from the combination of specific spidroin and SpiCE proteins.