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Kohei Asai

Kyoto UniversityORCID 0009-0002-0202-6565Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1

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Tomoya S. KitajimaiD· 3 shared Shuhei M. YoshidaiD· 2 shared Aurélien CourtoisiD· 1 shared Hiroshi KiyonariiD· 1 shared Osamu TakenouchiiD· 1 shared Reiko NakagawaiD· 1 shared Tappei MishinaiD· 1 shared Yuanzhuo ZhouiD· 1 shared

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Kif11-haploinsufficient oocytes reveal spatially differential requirements for chromosome biorientation in the spindle

Tappei Mishina, Aurélien Courtois, Shuhei M. Yoshida, Kohei Asai, Hiroshi Kiyonari, Tomoya S. Kitajima

This study shows that Kif11 haploinsufficiency in mouse oocytes leads to impaired spindle bipolarization and spatially differential chromosome biorientation.

EMBO Reports · Aug 20, 2025Peer-reviewedCell Biology

Kinetochores promote timely spindle bipolarization to prevent microtubule attachment errors in oocytes

Shuhei M. Yoshida, Reiko Nakagawa, Kohei Asai, Tomoya S. Kitajima

The paper shows that kinetochores promote timely spindle bipolarization in mouse oocytes to reduce microtubule attachment errors and aneuploidy risk.

The EMBO Journal · Jun 4, 2025Peer-reviewedCell Biology

Tethering NDC80-NUF2 to microparticles is sufficient to enable their biorientation in the spindle

Kohei Asai, Yuanzhuo Zhou, Osamu Takenouchi, Tomoya S. Kitajima

This study demonstrates that tethering NDC80-NUF2 to microparticles enables biorientation in mouse oocytes without requiring other kinetochore components.

Science · Sep 19, 2024Peer-reviewedCell Biology