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Wataru Horikawa

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:multiome· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintOct 24, 2026

Efficient permuted intron-exon RNA circularization system based on the LtrB group II Intron from Lactococcus lactis

Kathrina Castillo, Chotiwat Seephetdee, Wataru Horikawa, Dániel Kiss

This paper develops a system for efficient circRNA production using a permuted intron-exon configuration of the LtrB group II intron, showing high circularization efficiency and payload flexibility.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.20.760490

experimental assay

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintApr 16, 2026

The RNase and RNA binding activities of selected RNase R truncations and mutations plus a detailed step by step protocol to purify recombinant RNase R

Wataru Horikawa, Dániel Kiss

This paper presents a cost-effective protocol to purify recombinant RNase R and evaluates mutations affecting its RNA binding and degradation activities.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.15.718802

E. coliexperimental assay

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 25, 2025

The DND1-NANOS3 complex shapes the primordial germ cell transcriptome via a heptanucleotide sequence in mRNA 3'UTRs

Masataka Suzawa, Chen Qiu, Ahsan Habib Polash…·Markus Hafner

The paper identifies an RNA sequence motif recognized by the DND1-NANOS3 complex in germ cells and shows its role in regulating mRNA expression.

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mousemultiome

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