☆　2002

1. Nishimura, M., Kakizaki, M., Ono, Y., Morimoto, K., Takeuchi, M., Inoue, Y., Imai, T., and Takai, Y. (2002)
   JEAP, a novel component of tight junctions in exocrine cells.
   J. Biol. Chem., 277, 5583-5587
   
   
2. Nagano, F., Kawabe, H., Nakanishi, H., Shinohara, M., Deguchi-Tawarada, M., Takeuchi, M., Sasaki, T., and Takai, Y. (2002)
   Rabconnectin-3, a novel protein that binds both GDP/GTP exchange protein and GTPase-activating protein for Rab3 small G protein family.
   J. Biol. Chem., 277, 9629-9632
   
   
3. Pokutta, S., Drees, F., Takai, Y., Nelson, W.J., and Weis, W.I. (2002)
   Biochemical and structural definition of the l-afadin- and actin-binding sites of α-catenin.
   J. Biol. Chem., 277, 18868-18874
   
   
4. Kawakatsu, T., Shimizu, K., Honda, T., Fukuhara, T., Hoshino, T., and Takai, Y. (2002)
   Trans-interaction of nectins induces formation of filopodia and lamellipodia through the respective activation of Cdc42 and Rac small G proteins.
   J. Biol. Chem., 277, 50749-50755
   
   
5. Mizoguchi, A., Nakanishi, H., Kimura, K., Matsubara, K., Ozaki-Kuroda, K., Katata, T., Honda, T., Kiyohara, Y., Heo, K., Higashi, M., Tsutsumi, T., Sonoda, S., Ide, C., and Takai, Y. (2002)
   Nectin: An adhesion molecule involved in formation of synapses.
   J. Cell Biol., 156, 555-565
   
   
6. Ohtsuka, T., Takao, E., Inoue, E., Inoue, M., Takeuchi, M., Matsubara, K., Deguchi-Tawarada, M., Satoh, K., Morimoto, K., Nakanishi, H., and Takai, Y. (2002)
   CAST: A novel protein of the cytomatrix at the active zone of synapses that forms a ternary complex with RIM1 and Munc13-1.
   J. Cell Biol., 158, 577-590
   
   
7. Yamaguchi, K., Tanaka, M., Mizoguchi, A., Hirata, Y., Ishizaki, H., Kaneko, K., Miyoshi, J., and Takai, Y. (2002)
   A GDP/GTP exchange protein for the Rab3 small G protein family up-regulates a postdocking step of synaptic exocytosis in central synapses.
   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99, 22, 14536-14541
   
   
8. Ozaki-Kuroda, K., Nakanishi, H., Ohta, H., Tanaka, H., Kurihara, H., Mueller, S., Irie, K., Ikeda, W., Sakai, T., Wimmer, E., Nishimune, Y., and Takai, Y. (2002)
   Nectin couples cell-cell adhesion and the actin scaffold at heterotypic testicular junctions.
   Curr. Biol., 12, 1145-1150
   
   
9. Yamamoto, Y., Mandai, K., Okabe, N., Hoshino, T., Nakanishi, H., and Takai, Y. (2002)
   Localization of mLin-7 at nectin-based cell-cell junctions.
   Oncogene, 21, 2545-2554
   
   
10. Peng, Y.F., Mandai, K., Nakanishi, H., Ikeda, W., Asada, M., Momose, Y., Shibamoto, S., Yanagihara, K., Shiozaki, H., Monden, M., Takeichi, M., and Takai, Y. (2002)
    Restoration of E-cadherin-based cell-cell adhesion by overexpression of nectin in HSC-39 cells, a human signet ring cell gastric cancer cell line.
    Oncogene, 21, 4108-4119
    
    
11. Fukuhara, A., Irie, K., Nakanishi, H., Takekuni, K., Kawakatsu, T., Ikeda, W., Yamada, A., Katata, T., Honda, T., Sato, T., Shimizu, K., Ozaki, H., Horiuchi, H., Kita, T., and Takai, Y. (2002)
    Involvement of nectin in the localization of junctional adhesion molecule at tight junctions.
    Oncogene, 21, 7642-7655
    
    
12. Momose, Y., Honda, T., Inagaki, M., Shimizu, K., Irie, K., Nakanishi, H., and Takai, Y. (2002)
    Role of the second immunoglobulin-like loop of nectin in cell-cell adhesion.
    Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 293, 45-49
    
    
13. Tanaka, Y., Irie, K., Hirota, T., Sakisaka, T., Nakanishi, H., and Takai, Y. (2002)
    Ectodomain shedding of nectin-1a by SF/HGF and TPA in MDCK cells.
    Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 299, 3, 472-478
    
    
14. Satoh, K., Takeuchi, M., Oda, Y., Deguchi-Tawarada, M., Sakamoto, Y., Matsubara, K., Nagasu, T., and Takai, Y. (2002)
    Identification of activity-regulated proteins in the postsynaptic density fraction.
    Genes Cells, 7, 187-197
    
    
15. Kim, Y., Ikeda, W., Nakanishi, H., Tanaka, Y., Takekuni, K., Itoh, S., Monden, M., and Takai, Y. (2002)
    Association of frabin with specific actin and membrane structures.
    Genes Cells, 7, 413-420
    
    
16. Fukuhara, A., Irie, K., Yamada, A., Katata, T., Honda, T., Shimizu, K., Nakanishi, H., and Takai, Y. (2002)
    Role of nectin in organization of tight junctions in epithelial cells.
    Genes to Cels, 7, 1059-1072
    
    
17. Ohtakara, K., Nishizawa, M., Izawa, I., Hata, Y., Matsushima, S., Taki, W., Inada, H., Takai, Y., and Inagaki, M. (2002)
    Densin-180, a synaptic protein, links to PSD-95 through its direct interaction with MAGUIN-1.
    Genes Cells, 7, 1149-1160
    
    
18. Manabe, N., Hirai, S., Imai, F., Nakanishi, H.,Takai, Y., and Ohno, S. (2002)
    Association of ASIP/mPAR-3 with adherens junctions of mouse neuroepithelial cells.
    Dev. Dyn., 225, 61-69
    
    
19. Nakanishi, H., Sasaki, T., and Takai, Y. (2002)
    Isolation of regulatory proteins for the Rab3 subfamily GTPases.
    Methods Mol. Biol., 189, 143-156
    
    
20. Nakanishi, H., Sasaki, T., Miyoshi, J., and Takai, Y. (2002)
    Rab3A small G protein and its regulators in neurotransmitter release and synaptic plasticity.
    Catecholamine Research: From Molecular Insights to Clinical Medicine, 53, 77-80