Kohji HOTTA

Research Description

Development and Evolution of Chordate Animal, especially Ascidian.

Material

Selected Journal Publications

1. Takatoshi D Yokoyama, Kohji Hotta, Kotaro Oka: (2014 Oct) Comprehensive Morphological Analysis of Individual Peripheral Neuron Dendritic Arbors in Ascidian Larvae using the Photoconvertible Protein Kaede Developmental Dynamics243(10):1362-73

2. Mitsuru J Nakamura, Kohji Hotta, Kotaro Oka: (2013 Aug 20) Raman spectroscopic imaging of the whole Ciona intestinalis embryo during development PLOS ONE8(8):e71739

3. Nakamura MJ, Terai J, Okubo R, Hotta K, Oka K: (2012) Three-dimensional anatomy of the Ciona intestinalis tailbud embryo at single-cell resolution Dev Biol372:274-284.（Cover Picture）

4. Kawada T, Ogasawara M, Sekiguchi T, Aoyama M, Hotta K, Oka K, Satake H: (2011) Peptidomic analysis of the central nervous system of the protochordate, Ciona intestinalis: homologs and prototypes of vertebrate peptides and novel peptides. Endocrinology152:2416-2427

5. Terakubo HQ, Nakajima Y, Sasakura Y, Horie T, Konno A, Takahashi H, Inaba K, Hotta K, Oka K: (2010) Network structure of projections extending from peripheral neurons in the tunic of ascidian larva Dev Dyn239:2278-2287（(2010 Aug) DD ArtPix Developmental Dynamics239(9)）

6. Tassy O, Dauga D, Daian F, Sobral D, Robin F, Khoueiry P, Salgado D, Fox V, Caillol D, Schiappa R, Laporte B, Rios A, Luxardi G, Kusakabe T, Joly JS, Darras S, Christiaen L, Contensin M, Auger H, Lamy C, Hudson C, Rothbacher U, Gilchrist MJ, Makabe KW, Hotta K, Fujiwara S, Satoh N, Satou Y, Lemaire P.: (2010) The ANISEED database: Digital representation, formalization, and elucidation of a chordate developmental program. Genome Res

7. Endo T, Ueno K, Yonezawa K, Mineta K, Hotta K, Satou Y, Yamada L, Ogasawara M, Takahashi H, Nakajima A, et al.: (2010) CIPRO 2.5: Ciona intestinalis protein database, a unique integrated repository of large-scale omics data, bioinformatic analyses and curated annotation, with user rating and reviewing functionality Nucleic Acids Res

8. Hotta K, Takahashi H, Satoh N, Gojobori T (2008) Brachyury-downstream gene sets in a chordate, Ciona intestinalis: integrating notochord specification, morphogenesis and chordate evolution Evol Dev10:37-51

9. Hotta K, Mitsuhara K, Takahashi H, Inaba K, Oka K, Gojobori T, Ikeo K: (2007) A web-based interactive developmental table for the ascidian Ciona intestinalis, including 3D real-image embryo reconstructions: I. From fertilized egg to hatching larva Dev Dyn236:1790-1805

10. Hotta K, Yamada S, Ueno N, Satoh N, Takahashi H: (2007) Brachyury-downstream notochord genes and convergent extension in Ciona intestinalis embryos Dev Growth Differ49:373-382