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Makoto Suzuki
Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
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Novel Intermolecular Surface Force Unveils the Driving Force of the Actomyosin System
In this chapter, we discuss the role of water in actomyosin-force generation. We have been investigating the hydration properties of ions, organic molecules, and proteins. These studies revealed that actin fil...
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Spatial Distribution of Ionic Hydration Energy and Hyper-Mobile Water
In this chapter, we provide the following two topics.
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We carry out DRS measurements for divalent metal chloride and trivalent metal chl...
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Open AccessMechanical roles of apical constriction, cell elongation, and cell migration during neural tube formation in Xenopus
Neural tube closure is an important and necessary process during the development of the central nervous system. The formation of the neural tube structure from a flat sheet of neural epithelium requires severa...
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TRP Channels and Mechanical Signals
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are a unique cellular mechanism converting a wide variety of signals, including mechanical stress, to cation flow. The protein was first discovered in studies that e...
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Mechanosensitive Channel TRPV4
The transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4), a member of the TRP family that has a 6-transmembrane (TM) segment, was first identified as a hypoosmolality-activated Ca2+ permeable channel. The mechanism o...
