Hiiragi GroupPublications
The transition from meiotic to mitotic spindle assembly is gradual during early mammalian development.
Courtois, A., Schuh, M., Ellenberg, J. & Hiiragi, T.
J Cell Biol. 2012 Aug 6;198(3):357-70. Epub 2012 Jul 30. PubMed
The Kruppel-associated Box Repressor Domain Can Induce Reversible Heterochromatization of a Mouse Locus in Vivo.
Groner, A.C., Tschopp, P., Challet, L., Dietrich, J.E., Verp, S., Offner, S., Barde, I., Rodriguez, I., Hiiragi, T. & Trono, D.
J Biol Chem. 2012 Jul 20;287(30):25361-9. Epub 2012 May 17. PubMed
Bmi1 facilitates primitive endoderm formation by stabilizing Gata6 during early mouse development.
Lavial, F., Bessonnard, S., Ohnishi, Y., Tsumura, A., Chandrashekran, A., Fenwick, M.A., Tomaz, R.A., Hosokawa, H., Nakayama, T., Chambers, I., Hiiragi, T., Chazaud, C. & Azuara, V.
Genes Dev. 2012 Jul 1;26(13):1445-58. Epub 2012 Jun 19. PubMed
Stochastic processes in the development of pluripotency in vivo.
Wennekamp, S. & Hiiragi, T.
Biotechnol J. 2012 Jun;7(6):737-44. doi: 10.1002/biot.201100357. Epub 2012 Apr27. PubMed
Dynamic rearrangement of surface proteins is essential for cytokinesis.
Bauer, T., Motosugi, N., Miura, K., Sabe, H. & Hiiragi, T.
Genesis. 2008 Dec 30;46(3):spcone. PubMed
Computer simulation of emerging asymmetry in the mouse blastocyst.
Honda, H., Motosugi, N., Nagai, T., Tanemura, M. & Hiiragi, T.
Development. 2008 Apr;135(8):1407-14. PubMed
Hypomethylation of paternal DNA in the late mouse zygote is not essential for development.
Polanski, Z., Motosugi, N., Tsurumi, C., Hiiragi, T. & Hoffmann, S.
Int J Dev Biol. 2008;52(2-3):295-8. PubMed
Stochastic processes during mouse blastocyst patterning.
Dietrich, J.E. & Hiiragi, T.
Cells Tissues Organs. 2008;188(1-2):46-51. Epub 2008 Feb 27. PubMed
Stochastic patterning in the mouse pre-implantation embryo.
Dietrich, J.E. & Hiiragi, T.
Development. 2007 Dec;134(23):4219-31. Epub 2007 Oct 31. PubMed
Embryology: does prepatterning occur in the mouse egg?
Hiiragi, T., Louvet-Vallee, S., Solter, D. & Maro, B.
Nature. 2006 Jul 13;442(7099):E3-4; discussion E4. PubMed
Space asymmetry directs preferential sperm entry in the absence of polarity in the mouse oocyte.
Motosugi, N., Dietrich, J.E., Polanski, Z., Solter, D. & Hiiragi, T.
PLoS Biol. 2006 May;4(5):e135. Epub 2006 Apr 25. PubMed
Fatal flaws in the case for prepatterning in the mouse egg.
Hiiragi, T. & Solter, D.
Reprod Biomed Online. 2006 Feb;12(2):150-2. PubMed
Polarity of the mouse embryo is established at blastocyst and is not prepatterned.
Motosugi, N., Bauer, T., Polanski, Z., Solter, D. & Hiiragi, T.
Genes Dev. 2005 May 1;19(9):1081-92. PubMed
Mechanism of first cleavage specification in the mouse egg: is our body plan set at day 0?
Hiiragi, T. & Solter, D.
Cell Cycle. 2005 May;4(5):661-4. Epub 2005 May 22. PubMed
First cleavage plane of the mouse egg is not predetermined but defined by the topology of the two apposing pronuclei.
Hiiragi, T. & Solter, D.
Nature. 2004 Jul 15;430(6997):360-4. PubMed
