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2021

• "Mutation analysis of the rpoB gene in the radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans R1 exposed to space"
• Fujiwara, D., Y. Kawaguchi, Y. Togashi, I. Kinoshita, J. Yatabe, I. Narumi, H. Hashimoto, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  Astrobiology 21(12), 1494-1504 (2021) Astrobiology
• "Space Exposure of Amino Acids and Their Precursors in the Tanpopo Mission"
• Kobayashi, K., H. Mita, Y. Kebukawa, K. Nakagawa, T. Kaneko, Y. Obayashi, T. Sato, T. Yokoo, S. Minematsu, H. Fukuda, Y. Oguri, I. Yoda, S. Yoshida, K. Kanda, E. Imai, H. Yano, H. Hashimoto, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  Astrobiology 21(12), 1479-1493 (2021) Astrobiology
• "Scientific targets of Tanpopo: Astrobiology exposure and micrometeoroid capture experiments at the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility of the International Space Station"
• Yamagishi, A., S. Yokobori, K. Kobayashi, H. Mita, H. Yabuta, M. Tabata, M. Higashide, & H. Yano
  Astrobiology 21(12), 1451-1460 (2021) Astrobiology
• "Evolution of Superoxide Dismutases and Catalases in Cyanobacteria: Occurrence of the Antioxidant Enzyme Genes before the Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen"
• Harada, M., A. Akiyama, R. Furukawa, S. Yokobori, E. Tajika, & A.Yamagishi
  Journal of Molecular Evolution 89(8), 527-543 (2021) Journal of Molecular Evolution

2020

• "DNA damage and survival time course of deinococcal cell pellets during 3 years of exposure to outer space"
• Kawaguchi, Y., M. Shibuya, I. Kinoshita, J. Yatabe, I. Narumi, H. Shibata, R. Hayashi, D. Fujiwara, Y. Murano, H. Hashimoto, E. Imai, S. Kodaira, Y. Uchihori, K. Nakagawa, H. MIta, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  Frontiers in Microbiology 11, 2050 (2020) Frontiers in Microbiology
• "Tolerance of dried cells of a terrestrial cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. HK-01 to temperature cycles, helium-ion beams, ultraviolet radiation (172 and 254 nm), and gamma rays: Primitive analysis for space experiments"
• Tomita-Yokotani, K., S. Kimura, M. Ong, R. Ajioka, Y. Igarashi, H. Fujishiro, H. Katoh, H. Hashimoto, H. Mita, S. Yokobori, & M. Ohmori
  Eco-engineering 32, 47-53 (2020)
• "Characterization and phylogenetic position of two sympatric sister species of toxic flatworms Planocera multitentaculata and Planocera reticulata (Platyhelminthes: Acotylea). "
• Yonezawa, R., S. Itoi, Y. Igarashi, K. Yoshitake, H. Oyama, S. Kinoshita, R. Suo, S. Yokobori, H. Sugita, & S. Asakawa
  Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources 5, 2352-2354 (2020) Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources

2019

• "Planktonic adaptive evolution to the sea surface temperature in the Neoproterozoic inferred from ancestral NDK of marine cyanobacteria. "
• Harada, M., A. Nagano, S. Yagi, R. Furukawa, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  Earth and Planetary Science Letters 522, 98-106 (2019) ScienceDirect
• "Establishment of mesophilic-like catalytic properties on a thermophilic enzyme without the expense of its thermal stability."
• Akanuma, S., M. Bessho, H. Kimura, X.-t Zhou, R. Furukawa, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  Scientific Reports 9: 9346 (2019) PubMed
• "Eukaryotes appearing"
• S. Yokobori, & R. Furukawa
  In: "Astrobiology: From the origins of life to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence" (Eds. A. Yamagishi, T. Kakegawa, & T. Usui.). Springer Singapore, pp. 105-121 (2019)
• "STXM-XANES analyses of Murchison meteorite powders captured by aerogel after hypervelocity impacts: A potential implication of organic matter degradation for micrometeoroid collection experiments. "
• Kebukawa, Y., K. Okudaira, H. Yabuta, S. Hasegawa, M. Tabata, Y. Furukawa, M. Ito, A. Nakato, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, K. Kobayashi, S. Yokobori, E. Imai, Y. Kawaguchi, H. Yano, & A. Yamagishi
  Geochem. J. 531, 53-67 (2019) Geochemical Journal

2018

• "Draft genome sequence of the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus aerius TR0125, isolated from the high atmosphere above Japan. "
• Satoh, K., H. Arai, T. Sanzen, Y. Kawaguchi, H. Hayashi, S. Yokobori, A. Yamagishi, Y. Oono, & I. Narumi
  Genome Announcements 6: e00080-18 (DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00080-18)(2017) American Society for Microbiology

2017

• "Hydroxylation of a conserved tRNA modification contributes to establishment of non-universal genetic code in echinoderm mitochondria. "
• Nagao, A., M. Ohara, K. Miyauchi, S. Yokobori, A. Yamagishi, K. Watanabe, & T. Suzuki
  Nature Struc. Mol. Biol. 4(9), 778-782 (2017) PubMed
• "Reconstructed ancestral enzymes suggest long-term cooling of Earth’s photic zone since the Archean. "
• Garcia, A. K., J. W. Schopf, S. Yokobori, S. Akanuma, A. Yamagishi
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114(18), 4619-4624 (2017) PubMed
• "Diversification of mitochondrial genome of Daphnia galeata (Cladocera, Crustacea): comparison with phylogenetic consideration of the complete sequences of clones isolated from five lakes in Japan"
• Tokishita, S., H. Shibuya, T. Kobayashi, M. Sakamoto, J.-Y. Ha, S. Yokobori, H. Yamagata, & T. Hanazato
  gene 611, 38-46 (2017) PubMed
• "Updated mitochondrial phylogenomics of Pteriomorphia and Heterodonta in Bivalvia, including deep-sea chemosymbiotic Bathymodiolus mussels, vesicomyid clams, and the thyasirid clam Conchocele cf. bisecta. "
• Ozawa, M., S. Shimamura, Y. Takagi, S. Yokobori, T. Maeda, T. Maruyama & T. Yoshida
  Marine Genomics 31, 43-52 (2017) PubMed
• "Quest for ancestors of eukaryal cells based on phylogenetic analyses of aminoacyl tRNA synthetases. "
• Furukawa, R, M. Nakagawa, T. Kuroyanagi, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  J. Mol. Evol. 84,: 51-66 (2017) PubMed

2016

• "Investigation of the interplanetary transfer of microbes in the Tanpopo mission at the Exposed Facility of the International Space Station"
• Kawaguchi, Y., S. Yokobori, H. Hashimoto, H. Yano, M. Tabata, H. Kawai, & A. Yamagishi
  Astrobiology 16, 1-14 (2016)

• "Ultralow-density double-layer silica aerogel fabrication for the intact capture of cosmic dust in low-Earth orbits"
• Tabata, M., H. Kawai, H. Yano, E. Imai, H. Hshimoto, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  J. Sol-Gel Sci. Tech. 77(2): 325-334

2015

• "Epistasis effects of multiple ancestral-consensus amino acid substitutions on the thermal stability of glycerol kinase from Cellulomonas sp. NT3060"
• Fukuda, Y., A. Abe, T. Tamura, T. Kishimoto, A. Sogabe, S. Akanuma, S. Yokobori, A. Yamagishi, K. Imada, & K. Inagaki
  J. Biosci. Bioeng. (in press)
• "Robustness of predictions of extremely thermally stable proteins in ancient organisms"
• Akanuma, S., S. Yokobori, Y. Nakajima, M. Bessho,& A. Yamagishi
  Evol. 69(11): 2954–2962
• "Evolution of eukaryotic DNA polymerases via interaction between cells and large DNA viruses"
• Takemura, M., S. Yokobori, H. Ogata
  J. Mol. Evol. 81(1-2): 24-33
• "Ancestral amino acids substitution improved thermal stability of recombinant lignin-peroxidase from white-rot fungi, Phanerochaete chrysosporium strain UAMH 3641"
• Semba, Y., M. Ishida, S. Yokobori, A. Yamagishi
  Protein Engineer. Des. Select. 28(7): 221-230

2014

• "Fluorescence imaging of microbe-containing particles shot from a two-stage Light-gas gun into an aerogel"
• Kawaguchi, Y., T. Sugino, M. Tabata, K. Okudaira, E. Imai, H. Yano, S. Hasegawa, H. Hashimoto, H. Yabuta, K. Kobayashi, H. Kawai, H. Mita, S. Yokobori, & Yamagishi A.
  Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. (2014) doi:10.1007/s11084-014-9361-x. Springer
• "Chapter 2. How the early genetic code was established? -Inference from the analysis of extant animal mitochondrial decoding systems-"
• Watanabe, K., & S. Yokobori.
  In Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids: Fundamentals and Clinical Applications (Eds. Erdmann VA, Markiewicz WT, Barciszewski J.) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 25-40 (2014).
• "Arabidopsis thaliana mitochondrial EF-G1 functions in two different translational steps."
• Suematsu, T., O. Watanabe, K. Kita, & S. Yokobori, Y. Watanabe
  J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 155(2), 107-114 (2014). PubMed

2013

• "Selection of lichens resistant to the cosmic environment – thermal cycle treatment, UV irradiation and heavy particle beam –."
• Takahashi, Y., S. Shibata, J. Yokoyama, H. Hashimoto, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  Biol. Sci. Space 27: 9-18 (2013).
• "The possible interplanetary migration of aggregated microbes: Viability of Deinococcus spp. under the environmental conditions at ISS for exposure experiment of microbes in Tanpopo mission."
• Kawaguchi, Y., Y., Yang, K. Shiraishi, N. Kawashiri, Y. Takahashi, T. Sugino, K. Nakagawa, A. Tanigawa, H. Hashimoto, S. Yoshida, K. Kobayashi, K. Satoh, I. Narumi, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 43(4-5), 411-428 (2013). PubMed Springer
• "Life without tRNA^Arg-adenosine deaminase TadA: evolutionary consequences of decoding the four CGN codons as arginine in Mycoplasmas and other Mollicutes."
• Yokobori, S., A. Kitamura, H. Grosjean, & Y. Bessho
  Nucleic Acids Res. 41:6531-7543 (2013). PubMed
• "Experimental evidence for the thermophilicity of ancestral life."
• Akanuma S., Y. Nakajima, S. Yokobori, M. Kimura, N. Nemoto, T. Mase, K. Miyazono, M. Tanokura, & A. Yamagishi
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110 (27), 11067-11072 (2013).
• "Chapter 12.　Comparative Genomics of Thermophilic Bacteria and Archaea."
• Akanuma, S., S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  In "Thermophilic Microbes in Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology" (Eds. Satyanarayana, T., Litterchild J., Kawarabayasi, Y.). Springer Science, pp. 331-349 (2013).
• "Decoding mechanism of non-universal genetic codes in Loligo bleekeri mitochondria."
• Ohira, T., T. Suzuki, K. Miyauchi, T. Suzuki, S. Yokobori, A. Yamagishi, & K. Watanabe
  J. Bio. Chem. 288: 7645-7652 (2013). PubMed

2011

• "Unique characteristics of ascidian mitochondrial tRNAs - Existence of three 5-taurinometylyuridine-containing tRNAs corresponding to the non-universal genetic codes."
• Suzuki, T., K. Miyauchi, T. Suzuki, S. Yokobori, N. Shigi, A. Kondow, N. Takeuchi, A. Yamagishi, & K. Watanabe
  J. Biol. Chem. 286: 35494-35498 (2011).
• "Genetic code. Introduction (Version 2)."
• Watanabe, K., & S. Yokobori
  In: Encyclopedia of Life Science. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester. (2011). DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0000809.pub2
• "tRNA modification and genetic code variations in animal mitochondria."
• Watanabe, K., & S. Yokobori
  J. Nucleic Acids. (in press) (2011).
• "Tanpopo cosmic dust collector: silica aerogel production and bacterial DNA contamination analysis."
• Tabata, M., Y. Kawaguchi, S. Yokobori, H. Kawai, J. Takahashi, H. Yano, & A. Yamagishi.
  Biol. Sci. Space 25: 7-12 (2011).
• "Phylogeny-based design of a B-subunit of DNA gyrase and its ATPase domain using a small set of homologous amino acid sequences."
• Akanuma, S., S. Iwami, T. Yokoi, N. Nakamura, H. Watanabe, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi.
  J.Mol.Biol. 412:212-225 (2011) PubMed
• "Male death resulting from hybridization between subspecies of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar."
• Higashiura, Y., H. Yamaguchi, M. Ishihara, N. Ono, H. Tsukagoshi, S. Yokobori, S. Tokishita, H. Yamagata, & T. Fukatsu.
  Heredity 106:603-613 (2011) PubMed

2010

• "Repetitive sequences in the lamprey mitochondrial DNA control region and speciation of Lethenteron."
• Okada, K., Y. Yamazaki, S. Yokobori, & H. Wada.
  Gene (in press) [Epub ahead of print] (2010) PubMed
• "Male death resulting from hybridization between subspecies of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar."
• Higashiura, Y., H. Yamaguchi, M. Ishihara, N. Ono, H. Tsukagoshi, S. Yokobori, S. Tokishita, H. Yamagata, & T. Fukatsu.
  Heredity (in press) [Epub ahead of print] (2010) PubMed
• "Improvement of Bacillus circulans β-amylase activity attained using the ancestral mutation method."
• Yamashiro, K., S. Yokobori, S. Koikeda, & A. Yamagishi.
  Protein Engineer. Des. Select. 23: 519-528 (2010) PubMed
• "Evolution of genetic code"
• Yokobori, S., T. Ueda, & K. Watanabe.
  In: Encyclopedia of Life Science 2010. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester. http://www.els.net/ [DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0000548.pub2]. (2010) PubMed
• "A bacterial elongation factor G homolog exclusively functions in ribosome recycling in the spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi."
• Suematsu, T., S. Yokobori, H. Morita, S. Yoshinari, T. Ueda, K. Kita, N. Takeuchi, & Y. Watanabe
  Mol. Microbiol. 75: 1445-1454 (2010) PubMed
• "Deinococcus aetherius sp. nov., isolated from the stratosphere."
• Yang, Y., T. Itoh, S. Yokobori, S. Itahashi, H. Shimada, K. Satoh, H. Ohba, I. Narumi, & A. Yamagishi.
  Internatl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 60: 776-779(2010) PubMed

2009

• "Assessing Panspermia hypothesis by microorganisms collected from the high altitude atmosphere."
• Yang Y, Yokobori S. and Yamagishi A.
  Biol. Sci. Space. 23, 151-163 (2009) PubMed
• "Deinococcus aerius sp. nov., isolated from the high atmosphere."
• Yang, Y.-J., T. Itoh, S. Yokobori, S. Itahashi, H. Shimada, K. Satoh, H. Ohba, I. Narumi, & A. Yamagishi
  Internatl. J. Syst, Evol. Microbiol. 59: 1862-1866 (2009) PubMed
• "Deinococcus aetherius sp. nov., isolated from the stratosphere."
• Yang, Y.-J., T. Itoh, S. Yokobori, S. Itahashi, H. Shimada, K. Satoh, H. Ohba, I. Narumi, & A. Yamagishi
  Internatl. J. Syst, Evol. Microbiol. (in press) (2009) PubMed
• "Gain and loss of an intron in the protein-coding gene in Archaea."
• Yokobori, S., T. Itoh, S. Yoshinari, N. Nomura, Y. Sako, A. Yamagishi, T. Oshima, K. Kita, & Y. Watanabe
  BMC Evol. Biol. 9: 198 (2009) PubMed
• "Potential speciation of morphotypes in the photosymbiotic ascidian Didemnum molle in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan."
• Hirose, M., S. Yokobori, & E. Hirose
  Coral Reefs 28: 119-126 (2009) PubMed
• "Induction profile of HSP70-cognate genes by environmental pollutants in Chironomidae.."
• Yoshimi, T., K. Odagiri, S. Yokobori, Y. Takahashi, Y. Sugaya, & T. Miura
  Environ. Toxic. Pharmacol. 28: 294-301 (2009) PubMed
• "Bacterial survival responses to desiccation and high humidity."
• Yang, Y.-J., S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  Adv. Space Res. (a COSPAR publ.) 43: 1285-1290 (2009) PubMed
• "TANPOPO: Astrobiology Exposure and Micrometeoroid Capture Experiments - For Understanding Survival Possibility of Microorganisms in Space."
• Yokobori, S., A. Yamagishi, Y. Yang, K. Fujisaki, Y. H. Hashimoto, H. Kawai, K. Kobayashi, H. Mita, K. Okudaira, M. Tabata, H. Yano, M. Yamashita, Y. Yoshimura, TANPOPO WG.
  Ori. Life Evol. Biosph. 39:64 (2009) PubMed
• "Significance of Organic Compounds in Interplanetary Dust Particles: Scientific Objectives of Tanpopo Mission."
• Kobayashi, K., H. Hashimoto, T. Kaneko, H. Mita, S. Nakashima, H. Naraoka, K. Okudaira, J. Takahashi, Y. Takano, A. Yamagishi, M. Yamashita, H.Yano, S. Yokobori, TANPOPO WG.
  Ori. Life Evol. Biosph. 39:4 (2009)
• "TANPOPO: Astrobiology Exposure and Micrometeoroid Capture Experiments on the KIBO, ISS."
• Mita, H., A. Yamagishi, H. Yano, K. Okudaira, K. Kobayashi, S. Yokobori, M. Tabata, H. Kawai, H. Hashimoto , TANPOPO WG.
  Ori. Life Evol. Biosph. 39: 371-372 (2009)
• "TANPOPO: Astrobiology Exposure and Micrometeoroid Capture Experiments - For Understanding Survival Possibility of Microorganisms in Space."
• Yokobori, S., A. Yamagishi, Y. Yang, K. Fujisaki, H. Hashimoto, H. Kawai, K. Kobayashi, H. Mita, K. Okudaira, M. Tabata, H. Yano, M. Yamashita, Y. Yoshimura, TANPOPO WG.
  Ori. Life Evol. Biosph. 39: 377-378 (2009) PubMed

2008

• "UV-resistant Bacteria isolated at high altitude."
• Yang,Y.-J., S.Itahashi, S.Yokobori, A.Yamagishi
  Biol. Sci. Space 22: 18-25 (2008)
• "Complete nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial genomes of two solitary entoprocts, Loxocorone allax and Loxosomella aloxiata: Implications for lophotrochozoan phylogeny."
• Yokobori, S., T. Iseto, S. Asakawa, T. Sasaki, N. Shimizu, A. Yamagishi, T. Oshima, E. Hirose
  Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 47: 612-628 (2008) PubMed
• "TANPOPO: astrobiology exposure and micrometeoroid capture experiments."
• Yamagishi, A., H. Yano, K. Kobayashi, K. Kobayashi, S. Yokobori, M. Tabata, H. Kawai, M. Yamashita, H. Hashimoto, H. Naraoka, & H. Mita
  International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS) Web Paper Archives. 2008-k-05 (2008) PubMed
• "Investigation of cultivable microorganisms in the stratosphere collected by using a balloon in 2005."
• Yang, Y.-J., S. Yokobori, J. Kawaguchi, T. Yamagami, I. Iijima, N. Izutsu, H. Fuke, Y. Saitoh, S. Matsuzaka, M. Namiki, S. Ohta, M. Toriumi, K. Yamada, M. Seo, & A. Yamagishi
  JAXA-RR-08-001: 35-42 (2008) PubMed

2007

• Purification and characterization of pepsinogens from the gastric mucosa of African coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, and properties of the major pepsins.
• Tanji, M., E. Yakabe, T. Kageyama, S. Yokobori, M. Ichinose, K. Miki, H. Ito, & K. Takahashi
  Comparative Biochem. Physiol. (in press) (2007) pubmed
• An actin homolog of the archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum that retains the ancient trait of eukaryotic actin.
• Hara, F., K. Yamashiro, N. Nemoto, Y. Ohta, S. Yokobori, T. Yasunaga, S. Hisanaga & A. Yamagishi
  J. Bacteol. 189: 2039-2045 (2007) pubmed

2006

• The substrate specificity of tRNA (m1G37) methyltransferase (TrmD) from Aquifex aeolicus: a purine36G37 sequence in tRNA is recognized by the enzyme.
• Takeda, H., T. Yokooka, Y. Ikeuchi, S. Yokobori, K. Okadome, F. Takano, T. Oshima, T. Suzuki, Y. Endo, & H. Hori
  Genes to Cells 11: 1353-1365 (2006) pubmed
• Structural analysis of the plasmid pTA1 isolated from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum.
• Yamashiro, K., S. Yokobori, T. Oshima, & A. Yamagishi
  Extremophiles 10: 327-335 (2006) pubmed
• Archaeal pre-mRNA splicing: a connection to hetero-oligomeric splicing endonuclease.
• Yoshinari, S., T. Itoh, S. J. Hallam, E. F. Delong, S. Yokobori, A. Yamagishi, T. Oshima, K. Kita, & Y. Watanabe
  Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 346: 1024-1032 (2006) pubmed
• Multiple origins of the ascidian-Prochloron symbiosis: Molecular phylogeny of photosymbiotic and non-symbiotic colonial ascidians inferred from 18S rDNA sequences.
• Yokobori, S., A. Kurabayashi, B. A. Neilan, T. Maruyama, & E. Hirose
  Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 40: 8-19 (2006) pubmed
• Designing thermostable proteins: Ancestral mutants of 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase designed by using a phylogenetic tree.
• Watanabe, K., T. Ohkuri, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  J. Mol. Biol. 355: 664-674 (2006) pubmed

2005

• Functional reconstitution of a crenarchaeal splicing endonuclease in vitro.
• Yoshinari, S., S. Fujita, R. Masui, S. Kuramitsu, S. Yokobori, K. Kita, & Y. Watanabe
  Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 334: 1254-1259 (2005) pubmed
• The phylogenetic status of Paxillosida (Asteroidea) based on complete mitochondrial DNA sequences.
• Matsubara, M., M. Komatsu, T. Araki, S. Asakawa, S. Yokobori, K. Watanabe, & H. Wada
  Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 36: 598-605 (2005) pubmed
• Thermostability of ancestral mutants of Caldococcus noboribetus isocitrate dehydrogenase.
• Iwabata, H., K. Watanabe, T. Ohkuri, S. Yokobori, & A. Yamagishi
  FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 243: 393-398 (2005) pubmed
• Complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Doliolum nationalis with implications for evolution of urochordates.
• Yokobori, S., T. Oshima, & H. Wada
  Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 34: 273-283 (2005) pubmed

2004

• "Strand specific nucleotide composition bias as the driving force of reassignment of AGR codons in metazoan mitochondria."
• Yokobori, S., K. Watanabe, & T. Oshima
  Endocytobiosis Cell Res. 15: 366-370 (2004) PubMed
• Long-term conservation of six duplicated structural genes in cephalopod mitochondrial genomes.
• Yokobori, S., N. Fukuda, M. Nakamura, T. Aoyama, & T. Oshima
  Mol. Biol. Evol. 21: 2034-2046 (2004) pubmed

2003

• Mitochondrial genome of Ciona savignyi (Urochordata, Ascidiacea, Enterogona): comparison of gene arrangement and tRNA genes with Halocynthia roretzi mitochondrial genome.
• Yokobori, S., Y. Watanabe, & T. Oshima
  J. Mol. Evol. 57: 574-587 (2003) pubmed

2002

• The cephalopod Loligo bleekeri mitochondrial genome: multiplied noncoding regions and transposition of tRNA genes.
• Tomita, K., S. Yokobori, T. Oshima, T. Ueda, & K. Watanabe
  J. Mol. Evol. 54: 486-500 (2002) pubmed
• Introns in protein-coding genes in Archaea.
• Watanabe, Y., S. Yokobori, T. Inaba, A. Yamagishi, T. Oshima, Y. Kawarabayasi, H. Kikuchi, & K. Kita
  FEBS letters 501: 27-30 (2002) pubmed

2001

• Genetic code variations in mitochondria: tRNA as a major determinant of genetic code plasticity.
• Yokobori, S., T. Suzuki, & K. Watanabe
  J. Mol. Evol. 53: 314-326 (2001) pubmed

1999

• Complete DNA sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi (Chordata, Urochordata).
• Yokobori, S., T. Ueda, G. Feldmaier-Fuchs, S. Pääbo, R. Ueshima, A. Kondow, K. Nishikawa, & K. Watanabe
  Genetics 153: 1851-1862 (1999) pubmed
• Gene contents and organization of a mitochondrial DNA segment of the squid Loligo bleekeri.
• Sasuga, J., S. Yokobori, M. Kaifu, T. Ueda, K. Nishikawa, & K. Watanabe
  J. Mol. Evol. 48: 692-702 (1999) pubmed
• An extra tRNAGly(U*CU) found in ascidian mitochondria responsible for decoding non-universal codons AGA/AGG as glycine.
• Kondow, A., T. Suzuki, S. Yokobori, T. Ueda, & K. Watanabe
  Nucleic Acids Res. 27: 2554-2559 (1999) pubmed

1998

• The mitochondrial genome of the hemichordate Balanoglossus carnosus and the evolution of deuterostome mitochondria.
• Castresana, J., G. Feldmaier-Fuchs, S. Yokobori, N. Satoh, & S. Pääbo
  Genetics 150: 1115-1123 (1998) pubmed
• Ascidian mitochondrial tRNAMet possessing unique structural characteristics.
• Kondow, A., S. Yokobori, T. Ueda, & K. Watanabe
  Nucleosides Nucleotides 17: 531-539 (1998) pubmed

1997

• RNA editing in metazoan mitochondria: staying fit without sex.
• Börner, G. V., S. Yokobori, M. Mörl, M. Dörner & S. Pääbo
  FEBS lett. 409: 320-324 (1997) pubmed

1996

• Evolution of pulmonate gastropod mitochondrial genomes: comparisons of gene organizations of Euhadra, Cepaea and Albinaria and implications of unusual tRNA secondary structures.
• Yamazaki, N., R. Ueshima, J. A. Terrett, S. Yokobori, M. Kaifu, A. Segawa, T. Kobayashi T, K. Numachi, T. Ueda, K. Nishikawa, K. Watanabe, R. H. Thomas
  Genetics 145: 749-758 (1996) pubmed
• Polyadenylation creates discriminator base of the chicken mitochondrial tRNATyr.
• Yokobori, S. & S. Pääbo
  J. Mol. Biol. 265: 95-99 (1996) pubmed

1995

• tRNA editing in metazoans.
• Yokobori, S. & S. Pääbo
  Nature 377: 490 (1995) pubmed
• Transfer RNA editing in land snail mitochondria.
• Yokobori, S. & S. Pääbo
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92: 10432-10435 (1995) pubmed

1994

• Relationship among coelacanths, lungfishes, and tetrapods: a phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene sequences.
• Yokobori, S., M. Hasegawa, T. Ueda, N. Okada, K. Nishikawa & K. Watanabe
  J. Mol. Evol. 38: 602-609 (1994) pubmed

1993

• Codons AGA and AGG are read as glycine in ascidian mitochondria.
• Yokobori, S., T. Ueda & K. Watanabe
  J. Mol. Evol. 36: 1-8 (1993) pubmed