Kozo Takeuchi, Ph. D.

Education
2003-07 | Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan. B. S., Applied Bioscience, 2007 |
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2007-09 | Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. M. S., Life Science, 2009 |
2009-12 | The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Mishima, Japan. Ph. D., Molecular Biology, 2012 |
Research and Professional Experience
2012-13 | Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan. |
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2013-present | Postdoctoral Fellow, RIKEN, Wako, Japan. |
Awards and Professional Activities
2013- | Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists |
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2008- | Member, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan |
2012- | Member, The American Society for Cell Biology |
Publication List
- Takeuchi, K., T. Nishino, K. Mayanagi, N. Horikoshi, A. Osakabe, H. Tachiwana, T. Hori, H. Kurumizaka and T. Fukagawa. (2014). The centromeric nucleosome-like CENP-T-W-S-X complex induces positive supercoils into DNA. Nucl Acids Res. 42:1644-1655.
PMID: 24234442 - Hori, T., W. H. Shang, K. Takeuchi and T. Fukagawa. (2013). The CCAN recruits CENP-A to the centromere and forms the structural core for kinetochore assembly. J Cell Biol. 200:45-60.
PMID: 23277427 - Takeuchi, K. and T. Fukagawa. (2012). Molecular architecture of vertebrate kinetochores. Exp Cell Res. 318:1367-1374.
PMID: 22391098 - Nishino, T., K. Takeuchi, K. E. Gascoigne, A. Suzuki, T. Hori, T. Oyama, K. Morikawa, I. M. Cheeseman and T. Fukagawa. (2012). CENP-T-W-S-X forms a unique centromeric chromatin structure with a histone-like fold. Cell. 148:487-501.
PMID: 22304917 - Gascoigne, K. E., K. Takeuchi, A. Suzuki, T. Hori, T. Fukagawa and I. M. Cheeseman. (2011). Induced ectopic kinetochore assembly bypasses the requirement for CENP-A nucleosomes. Cell. 145:410-422.
PMID: 21529714 - Matsuda, R., T. Hori, H. Kitamura, K. Takeuchi, T. Fukagawa and M. Harata. (2010). Identification and characterization of the two isoforms of the vertebrate H2A.Z histone variant. Nucl Acids Res. 38:4263-4273.
PMID: 20299344