Peter Aaron Takizawa, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology; Director, Medical Studies
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
Cell Biology: Cell Biology of RNA | Neuronal cell biology | Cellular imaging
Research Interests
Proteins; mRNA; Fluorescence-based assays; transport and translational regulation more...
Education
- B.S., University of California at Los Angeles, 1990
- Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1996
Selected Publications
- Dunn BD, Sakamoto T, Hong MS, Sellers JR, Takizawa PA. Myo4p is a monomeric myosin with motility uniquely adapted to transport mRNA. J Cell Biol. 2007 Sep 24;178(7):1193-206. PMID: 1789324.
- Jambhekar A, McDermott K, Sorber K, Shepard KA, Vale RD, Takizawa PA, DeRisi JL. Unbiased selection of localization elements reveals cis-acting determinants of mRNA bud localization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Dec 13;102(50):18005-10. Epub 2005 Dec 2. PMID: 16326802
- Irie K, Tadauchi T, Takizawa PA, Vale RD, Matsumoto K, Herskowitz I. (2002) The Khd1 protein, which has three KH RNA-binding motifs, is required for proper localization of ASH1 mRNA in yeast. EMBO J. 21(5): 1158-67.
