Publications

  1. Claire D. McWhite, Wisath Sae-Lee, Yaning Yuan, Anna L. Mallam, Nicolas A. Gort-Freitas, Silvia Ramundo, Masayuki Onishi, Edward M. Marcotte (2022)
    Alternative proteoforms and proteoform-dependent assemblies in humans and plants
    bioRxiv 2022.09.21.508930; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.21.508930
  2. Pecani K, Lieberman K, Tajima-Shirasaki N, Onishi M#, Cross FR#. (2022)
    # Corresponding authors.
    Control of division in Chlamydomonas by cyclin B/CDKB1 and the anaphase-promoting complex.
    PLoS Genetics. 18;18(8):e1009997.
  3. Fauser F, Vilarrasa-Blasi J, Onishi M, Ramundo S, Patena W, Millican M, Osaki J, Philp C, Nemeth M, Salomé PA, Li X, Wakao S, Kim RG, Kaye Y, Grossman AR, Niyogi KK, Merchant SS, Cutler SR, Walter P, Dinneny JR, Jonikas MC, Jinkerson RE. (2022)
    Systematic characterization of gene function in the photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
    Nature Genetics. 54(5):705-714.
  4. Cleves PA, Krediet CJ, Lehnert EM, Onishi M, Pringle JR (2020)
    Insights into coral bleaching under heat stress from analysis of gene expression in a sea anemone model system.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117(46):28906–28917.
  5. Onishi M, Umen JG, Cross FR, Pringle JR. (2020)
    Cleavage-furrow formation without F-actin in Chlamydomonas
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.U.S.A.
  6. Chao JT, Piña F, Onishi M, Cohen Y, Schuldiner M, and Niwa M. (2019)
    Transfer of septin rings to cytokinetic remnants directs age-sensitive ER stress surveillance and cell cycle re-entry.
    Dev. Cell. 51:173-191.
  7. Onishi M, Pecani K, Jones IV T, Pringle JR, Cross FR. (2018)
    F-actin homeostasis through transcriptional regulation and proteasome-mediated proteolysis.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.U.S.A.115:E6487-E6496.
  8. Wang M, Nishihama R, Onishi M, Pringle JR. (2018)
    Role of a Cyk3-Hof1 interaction in septum formation during yeast cytokinesis.
    Mol. Biol. Cell. 29:597-609.
  9. Xiang T, Jinkerson RE, Clowez S, Tran C, Krediet CJ, Onishi M, Cleves PA, Pringle JR, Grossman AR. (2018)
    Glucose-induced trophic shift in Symbiodinium and its physiological and molecular consequences.
    Plant Physiol. 176:1793-1807.
  10. Onishi M, Pringle JR. (2016)
    Robust transgene expression from bicistronic mRNA in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
    G3. 6:4115-4125.
  11. Yamasaki T, Onishi M, Kim EJ, Cerutti H, Ohama T. (2016)
    RNA-binding protein DUS16 plays an essential role in primary miRNA processing in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 113:10720-10725.
  12. Chin CF, Tan K, Onishi M, Chew Y, Augustine B, Lee WR, Yeong FM. (2016)
    Timely endocytosis of cytokinetic enzymes prevents premature spindle breakage during mitotic exit.
    PLoS Genet. 12:e1006195.
  13. Zhu L, Li Q, Wong SH, Huang M, Klein BJ, Shen J, Ikenouye L, Onishi M, Schneidawind D, Buechele C, Hansen L, Duque-Afonso J, Zhu F, Martin GM, Gozani O, Majeti R, Kutateladze TG, Cleary ML. (2016)
    ASH1L links histone H3 lysine 36 dimethylation to MLL leukemia.
    Cancer Discov. 6:770-783.
  14. Onishi M*,Pringle JR, Cross FR*. (2016)
    Evidence that an unconventional actin can provide essential F-actin function and that a surveillance system monitors F-actin integrity in Chlamydomonas.
    Genetics. 202:977-996.
    *Contributed equally.

  15. Onishi M, Pringle JR. (2016)
    Analysis of Rho-GTPase activity during budding yeast cytokinesis.
    Methods Mol. Biol
    . 1369:205-218
  16. Bieri T, Onishi M, Xiang T, Grossman AR, Pringle JR. (2016)
    Relative contributions of various cellular mechanisms to loss of algae during cnidarian bleaching.
    PLoS One. 11:e0152693.
  17. Onishi M, Pringle JR. (2016)
    The non-opisthokont Septins: How many there are, how little we know about them, and how we might learn more.
    Methods Cell Biol. 136:1-19.

    [Phylogenetic groups with unequivocal, probable, possible, and no septins.]
  18. Lopez V, Barinova N, Onishi M, Pobiega S, Pringle JR, Dubrana K, Marcand S. (2015)
    Cytokinesis breaks dicentric chromosomes preferentially at pericentromeric regions and telomere fusions.
    Genes Dev. 29:322-336
  19. Avasthi P, Onishi M, Karpiak J, Yamamoto R, Mackinder L, Jonikas MC, Sale WS, Shoichet B, Pringle JR, Marshall WF. (2014)
    Actin is required for IFT regulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
    Curr. Biol24:2025-2032.
    Highlighted in: Curr. Biol.24:R796-798.
  20. Onishi M, Ko N, Nishihama R, Pringle JR. (2013)
    Distinct roles of Rho1, Cdc42, and Cyk3 in septum formation and abscission during yeast cytokinesis.
    J. Cell Biol. 202:311-329.
    Highlighted in: J. Cell Biol. 202:187-189.
  21. Pollard LW, Onishi M, Pringle JR, Lord M. (2012)
    Fission yeast Cyk3p is a transglutaminase-like protein that participates in cytokinesis and cell morphogenesis.
    Mol. Biol. Cell. 23:2433-2444
  22. Wloka C, Nishihama R, Onishi M, Oh Y, Hanna J, Pringle JR, Krauss M, Bi E. (2011)
    Evidence that a septin diffusion barrier is dispensable for cytokinesis in budding yeast.
    Biol. Chem. 392:813-829.
  23. Nishihama R, Onishi M, Pringle JR. (2011)
    New insights into the phylogenetic distribution and evolutionary origins of the septins.
    Biol. Chem. 392:681-687.
  24. Onishi M*, Koga T, Hirata A, Nakamura T, Asakawa H, Shimoda C, Bähler J, Wu JQ, Takegawa K, Tachikawa H, Pringle JR*, Fukui Y. (2010)
    Role of septins in the orientation of forespore membrane extension during sporulation in fission yeast.
    Mol. Cell. Biol. 30:2057-2074.
    *Corresponding authors.
  25. Nishihama R*, Schreiter JH*, Onishi M*, Vallen EA*, Hanna J, Moravcevic K, Lippincott MF, Han H, Lemmon MA, Pringle JR, Bi E. (2009)
    Role of Inn1 and its interactions with Hof1 and Cyk3 in promoting cleavage furrow and septum formation in S. cerevisiae.
    J. Cell Biol.185:995-1012
    *Contributed equally.
  26. Onishi M, Iida M, Koga T, Yamada S, Hirata A, Iwaki T, Takegawa K, Fukui Y, Tachikawa H. (2007)
    Schizosaccharomyces pombe Sst4p, a conserved Vps27/Hrs homolog, functions downstream of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase Pik3p to mediate proper spore formation.
    Eukaryot. Cell.
    6:2343-2353.
  27. Iwaki T, Onishi M, Ikeuchi M, Kita A, Sugiura R, Giga-Hama Y, Fukui Y, Takegawa K. (2007)
    Essential roles of class E Vps proteins for sorting into multivesicular bodies in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
    Mol. Microbiology. 153:2753-2764.
  28. Koga T, Onishi M*, Nakamura Y, Hirata A, Nakamura T, Shimoda C, Iwaki T, Takegawa K, Fukui Y. (2004)
    Sorting nexin homologues are targets of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in sporulation of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
    Genes Cells.9:561-574.
    *Contributed equally.
  29. Onishi M, Nakamura Y, Koga T, Takegawa K, Fukui Y. (2003)
    Isolation of suppressor mutants of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase deficient cells in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
    Bioscience. Biotech. Biochem. 67:1772-1779.
  30. Iwaki T, Osawa F, Onishi M, Koga T, Fujita Y, Hosomi A, Tanaka N, Fukui Y, Takegawa K. (2003)
    Characterization of vps33+, a gene required for vacuolar biogenesis and protein sorting in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
    Yeast. 20:845-855.
  31. Onishi M, Nakamura Y, Koga T, Hirata A, Fukui Y. (2003)
    Importance of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in sporulation of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
    Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 67:1191-1193.
  32. Onishi M, Koga T, Morita R, Nakamura Y, Nakamura T, Shimoda C, Takegawa K, Hirata A, Fukui Y. (2003)
    Role of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in formation of forespore membrane in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
    Yeast. 20:193-206.