S. Ono

The effects of pressure on anticipatory postural adjustments during a jump shot in basketball

This study examines how pressure from a shot blocker affects anticipatory postural adjustments and jump shot performance in basketball, finding shorter APA duration and reduced performance under pressure.

Predictive visual patterns during table tennis forehand rallies

This study identifies visual patterns of skilled table tennis players during forehand rallies, showing they focus on the opponent's motion rather than the ball for most of the rally time.

Complete loss of RelA and SpoT homologs in Arabidopsis reveals the importance of the plastidial stringent response in the interplay between chloroplast metabolism and plant defense response

This study shows that loss of plastid ppGpp synthases/hydrolases in Arabidopsis leads to reduced ppGpp levels, leaf chlorosis, and enhanced defense gene expression under nitrogen starvation.

Error-suppression mechanism of PCR by blocker strands

This study investigates how blocker strands suppress PCR errors by combining experiments and modeling, showing they destabilize mishybridized complexes and create kinetic barriers.

Circulating mast cell progenitors migrate to atopic dermatitis-like skin then adapt locally

The paper identifies BM-derived mast cell progenitors in AD-like skin that adapt to CTMC phenotypes through local proliferation and integrinβ7 downregulation.

Rice MEL2 regulates the timing of meiotic transition as a component of cytoplasmic RNA granules

This study identifies MEL2 as an RNA-binding protein involved in meiotic timing regulation through its association with cytoplasmic RNA granules in rice.

Native cyclase-associated protein and actin from Xenopus laevis oocytes form a 4:4 complex with a tripartite structure

The paper isolates and characterizes a 4:4 XCAP1-actin complex from Xenopus oocytes, revealing a tripartite structure with potential functional implications.

Two Caenorhabditis elegans calponin-related proteins have overlapping functions to maintain cytoskeletal integrity and are essential for reproduction

This study identifies overlapping and distinct functions of two calponin-related proteins in C. elegans, showing they maintain cytoskeletal integrity and are essential for reproduction.

Plastidial (p)ppGpp synthesis by the Ca2+-dependent RelA-SpoT homolog regulates the adaptation of chloroplast gene expression to darkness in Arabidopsis

This study shows that CRSH-dependent (p)ppGpp synthesis in Arabidopsis regulates plastid gene expression adaptation to darkness by transiently increasing ppGpp levels, which is counteracted by RSH1, RSH2, and RSH3.