RUTH FURUKAWA
Assistant Research Scientist

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Davis, R.C., R. Furukawa, and M. Fechheimer. 2008. A cell culture model for investigation of Hirano bodies. Acta Neuropathol. Feb. 115(2): 205-17.

Kim, D.-H., R. C. Davis, R. Furukawa, and M. Fechheimer. 2008. Degradation of Hirano Bodies by Autophagy, manuscript in revision.

Ha, Sang Deuk, R. Furukawa, and M. Fechheimer. 2008. Association of the Carboxy terminal domain of the amyloid precursor protein with Hirano bodies, manuscript in revision.

Pikzack, C., J. Prassler, R. Furukawa, M. Fechheimer, and F. Rivero. 2005. Role of Calcium-dependent actin-bundling proteins: characterization of Dictyostelium mutants lacking fimbrin and the 34 kDa protein. Cell Motil.Cytoskel. 62, 210-31.

Furukawa, R., A. Maselli, S. A. M. Thomson, R. W. L. Lim, J. Stokes, and M. Fechheimer. 2003. Calcium Regulation of Actin Cross-linking Is Important for Function of the Actin Cytoskeleton in Dictyostelium, Journal of Cell Science 116, 187-196.

Maselli, A., R. Furukawa, S. A. M. Thomson, R. C. Davis, and M. Fechheimer. 2003. Formation of Hirano Bodies Induced by Expression of an Actin Cross-linking Protein With a Gain of Function Mutation. Eucaryotic Cell 2, 778-787.

 

 

 

 

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