A class I odorant receptor enhancer shares a functional motif with class II enhancers
Tetsuo Iwata, Satoshi Tomeoka, Junji Hirota*
Scientific Reports (2021) 11:510, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79980-x [Online Journal]

Expression of Eya1 in mouse taste buds
Makoto Ohmoto*, Satsuki Kitamoto, Junji Hirota*
Cell and Tissue Research (2020) DOI: 10.1007/s00441-020-03311-9 [PDF file]

SOX2 regulates homeostasis of taste bud cells and lingual epithelial cells in posterior tongue
Makoto Ohmoto*, Weiwei Lei, Junpei Yamashita, Junji Hirota, Peihua Jiang, Ichiro Matsumoto*
PLOS ONE (2020) e0240848, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240848 [Online Journal]

Bcl11b controls odorant receptor class choice in mice
Takayuki Enomoto, Hidefumi Nishida, Tetsuo Iwata, Akito Fujita, Kanako Nakayama, Takahiro Kashiwagi, Yasue Hatanaka, Hiro Kondo, Rei Kajitani, Takehiko Itoh, Makoto Ohmoto, Ichiro Matsumoto, Junji Hirota*
Communications Biology (2019) 2, 296. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0536-x [Online Journal]

A single pheromone receptor gene conserved across 400 million years of vertebrate evolution
Hikoyu Suzuki, Hidefumi Nishida, Hiro Kondo, Ryota Yoda, Tetsuo Iwata, Kanako Nakayama, Takayuki Enomoto, Jiaqi Wu, Keiko Moriya-Ito, Masao Miyazaki, Yoshihiro Wakabayashi, Takushi Kishida, Masataka Okabe, Yutaka Suzuki, Takehiko Ito, Junji Hirota, Masato Nikaido
Molecular Biology and Evolution (2018) 35(12):2928-2939 [Abstract]

Skn-1a/Pou2f3 functions as a master regulator to generate Trpm5-expressing chemosensory cells in mice
Junpei Yamashita, Makoto Ohmoto, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Ichiro Matsumoto and Junji Hirota*
PLOS ONE (2017) 12(12):e0189340. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189340 [Online Journal]

A Long-Range cis-Regulatory Element for Class I Odorant Receptor Genes
Tetsuo Iwata, Yoshihito Niimura, Chizuru Kobayashi, Daichi Shirakawa, Hikoyu Suzuki, Takayuki Enomoto, Kazushige Touhara, Yoshihiro Yoshihara and Junji Hirota*
Nature Communications (2017)8(1):885. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00870-4 [Online Journal]

Genetic Lineage Tracing in Taste Tissues Using Sox2-CreERT2 Strain
Makoto Ohmoto, Wenwen Ren, Yugo Nishiguchi, Junji Hirota, Peihua Jiang and Ichiro Matsumoto*
Chemical Senses (2017) 42, 547-552 [Abstract [ch0]]

Bcl11b/Ctip2 is required for development of lingual papillae in mice
Yugo Nishiguchi, Makoto Ohmoto, Jun Koki, Takayuki Enomoto, Ryo Kominami, Ichiro Matsumoto and Junji Hirota*
Developmental Biology (2016) 416, 98-110 [Abstract [ch0]]

An inducible recA expression Bacillus subtilis genome vector for stable manipulation of large DNA fragments
Takafumi Ogawa, Tetsuo Iwata, Shinya Kaneko, Mitsuhiro Itaya and Junji Hirota*
BMC Genomics (2015), 16:209, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1425-4 [Online Journal]

Skn-1a/Pou2f3 is required for the generation of Trpm5-expressing microvillous cells in the mouse main olfactory epithelium
Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Junpei Yamashita, Makoto Ohmoto, Imad Aoudé, Tatsuya Ogura, Wangmei Luo, Alexander A Bachmanov, Weihong Lin, Ichiro Matsumoto* and Junji Hirota*
BMC Neuroscience (2014), 15:13, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-15-13 [Online Journal]

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Pou2f3/Skn-1a is necessary for the generation or differentiation of solitary chemosensory cells in the anterior nasal cavity
Makoto Ohmoto, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Junpei Yamashita, Alexander A Bachmanov, Junji Hirota* and Ichiro Matsumoto*
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry (2013), 77(10), 2154-2156 [Abstract]

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Bacillus subtilis genome vector-based complete manipulation and reconstruction of genomic DNA for mouse transgenesis
Tetsuo Iwata, Shinya Kaneko, Yuh Shiwa, Takayuki Enomoto, Hirofumi Yoshikawa and Junji Hirota*
BMC Genomics (2013) 14:300, doi:10.1186/1471-2164-14-300 [Online Journal]

Bcl11b/Ctip2 controls the differentiation of vomeronasal sensory neurons in mice
Takayuki Enomoto, Makoto Ohmoto, Tetsuo Iwata, Ayako Uno, Masato Saitou, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Ryo Kominami, Ichiro Matsumoto and Junji Hirota*
Journal of Neuroscience (2011), 31(28), 10159-10173 [Full text]

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Differential impact of Lhx2 deficiency on expression of class I and class II odorant receptor genes in mouse
Junji Hirota, Masayo Omura and Peter Mombaerts*
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (2007), 34, 679-688 [Full text]

The Promoter of the mouse odorant receptor gene M71
Andrea Rothman, Paul Finestein, Junji Hirota and Peter Mombaerts*
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (2005), 28, 535-548 [Full text]

The LIM-homeodomain protein Lhx2 is required for complete development of mouse olfactory sensory neurons
Junji Hirota and Peter Mombaerts*
Proceeding of National Academy of Science, USA (2004), 101, 8751-8755 [Full text]

Targeting a complex transcriptome: The construction of the mouse full-length cDNA encyclopedia
Piero Carninci, Kazunori Waki, Toshiyuki Shiraki, Hideaki Konno, Kazuhiro Shibata, Masayoshi Itoh, Katsunori Aizawa, Takahiro Arakawa, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Daisuke Sasaki, Hidemasa Bono, Shinji Kondo, Yuichi Sugahara Rintaro Saito, Naoki Osato, Shiro Fukuda, Kenjiro Sato, Akira Watahiki, Tomoko Hirozane-Kishikawa, Mari Nakamura, Yuko Shibata, Ayako Yasunishi Noriko, Kikuchi, Atsushi Yoshiki, Moriaki Kusakabe, Stefano Gustincich, Kirk Beisel, William Pavan, Vassilis Aidinis, Akira Nakagawara, William A. Held, Hiroo, Iwata, Tomohiro Kono, Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Paul Lyons, Christine Wells, David A. Hume, Michela Fagiolini, Takao K. Hensch, Michelle Brinkmeier, Sally Camper, Junji Hirota, Peter Mombaerts, Masami Muramatsu, Yasushi Okazaki, Jun Kawai and Yoshihide Hayashizaki*
Genome Research (2003), 13(6B), 1273-1289 [Full text]

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Combinatorial Coexpression of Neural and Immune Multigene Families in Mouse Vomeronasal Sensory Neurons
Tomohiro Ishii, Junji Hirota and Peter Mombaerts*
Current Biology (2003), 13, 394-400 [Full text]

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Carbonic Anhydrase-Related Protein is a Novel Binding Protein for Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Type 1
Junji Hirota*, Hideaki Ando, Kozo Hamada and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba*
Biochemical Journal (2003), 372, 435-441 [Full text]

Two-state Conformational Changes in Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Regulated by Calcium
Kozo Hamada, Tomoko Miyata, Kouta Mayanagi, Junji Hirota and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba*
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2002) 277, 21115-21118 [Full text]

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Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Type 1, a Newly Identified Substrate for Caspase-3, is Cleaved by Caspase-3 during Apoptosis
Junji Hirota*, Teiichi Furuichi and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Journal of Biological Chemistry (1999) 274, 34433-34437 [Full text]

Calmodulin mediates calcium-dependent inactivation of the cerebellar type 1 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor
Takayuki Michikawa*, Junji Hirota, Seiko Kawano, Masayasu Hiraoka, Maki Yamada, Teiichi Furuichi and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Neuron (1999) 23, 799-808 [Full text]

Calmodulin Inhibits Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate-induced Ca2+ Release by the Purified and Reconstituted Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Type 1
Junji Hirota*, Takayuki Michikawa, Tohru Natsume, Teiichi Furuichi and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
FEBS Letters (1999) 456, 322-326 [Full text]

Realtime Kinetic Analysis of the Interaction between Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor and its Ligand
Tohru Natsume*, Junji Hirota, Fumio Yoshikawa, Teiichi Furuichi and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (1999) 260, 527-533 [Full text]

T-cell Receptor Signalling in Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Type 1 Deficient Mice. Is IP3R type 1 essential for TCR signalling?
Junji Hirota*, Masashi Baba, Mineo Matsumoto, Teiichi Furuichi, Kiyoshi Takatsu and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Biochemical Journal (1998) 333, 615-619 [Full text]

Adenophostin-mediated quantal Ca2+ release in the purified and reconstituted inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1
Junji Hirota*, Takayuki Michikawa, Atsushi Miyawaki, Masaaki Takahashi, Kazuhiko Tanzawa, Ichiro Okura, Teiichi Furuichi and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
FEBS Letters (1995) 368, 248-252 [Full text]

Kinetics of calcium release by the immunoaffinity-purified inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor reconstituted into lipid vesicles
Junji Hirota*, Takayuki Michikawa, Atsushi Miyawaki, Teiichi Furuichi, Ichiro Okura and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Journal of Biological Chemistry (1995) 270, 19046-19051 [Full text]

Characterization of sulfonated zinc phthalocyanines as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy
Tetsu Takeno, Junji Hirota, Toshiaki Kamachi, Ichiro Okura, Youichi Sakuma and Tsuyoshi Nishisaka*
Lasers in the Life Sciences (1994) 6(3), 173-179

Photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer in bisviologen-linked porphyrin
Junji Hirota and Ichiro Okura*
Porphyrins (1994) 3(4), 383-388

Preparation and characterization of bisviologen-linked porphyrin and bisviologen-linked zinc porphyrin
Junji Hirota, Tetsu Takeno and Ichiro Okura*
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry (1994) 77, 29-35

Photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer in bisviologen-linked porphyrin in acetonitrile
Junji Hirota and Ichiro Okura*
Journal of Physical Chemistry (1993) 97, 6867-6870

舌だけではない！体を守る味細胞　〜生体防御に関わる化学感覚細胞のマスター因子を発見
Academist Journal（2018）https://academist-cf.com/journal/?p=7415（総説）
山下純平、廣田順二

匂い受容体遺伝子の新たな発現制御領域の発見
アロマリサーチ (2018) 19 (2), 32-33（総説）
岩田哲郎、廣田順二

ゲノム最大級の巨大遺伝子クラスターを制御するゲノム領域の発見
バイオサイエンスとインダストリー（2018）76(3), 232-233 （総説）
岩田哲郎、廣田順二

遺伝子からみた匂いの感覚
アロマリサーチ (2015) 16 (2), 172-175 （総説）
廣田　順二

個体レベルで遺伝子を操作する
酵素・タンパク質をはかる・とらえる・利用する、工学図書 （2009）pp.158-168（著書・分担）
廣田　順二

水棲から陸棲へ、嗅覚受容体の分子進化と遺伝子発現制御
日本味と匂学会誌 (2007) 14(2), 179-186 （総説）
廣田　順二

Role of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor/Ca2+ signaling in cell function
Proceeding of Taniguchi Symposia on Brain Sciences No.22 Eds.Osamu Hayaishi), Japan Scientific Societies Press KARGER (1999), pp. 121-146 （分担）
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba, Teiichi Furuichi, Atsushi Miyawaki, Takayuki Michikawa, Miki Yamamoto-Hino, Junji Hirota, Kotaro Takei, Takafumi Inoue, Shoen Kume, Mineo Matsumoto and Akira Muto

Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor and Ca2+ signaling
Calcium as Cell Signal, Igaku-Shoin Medical Pub (1996) Tokyo, pp.154-164 （著書・分担）
Atsushi Miyawaki, Teiichi Furuichi, Takayuki Michikawa, Shingo Yoshikawa, Shoen Kume, Akira Muto, Hideyuki Okano, Maki Yamada, Junji Hirota, Norihiko Yamada, Hiroyuki Yoneshima, Toshiaki Monkawa, Fumio Yoshikawa, Daisuke Furutama, Katushiko Mikoshiba

The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor as a Ca2+ releasing channel on the endoplasmic reticulum
Genes for development, cell growth and infectious diseases
John Libbey Eurotext (1995) Paris, pp.81-96（著書・分担）
Junji Hirota, Teiichi Furuichi and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba

IP3レセプターによる 情報伝達機構の解析法-細胞内膜系のCa2+チャンネル実験
細胞工学別冊・分子医科学実験プロトコール秀潤社（1995） 83-94　（総説）
廣田順二、幸田和久、宮脇敦史、古市貞一、御子柴克彦

IP3レセプターによる情報伝達機構の解析法IP3結合実験と細胞内膜系Ca2+チャンネル実験
細胞工学 (1994) 13(7) 637 - 648　（総説）
廣田順二、幸田和久、宮脇敦史、古市貞一、御子柴克彦

マウス嗅覚系におけるBcl11b遺伝子発現解析榎本孝幸、木南凌、廣田順二日本味と匂学会誌 (2008) 15 (3), 569-572

鋤鼻神経系におけるBcl11bの機能解析榎本孝幸、木南凌、廣田順二日本味と匂学会誌 (2007) 14 (3), 553-556

Lhx2遺伝子欠損マウスにおけるクラス依存的な嗅覚受容体遺伝子発現廣田　順二、大村真代、Peter Mombaerts日本味と匂学会誌 (2007) 14 (3), 549-552

水溶性亜鉛フタロシアニンを利用した光化学治療の研究：官能基の相違と光化学効果の検討佐久間洋一、西坂剛、廣田順二、蒲池利章、大倉一郎日本レーザー医学会誌 (1990) 10, 257-258

水溶性亜鉛フタロシアニンを利用した光化学治療の研究：水溶性亜鉛フタロシアニンの臓器集積性について
佐久間洋一、西坂剛、廣田順二、蒲池利章、大倉一郎
日本レーザー医学会誌 (1990) 10, 261-262

生体内感光色素の励起三重項状態の研究：測定システムの研究西坂剛、佐久間洋一、蒲池利章、廣田順二、大倉一郎日本レーザー医学会誌 (1990) 10, 513—514

水溶性亜鉛フタロシアニンを利用した光化学治療の研究：細胞への取り込みと排出廣田順二、蒲池利章、大倉一郎、佐久間洋一、西坂剛日本レーザー医学会誌 (1990) 10, 253-254

国際特許
　公開番号：WO2004/103393
　公開：2004.12.2
　発明の名称：　細胞内Caイオンの機能制御
　特許出願2004-572136, 国際出願番号PCT/JP2003/014004
　発明者：御子柴克彦、廣田順二、安東英明

国内特許
　公開番号：特開2010-242059
　公開日：2010.10.28
　発明の名称：蛍光粒子およびその製造方法
　発明者：和田裕之、吉村文孝、小田原修、廣田順二