Biography and Research Interest

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Koh Onimaru, Luciano Marcon, Marco Musy, Mikiko Tanaka, James Sharpe (2016). The fin to limb transition as the re-organisation of a Turing pattern. Nature Communications 7, Article number 11582

Mikiko Tanaka (2016). Developmental mechanism of limb field specification along the anterior-posterior axis during vertebrate evolution. J. Dev. Biol 4, 18. (Invited)

Koh Onimaru, Shigehiro Kuraku, Wataru Takagi, Susumu Hyodo, James Sharpe and Mikiko Tanaka (2015). A shift in anterior-posterior positional information underlies the fin-to-limb evolution. eLife DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07048

Kaneko Hiroki, Yuki Nakatani, Koji Fujimura, Mikiko Tanaka (2014). Development of the lateral plate mesoderm in medaka Oryzias latipes and Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus: Insight into the diversification of pelvic fin position. J. Anat. 225, 659-74.

Natsuno Suda, Takehiko Ito, Ryuichiro Nakato, Daisuke Shirakawa, Masashige Bando, Yuki Katou, Kohsuke Kataoka, Katsuhiko Shirahige, Cheryll Tickle, Mikiko Tanaka (2014). Dimeric combinations of MafB, cFos, and cJun control the apoptosis-survival balance in limb patterning. Development 141, 2885-2894.

Mikiko Tanaka (2013). Molecular and evolutionary basis of limb field specification and limb initiation. Dev. Growth Differ. 55, 149-163. (Invited)

Mikiko Tanaka (2013). The Origin of the limbs (in Japanese). Seibutu no Kagaku Iden 67, 170-177.

Mikiko Tanaka and Koh Onimaru (2012). Acquisition of the paired fins : a view from the sequential evolution of the lateral plate mesoderm. Evol. Dev. 14, 412-420.

Mikiko Tanaka and Koh Onimaru (2012). The long evolutionary journey toward the acquisition of paired limb (in Japanese). Seibutukagaku 63, 166-174.

Yasunori Murakami and Mikiko Tanaka (2011). Evolution of motor innervation to fins and limbs. Dev. Biol. 355, 164-172.

Koh Onimaru, Eiichi Shoguchi, Shigeru Kuratani, Mikiko Tanaka (2011). Development and evolution of the lateral plate mesoderm: Comparative analysis of amphioxus and lamprey with implications for the acquisition of paired fins. Dev. Biol. 359, 124-136.

Nobuhiro Kokubo, Manami Matsuura, Tiecke Eva, Koh Onimaru, Shigehiro Kuraku, Shigeru Kuratani, Mikiko Tanaka (2010). Mechanisms of heart development in the Japanese lamprey, Lethenteron japonicum. Evol. Dev. 12, 34-44.

Mikiko Tanaka (2009). Evolution of vertebrate limb development. Encylopedia of Life Sciences, DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002099.

Manami Matsuura, Hidenori Nishihara, Koh Onimaru, Nobuhiro Kokubo, Shigehiro Kuraku, Rie Kusakabe, Norihiro Okada, Shigeru Kuratani and Mikiko Tanaka (2008). Identification of four Engrailed genes in the Japanese lamprey, Lethenteron japonicum. Dev. Dyn., 237, 1581-1589.

Takashi Sasaki, Hidenori Nishihara, Mika Hirakawa, Koji Fujimura, Mikiko Tanaka, Nobuhiro Kokubo, Chiharu Kimura-Yoshida, Isao Matsuo, Kenta Sumiyama, Naruya Saitou, Tomomi Shimogori and Norihiro Okada (2008). Possible involvement of SINEs in mammalian-specific brain formation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 105, 4220-4225.

Zerina Johanson, Mikiko Tanaka, Natalie Chaplin and Moya M. Smith. (2008). Early Palaeozoic dentine and patterned scales in the embryonic cat shark tail. Biol. Lett. 4, 87-90.

Eva Tiecke, Manami Matsuura, Nobuhiro Kokubo, Shigehiro Kuraku, Rie Kusakabe, Shigeru Kurani and Mikiko Tanaka (2007) Identification and developmental expression of two Tbx1/10-related genes in the agnathan Lethenteron japonicum. Dev. Genes and Evol. 217, 691-697.

Mikiko Tanaka and Cheryll Tickle (2007): Fins/limbs in the study of development. In Fins to Limbs. Brian Hall, ed. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. pp. 65-78.

Megan G. Davey, I. Robert Paton, David R. Morrice, Yili Yin, Maike Schmidt, Paul Buxton, Despina Stamataki, Mikiko Tanaka, Andrea E. Munsterberg, James Briscoe, Cheryll Tickle and Dave W. Burt (2006). The Chicken talpid3 gene encodes a novel protein essential for hedgehog signaling. Genes & Dev. 20, 1365-1377.

Mikiko Tanaka (2006). Acquisition of paired fins and evolution of paired limbs in the vertebrate body plan. The Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun. 22nd March (in Japanese).

Yumie Murata and Mikiko Tanaka (2006). Establishment of the vertebrate body plan in relation to limb formation. Bioscience and Industory 64, 21-24 (in Japanese).

Mikiko Tanaka, Laura A Hale, Angel Amores, Yi-Lin Yan, William A Cresko, Tohru Suzuki and John H Postlethwait (2005). Developmental genetic basis for the evolution of pelvic fin loss in the pufferfish Takifugu rubripes. Dev. Biol. 281, 227-239.

Mikiko Tanaka and Cheryll Tickle (2004). Boundary formation in chick somite and wing development is mediated by Tbx18. Dev. Biol. 268, 470-480

Nicholas Cole, Mikiko Tanaka, Alan R Prescott and Cheryll Tickle (2003). Expression of limb initiation gene expression and clues to the basis of morphological diversification of three-spine sticklebacks. Curr. Biol. 13, R951-952.

Mikiko Tanaka (2003): Origin of vertebrate limbs. In Development of vertebrate limbs (in Japanese). Hiroyuki Ide, ed. ICP press, Tokyo.pp.1-19.

Mikiko Tanaka (2003): Dorsoventral patterning of vertebrate limbs. In Development of vertebrate limbs (in Japanese). Hiroyuki Ide, ed. ICP press, Tokyo.pp.119-132.

Mikiko Tanaka, Andrea Munsterberg, W Gary Anderson, Alan R Prescott, Neil Hazon, Cheryll Tickle (2002). Fin development in a cartilaginous fish and the origin of vertebrate limbs. Nature 416, 527-531

Eiji Akiba, Sayuri Yonei-Tamura, Hiroshi Yajima, Minoru Omi, Mikiko Tanaka, Mika Sato-Maeda, Koji Tamura and Hiroyuki Ide (2001). Fibroblast growth factor-induced gene expression and cartilage pattern formation in chick limb bud recombinants. Develop. Growth & Differ. 43, 165-175

Maike Schmidt, Mikiko Tanaka and Andrea Munsterberg (2000). Expression of beta-catenin in the developing chick myotome is regulated by myogenic signals. Development 127, 4105-4113

Mikiko Tanaka, Martin J Cohn, Peter Ashby, Megan Davey, Paul Martin and Cheryll Tickle (2000). Distribution of polarizing activity and potential for limb formation in mouse and chick embryos and possible relationship to polydactyly. Development 127, 4011-4021

Mikiko Tanaka, Yasuyo Shigetani, Sayaka Sugiyama, Koji Tamura, Harukazu Nakamura, and Hiroyuki Ide (1998). Apical ectodermal ridge induction by the transplantation of En-1- overexpressing ectoderm in chick limb bud. Develop. Growth & Differ. 40, 423-429

Masakazu Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Gotoh, Koji Tamura, Mikiko Tanaka, Atsushi Kawakami, Hiroyuki Ide and Atsushi Kuroiwa (1998). Coordinated expression of Hoxa-11 and Hoxa-13 during limb muscle patterning. Development 125, 1325-1335

Mikiko Tanaka, Koji Tamura, Sumihare Noji, Tsutomu Nohno, and Hiroyuki Ide (1997). Induction of additional limb at the dorsal-ventral boundary of a chick embryo. Dev. Biol. 182, 191-203

Mikiko Tanaka, Koji Tamura, and Hiroyuki Ide (1996). Citral, an inhibitor of retinoic acid synthesis, modifies chick limb development. Dev. Biol. 175, 239-247