Yanai, Y., Tsukada, M., Kimura, Y., Umeno, D.(2025/04) Fabrication, evolution, and mutual conversion of D-fucose-activatable and -repressible acetyltransferase upon mutations, ACS Synthetic Biology, 14(6), 1936–1947
Abe, S., Ayuba, R., Ouchi, K., Tanaka, Y., Fujimoto, A., Kitamura, A., Ogra, Y., Kimura, Y., Umeno, D., Kawai-Noma, S.(2025/04) Enhancement of sensitivity in aggregation-based whole-cell arsenite sensor utilizing arsenic metabolism regulation, ACS Omega, 10(14), 14199–14208
Yanai, Y., Hoshino, T., Kimura, Y., Kawai-Noma, S., Umeno, D.(2024/11) Directed evolution of highly sensitive and stringent choline-induced gene expression controllers, The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 70(3), 117-127
Watanabe, T., Kimura, Y., Umeno, D.(2024/07) Systematic promoter design for plasmid–encoded S-adenosylmethionine sensing systems, The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 70(1), 51-58
Kimura, Y., Kawai-Noma, S., Umeno, D.(2023/11) Mutational destabilisation accelerates the evolution of novel sensory and network functions, bioRxiv
Umeno, D., Kimura, Y., Kawai-Noma, S.(2021/05) Transcription factors as evolvable biosensors, Analytical Sciences, 37(5), 699–705
Kimura, Y., Umeno, D.(2020/05) Chapter 8: Directed evolution of transcriptional switches using dual-selector systems, Methods in Enzymology, 644, 191–207
Kimura, Y., Kawai-Noma, S., Saito, K., Umeno, D.(2020/01) Directed evolution of the stringency of the LuxR Vibrio fischeri quorum sensor without OFF-state selection, ACS Synthetic Biology, 9(3), 567–575.
Mu, T., Toyoda, H., Kimura, Y., Yamada, M., Utoh, R., Umeno, D., Seki, M.(2019/12) Laborless, automated microfluidic tandem cell processor for visualizing intracellular molecules of mammalian cells, Analytical Chemistry, 92(3), 2580–2588
Tashiro, M., Ono, K., Kimura, Y., Kawai-Noma, S., Saito, K., Umeno, D.(2018/06) Tweezing the cofactor preference of gymnosperm pinene synthase, Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 82(6), 1058–1061
Tashiro, Y., Kimura, Y., Furubayashi, M., Tanaka, A., Terakubo, K., Saito, K., Kawai-Noma, S., Umeno, D.(2016/11) Directed evolution of the autoinducer selectivity of Vibrio fischeri LuxR, The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 62(5), 240–247
Kimura, Y., Tashiro, Y., Saito, K., Kawai-Noma, S., Umeno, D.(2016/05) Directed evolution of Vibrio fischeri LuxR signal sensitivity, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 122(5), 533–538