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Verified locator: Named portrait; Research interest discusses autophagosome membrane formation using yeast; Selected publications directly links the named researcher to the 2001 and 2002 SecM papers. No biographical dates inferred.
The ribosomal exit tunnel functions as a discriminating gate by Hitoshi Nakatogawa and Koreaki Ito 2026-11-05
Cell108(5),629–636(2002), DOI10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00649-9. Original abstract/byline verifies full names Hitoshi Nakatogawa and Koreaki Ito; SecM arrest motif and bypass mutations in23S-rRNA/L22 residues facing the tunnel constriction. Publisher corroboration www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867402006499 .