1. Mari Yotsu-Yamashita, Katsuhiko Nishimori, Yoko Nitanai, Masako Isemura, Atsuko Sugimoto and Takeshi Yasumoto
"Binding Properties of 3H-PbTx-3 and 3H-saxitoxin to Brain Membranes and to Skeletal Muscle Membranes of Puffer Fish Fugu pardalis, and the Primary Structure of a Voltage-Gated Na+ Channel a-Subunit (fMNa1) from Skeletal Muscle of F. pardalis."
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 267 (1), 403-412, 2000.

2. E. J. Nunez-Vazquez, M. Yotsu-Yamashita, A. P. Sierra-Beltran, T. Yasumoto and J. L. Ochoa
"Toxicities and distribution of tetrodotoxin in the tissues of puffer fish found in the coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico"
Toxicon, 38, 729-734, 2000.

3. Charles T. Hanifin, Mari Yotsu-Yamashita, Takeshi Yasumoto, Edmund D. Broodie III and Edmund D. Broodie Jr.
"Toxicity of dangerous prey:variation of tetrodotoxin levels within and among populations of the newt Taricha granulosa"
J. Chem. Ecology, 25, 2161-2175, 1999.

4. Louis Barriault, Serge L. Boulet, Kenshu Fujiwara, Akio Murai, Leo A. Paquette and Mari Yotsu-Yamashita
"Synthesis and biological evaluation of analogs of the marine toxin polycavernoside A"
Bioorg.& Med.Chem. Lett., 9, 2069-2072, 1999.

5. Mari Yotsu-Yamashita, Atsuko Sugimoto, Akira Takai and Takeshi Yasumoto
"Effects of Specific Modifications of Several Hydroxyls of Tetrodotoxin on its Affinity to Rat Brain Membrane"
J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther., 289 (3), 1688-1696, 1999.

6.Mari Yotsu-Yamashita, Bernhard Schimmele and Takeshi Yasumoto
"Isolation and Structural Assignment of 5-Deoxytetrodotoxin from the Puffer Fish, Fugu poecilonotus"
Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 63, 961-963, 1999.