• Mutational analyses of the human Rad51-Tyr315 residue, a site for phosphorylation in leukaemia cells.

  Takizawa Y, Kinebuchi T, Kagawa W, Yokoyama S, Shibata T, Kurumizaka H.
  Genes Cells. 9, 781-90

• Positive role of the mammalian TBPIP/Hop2 protein in Dmc1-mediated homologous pairing.

  Enomoto R., Kinebuchi T., Sato M., Yagi H., Shibata T., Kurumizaka H., Yokoyama S.
  J Biol Chem. 279, 35263-72

• Location of Tyrosine 315, a Target for Phosphorylation by cAbl Tyrosine Kinase, at the Edge of the Subunit-Subunit Interface of the Human Rad51 Filament.

  Conilleau S., Takizawa Y., Tachiwana H., Fleury F., Kurumizaka H., Takahashi M.
  J Mol Biol. 339, 797-804

• Preferential binding to branched DNA strands and strand-annealing activity of the human Rad51B, Rad51C, Rad51D and Xrcc2 protein complex.

  Yokoyama H., Sarai N., Kagawa W., Enomoto R., Shibata T., Kurumizaka H., Yokoyama S.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 32, 2556-2565

• Structural basis for octameric ring formation and DNA interaction of the human homologous-pairing protein Dmc1.

  Kinebuchi T., Kagawa W., Enomoto R., Tanaka K., Miyagawa K., Shibata T., Kurumizaka H., and Yokoyama S. (2004)
  Mol Cell.14. 363-374

• Expression and purification of recombinant human histones.

  Tanaka,Y., Tawaramoto-Sasanuma,M., Kawaguchi,S., Ohta,T., Yoda,K., Kurumizaka,H., and Yokoyama,S. (2004)
  Methods. 33. 3-11

• Structural and biochemical analyses of hemimethylated-DNA binding by the SeqA protein.

  Fujikawa,N., Kurumizaka,H., Nureki,O., Tanaka,Y., Yamazoe,M., Hiraga,S., and Yokoyama,S.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 32. 82-92