• Biochemical analysis of the N-terminal domain of human RAD54B

  Sarai N, Kagawa W, Fujikawa N, Saito K, Hikiba J, Tanaka K, Miyagawa K, Kurumizaka H, and Yokoyama S.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Oct;36(17):5441-50.

• Structural analysis of the human Rad51 protein-DNA complex filament by tryptophan fluorescence scanning analysis: transmission of allostreric effects between ATP-and DNA-bindings

  Renodon-Corniere A, Takizawa Y, Conilleau S, Tran V, Iwai S, Kurumizaka H and Takahashi M.
  J Mol Biol. 2008 Nov 14;383(3):575-87.

• Identification of a second DNA binding site in the human Rad52 protein.

  Kagawa W, Kagawa A, Saito K, Ikawa S, Shibata T, Kurumizaka H, Yokoyama S.
  J Biol Chem. 2008 Jul 1; 283 24264-24273.

• Filament formation and robust strand exchange activities of the rice DMC1A and DMC1B proteins.

  Sakane I, Kamataki C, Takizawa Y, Nakashima M, Toki S, Ichikawa H, Ikawa S, Shibata T, Kurumizaka H.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Aug;36(13):4266-76.

• Structural and functional analyses of the DMC1-M200V polymorphism found in the human population.

  Hikiba J, Hirota K, Kagawa W, Ikawa S, Kinebuchi T, Sakane I, Takizawa Y, Yokoyama S, Mandon-Pﾃｩpin B, Nicolas A, Shibata T, Ohta K, Kurumizaka H.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jul;36(12):4181-90.

• Inhibition of filament formation of human Rad51 protein by a small peptide derived from the BRC-motif of the BRCA2 protein.

  Nomme J, Takizawa Y, Martinez SF, Renodon-Corniere A, Fleury F, Weigel P, Yamamoto K, Kurumizaka H, Takahashi M.
  Genes Cells. 2008 May;13(5):471-81.

• Nucleosome formation with the testis-specifichistone H3 variant, H3t, by human nucleosome assembly proteins in vitro.

  Tachiwana H, Osakabe A, Kimura H, Kurumizaka H.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Apr;36(7):2208-18.

• In vivo and in vitro footprinting of nucleosomes and transcriptional activators using an infrared-fluorescence DNA sequencer.

  Morohashi, N., Nakajima, K., Kuwana, S., Tachiwana, H., Kurumizaka, H., Shimizu, M.
  Biol Pharm Bull. 2008 Feb;31(2):187-92.

• A common mechanism for the ATP-DnaA-dependent formation of open complexes at the replication origin.

  Ozaki S, Kawakami H, Nakamura K, Fujikawa N, Kagawa W,
  Park SY, Yokoyama S, Kurumizaka H, Katayama T.
  J Biol Chem. 2008 Mar 28;283(13):8351-62.

• The Lys313 residue of the human Rad51 protein negatively regulates the strand-exchange activity.

  Ishida, T., Takizawa, Y., Sakane, I., and Kurumizaka, H.
  Genes Cells. 2008 Jan;13(1):91-103.

• The actin-related protein hArp8 accumulate on the mitotic chromosomes and functions in chromosome alignment.

  Aoyama, N., Oka, A., Kitayama, K., Kurumizaka, H., and Harata, M.
  Exp Cell Res. 2008 Feb 15;314(4):859-68.