• KIAA1018/FAN1 nuclease protects cells against genomic instability induced by interstrand cross-linking agents.

  Yoshikiyo K, Kratz K, Hirota K, Nishihara K, Takata M, Kurumizaka H, Horimoto S, Takeda S, Jiricny J.
  Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA. 107, 21553-21557.

• Deimination stabilizes histone H2A/H2B dimers as revealed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

  Shimoyama S, Nagadoi A, Tachiwana H, Yamada M, Sato M, Kurumizaka H, Nishimura Y, Akashi S.
  J Mass Spectrom. 2010 Aug;45(8):900-8.

• Single-stranded DNA catenation mediated by human EVL and a type I topoisomerase

  Takaku M, Takahashi D, Machida S, Ueno H, Hosoya N, Ikawa S, Miyagawa K, Shibata T, Kurumizaka H.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Nov 1;38(21):7579-7586.

• Structural basis of instability of the nucleosome containing a testis-specific histone variant, human H3T.

  Tachiwana H, Kagawa W, Osakabe A, Kawaguchi K, Shiga T, Hayashi-Takanaka Y, Kimura H, Kurumizaka H.
  Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA. 2010 Jun 8;107(23):10454-9.

• GEMIN2 promotes accumulation of RAD51 at double-strand breaks in homologous recombination.

  Takizawa Y, Qing Y, Takaku M, Ishida T, Morozumi Y, Tsujita T, Kogame T, Hirota K, Takahashi M, Shibata T, Kurumizaka H, Takeda S.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Aug;38(15):5059-74.

• Nucleosome formation activity of human sNASP.

  Osakabe A, Tachiwana H, Matsunaga T, Shiga T, Nozawa RS, Obuse C, Kurumizaka H.
  J Biol Chem. 2010 Apr 16;285(16):11913-21.

• The putative nuclear localization signal of the human RAD52 protein is a potential sumoylation site.

  Saito K, Kagawa W, Suzuki T, Suzuki H, Yokoyama S, Saitoh H, Tashiro S, Dohmae N, Kurumizaka H.
  J Biochem. 2010 Jun;147(6):833-42.

• Holliday junction binding activity of human SPF45

  Horikoshi N, Morozumi Y, Takaku M, Takizawa Y, Kurumizaka H.
  Genes Cells. 2010 Apr 1;15(4):373-83.

• Enhancing survival of mouse oocytes following chemotherapy or aging by targeting bax and rad51.

  Kujjo LL, Laine T, Pereira RJ, Kagawa W, Kurumizaka H, Yokoyama S, Perez GI.
  PLoS one. 2010 Feb 12;5(2):e9204.

• Dynamics in the transmission of genetic information: from meiosis to postmeiotic events.

  Kagawa W, Kurumizaka H.
  FEBS J. 2010 Feb;277(3):564.

• From meiosis to postmeiotic events: Uncovering the molecular roles of the meiosis-specific recombinase Dmc1.

  Kagawa W, Kurumizaka H.
  FEBS J. 2010 Feb;277(3):590-8.