• Defective FANCI binding by a Fanconi anemia-related FANCD2 mutant.

  Sato K, Ishiai M, Takata M, Kurumizaka H.
  PLoS ONE. 2014 Dec 9;9(12):e114752.

• Crystal structure and stable property of the cancer-associated
  heterotypic nucleosome containing CENP-A and H3.3.

  Arimura Y, Shirayama K, Horikoshi N, Fujita R, Taguchi H, Kagawa W, Fukagawa T, Almouzni G, Kurumizaka H.
  Sci Rep. 2014 Nov 19;4:7115.

• Green fluorescent protein fused to the C-terminal end of RAD51 specifically interferes with secondary DNA binding by the RAD51-ssDNA complex.

  Kobayashi W, Sekine S, Machida S, Kurumizaka H.
  Genes Genet. Syst. 2014;89(4):169-79.

• N-terminal phosphorylation of HP1α increases its nucleosome-binding specificity.

  Nishibuchi G, Machida S, Osakabe A, Murakoshi H, Hiragami-Hamada K, Nakagawa R,
  Fischle W, Nishimura Y, Kurumizaka H, Tagami H, Nakayama JI.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Nov 10;42(20):12498-511.

• DNA binding properties of the actin-related protein arp8 and its role in DNA repair.

  Osakabe A, Takahashi Y, Murakami H, Otawa K, Tachiwana H, Oma Y, Nishijima H, Shibahara KI, Kurumizaka H, Harata M.
  PLoS One. 2014 Oct 9;9(10):e108354.

• A method for evaluating nucleosome stability with a protein-binding fluorescent dye.

  Taguchi H, Horikoshi N, Arimura Y, Kurumizaka H.
  Methods. 2014 Sep 8. pii: S1046-2023(14)00286-2.

• Evaluation of chemical fluorescent dyes as a protein conjugation partner for live cell imaging.

  Hayashi-Takanaka Y, Stasevich TJ, Kurumizaka H, Nozaki N, Kimura H.
  PLoS One. 2014 Sep 3;9(9):e106271.

• Expression and purification of human FANCI and FANCD2 using Escherichia coli cells.

  Takahashi D, Sato K, Shimomuki M, Takata M, Kurumizaka H.
  Protein Expr Purif. 2014 Aug 26;103C:8-15.

• Distinct features of the histone core structure in nucleosomes containing the histone H2A.B variant.

  Sugiyama M, Arimura Y, Shirayama K, Fujita R, Oba Y, Sato N, Inoue R, Oda T, Sato M, Heenan RK, Kurumizaka H.
  Biophys J. 2014 May 20;106(10):2206-13.

• Nap1 stimulates homologous recombination by RAD51 and RAD54 in higher-ordered chromatin containing histone H1.

  Machida S, Takaku M, Ikura M, Sun J, Suzuki H, Kobayashi W, Kinomura A,
  Osakabe A, Tachiwana H, Horikoshi Y, Fukuto A, Matsuda R, Ura K, Tashiro S, Ikura T, Kurumizaka H.
  Sci Rep. 2014 May 6;4:4863.

• FANCD2 binds CtIP and regulates DNA-end resection during DNA interstrand crosslink repair.

  Unno J, Itaya A, Taoka M, Sato K, Tomida J, Sakai W, Sugasawa K, Ishiai M,
  Ikura T, Isobe T, Kurumizaka H, Takata M.
  Cell Rep.,2014 May 22;7(4):1039-47.

• Structure of human nucleosome containing the testis-specific histone variant TSH2B

  Urahama T, Horikoshi N, Osakabe A, Tachiwana H, Kurumizaka H.
  Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun., 2014 Apr;70(Pt 4):444-9.

• Mislocalization of the Centromeric Histone Variant CenH3/CENP-A in Human Cells Depends on the Chaperone DAXX.

  Lacoste N, Woolfe A, Tachiwana H, Garea AV, Barth T, Cantaloube S, Kurumizaka H, Imhof A, Almouzni G.
  Mol. Cell., 2014 Feb 20; 53(4): 631-644.

• Compensatory functions and interdependency of the DNA-binding domain of BRCA2 with the BRCA1-PALB2-BRCA2 complex

  Al Abo M, Dejsuphong D, Hirota K, Yonetani Y, Yamazoe M, Kurumizaka H, Takeda S.
  Cancer Res. 2014 Feb 1; 74(3); 797-807.

• The centromeric nucleosome-like CENP-T-W-S-X complex induces positive supercoils into DNA.

  Takeuchi K., Nishino T., Mayanagi K., Horikoshi N., Osakabe A., Tachiwana H., Hori T., Kurumizaka H., Fukagawa T.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Feb 1, 42(3); 1644-1655.

• Telomeric repeats act as nucleosome-disfavouring sequences in vivo.

  Ichikawa Y, Morohashi N, Nishimura Y, Kurumizaka H, Shimizu M.
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Feb. 1, 42(3); 1541-1552.

• Functional analyses of the C terminal half of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad52 protein.

  Kagawa W, Arai N, Ichikawa Y, Saito K, Sugiyama S, Saotome M, Shibata T, Kurumizaka H
  Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Jun. 1, 42(2); 941-951.