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Tomoko Andoh, Abul Kalam Azad, Asako Shigematsu, Yasumi Ohshima and Tokio Tani (2004) The fission yeast ptr1⁺ gene involved in nuclear mRNA export encodes a putative ubiquitin ligase. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun, 317, 1138-1143.

Abul Kalam Azad, Takashi Ideue, Yasumi Ohshima and Tokio Tani (2003) A mutation in the gene involved in sister chromatid separation causes a defect in nuclear mRNA export in fission yeast. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 130, 176-181.

Yasuaki Habara, Seiichi Urushiyama, Yasumi Ohshima and Tokio Tani (2001)Mutation in the prp12⁺ gene encoding a homologue of SAP130/SF3b130 causes differential inhibition of pre-mRNA splicing and arrest of cell-cycle progression in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. RNA, 7, 671-681.

Takeo Shoubuike, Kazuo Tatebayashi, Tokio Tani, Shoji Sugano and Hideo Ikeda (2001) The dhp1⁺ gene encoding a putative nuclear 5'-3' exoribonuclease is required for proper chromosome segregation in fission yeast. Nucleic Acids Res., 29, 1326-1333

Kazuo Tatebayashi, Tokio Tani and Hideo Ikeda (2001) Fission yeast Toi1p, which interacts with the small GTPase Ran, is required for mitosis-to-interphase transition and poly (A)+ RNA metabolism. Genetics, 157, 1513-1522.

Wiebke Schmidt, Kathrin Richert, Thomas Gros, Yasuaki Habara, Tokio Tani and Norbert Kaefer (2001) Fission yeast Prp4p kinase regulates pre-mRNA splicing by phosphorylating a non-SR-splicing factor. EMBO Reports, 2, 35-41.