McLellan, A.S., Fischer, B., Dveksler, G., Hori, T., Wynne, F., Ball, M., Okumura, K., Moore, T., and Zimmermann, W. Structure and evolution of the mouse pregnancy-specific glycoprotein (Psg) gene locus. BMC Genomics, in press.

Matsuyama, M., Mizusaki, H., Shimono, A., Mukai, T., Okumura, K., Abe, K., Shimada, K., and Morohashi. K. A novel isoform of vinexin, vinexin g, regulates Sox9 gene expression through activation of MAPK cascade in mouse fetal gonad. Genes Cells, 10(5), 421-434 (2005)

Takebayashi*, S.-I., Sugimura*, K., Saito, T., Sato, C., Fukushima, Y., Taguchi, H.,Okumura, K. Regulation of replication fork progression at the R/G chromosomal band boundary and pericentromeric heterochromatin in mammalian cells. Exp. Cell Res., 304(1), 162-174 (2005) (*equally contributed)

Suzuki, T., Ishihara, K., Migaki, H., Matsuura, W., Kohda, A., Okumura, K., Nagao, M., Yamaguchi-Iwai, Y., and Kambe, T. Zinc transporters, ZnT5 and ZnT7, are required for the activation of alkaline phosphatases, zinc-requiring enzymes that are GPI-anchored to cytoplasmic membrane. J. Biol. Chem., 280(1), 637-643 (2005)

Shirohzu, H., Yokomine, T., Sato, C., Kato, R., Toyoda, A., Purobowasito, W., Suda, C., Mukai, T., Hattori, M., Okumura, K., Sakaki, Y. and Sasaki, H. A 210-kb segment of tandem repeats and retroelements located between imprinted subdomains of mouse distal chromosome 7. DNA Res., 11(5), 325-334 (2004)

Cerrato, F., Dean, W., Davies, K., Kagotani, K., Mitsuya, K.,Okumura, K., Riccio, A., and Reik, W. Paternal imprints can be established on the maternal Igf2-H19 locus without altering replication timing of DNA. Hum. Mol. Genet., 12(23), 3123-3132 (2003)

Erven, A., Skynner, M.J.,Okumura, K., Takebayashi, S.-I., Brown, S.D.M., Steel, K.P., and Allen, N.D. A novel Stereocilia defect in sensory hair cells of the deaf mouse mutant Tasmanian devil. Eur. J. Neurosci.,16(8), 1433-1441 (2002) (cover)

Kagotani, K., Nabeshima, H., Kohda, A., Nakao, M., Taguchi, H., andOkumura, K.Visualization of transcription-dependent association of imprinted genes with the nuclear matrix. Exp. Cell Res.,274(2), 189-196 (2002)

Kagotani, K., Takebayashi, S., Kohda, A., Taguchi, H., Paulsen, M., Walter, J., Reik, W. and Okumura, K. Replication timing properties within the mouse distal chromosome 7 imprinting cluster. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 66(5), 1046-1051 (2002)

Takebayashi, S.-I., Manders, E. M. M., Kimura, H., Taguchi, H., and Okumura, K. Mapping sites where replication initiates in mammalian cells using DNA fibers. Exp. Cell Res.,271(2), 263-268 (2001)

Takebayashi, S.-I., Nakao, M., Fujita, N., Sado, T., Tanaka, M., Taguchi, H., and Okumura, K.5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine induces histone hyperacetylation of mouse centromeric heterochromatin by a mechanism independent of DNA demethylation. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.,288(4), 921-926 (2001)

Shiina, T., Ando, A., Suto, Y., Kasai, F., Shigenari, A., Takishima, N., Kikkawa, E., Iwata, K., Kuwano, Y., Kitamura, Y., Matsuzawa, Y., Sano, K., Nogami, M., Kawata, H., Li, S., Fukuzumi, Y., Yamazaki, M., Tashiro, H., Tamiya, G., Kohda, A., Okumura, K., Ikemura, T., Soeda, E., Mizuki, N., Kimura, M., Bahram, S., and Inoko, H. Genomic anatomy of a premier major histocompatibility complex paralogous region on chromosome 1q21-q22, Genome Res.,11(5), 789-802 (2001)

Nogami, M., Kohda, A., Nakao, M., Taguchi, H., Ikemura, T., andOkumura,K. Relative locations of the centromere and imprinted SNRPN gene within chromosome 15 territories during the cell cycle in HL60 cells. J. Cell Sci.,113(12), 2157-2165 (2000)

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