Imasaki, T, Shimizu, T, Hashimoto, H, Hidaka,Y., Kose, S, Imamoto, N., Yamada, M & Sato, M. Structural basis for substrate recognition and dissociation by human transportin 1. Mol. Cell, in press

Tanaka, K., Ogawa, K., Takagi, M., Imamoto, N., Matsumoto, K. & Tsujimoto, M. Rap55, a cytoplasmic mRNP component, represses translation in Xenopus Oocytes. J. Biol. Chem. 281, 40096-40106 (2007).

Maeshima, K., Yahata, K., Sasaki, Y., Nakatomi, R., Tachibana, T., Hashikawa, T., Imamoto,, F., and Imamoto, N. Cell cycle-dependent dynamics of nuclear pores: pore-free islands and lamins. J. Cell Sci., 119, 4442-4451 (2006).

Handa, N., Kukimoto-Niino, M., Akasaka, R., Kishishita, S., Murayama, K., Terada, T., Inoue, M,. Kigawa, T., Kose, S., Imamoto, N., Tanaka, A., Hayashizaki, Y., Shirouzu, M., and Yokoyama, S. The crystal structure of mouse Nup35 reveals atypical RNP motifs and novel homodimerization of the RRM domain. J. Mol Biol. 363, 114-24 (2006).

Kose, S., Furuta, M., Koike, M., Yoneda,Y.　& Imamoto, N. The　70-kD　heat　shock　cognate　protein（hsc70）　facilitates　the　nuclear　export　of　the　import　receptors. 　J. Cell Biol., 171,19-25 （2005）.

Okada, Y., Suzuki, T., Sunden, Y., Ohba,Y., Kose, S., Imamoto, N. Takahashi, H., Tanaka, S., Hall, W.W., Nagashima, K., & Sawa,H.Dissociation of heterochromatin protein 1 from lamin B receptor induced by human polyomavirus agnoprotein: role nuclear egress of viral particles. EMBO rep, 6, 452-457 (2005).

Koike, M., Kose, S., Furuta, M., Taniguchi, N., Yokota, F., Yoneda, Y. & Imamoto, N.β-Catenin shows an overlapping sequence requirement but distinct molecular interaction for its bidrectional passage through nuclear pores. J. Biol. Chem., 279, 34038-34047 (2004).

Furuta M, Kose S, Koike M, Shimi T, Hiraoka Y, Yoneda Y, Haraguchi, T., & Imamoto, N Heat-shock induced nuclear retention and recycling inhibition of importin α. Genes Cells, 9, 429-441 (2004).