Satoshi H. Namekawa

Expression of flap endonuclease-1 during meiosis in a basidiomycete, Coprinus cinereus.

[Latest frontiers of meiosis research in Coprinus cinereus].

DNA topoisomerase II interacts with Lim15/Dmc1 in meiosis.

Knockdown of LIM15/DMC1 in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus by double-stranded RNA-mediated gene silencing.

Postmeiotic sex chromatin in the male germline of mice.

Sumoylation of a meiosis-specific RecA homolog, Lim15/Dmc1, via interaction with the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO)-conjugating enzyme Ubc9.

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) interacts with a meiosis-specific RecA homologues, Lim15/Dmc1, but does not stimulate its strand transfer activity.

A mammal-specific Doublesex homolog associates with male sex chromatin and is required for male meiosis.

Sex chromosome silencing in the marsupial male germ line.

Interaction between Lim15/Dmc1 and the homologue of the large subunit of CAF-1: a molecular link between recombination and chromatin assembly during meiosis.

Coprinus cinereus Mer3 is required for synaptonemal complex formation during meiosis.

Telomeric RNAs mark sex chromosomes in stem cells.

XY and ZW: is meiotic sex chromosome inactivation the rule in evolution?

Two-step imprinted X inactivation: repeat versus genic silencing in the mouse.

Mice lacking Alkbh1 display sex-ratio distortion and unilateral eye defects.

Detection of nascent RNA, single-copy DNA and protein localization by immunoFISH in mouse germ cells and preimplantation embryos.

MDC1 directs chromosome-wide silencing of the sex chromosomes in male germ cells.

X-inactivation and X-reactivation: epigenetic hallmarks of mammalian reproduction and pluripotent stem cells.

Human postmeiotic sex chromatin and its impact on sex chromosome evolution.

Sex chromosome inactivation in germ cells: emerging roles of DNA damage response pathways.

The RNase III enzyme DROSHA is essential for microRNA production and spermatogenesis.

RNF8 regulates active epigenetic modifications and escape gene activation from inactive sex chromosomes in post-meiotic spermatids.

The great escape: Active genes on inactive sex chromosomes and their evolutionary implications.

MEK/ERK signaling directly and indirectly contributes to the cyclical self-renewal of spermatogonial stem cells.

BRCA1 establishes DNA damage signaling and pericentric heterochromatin of the X chromosome in male meiosis.

SCML2 establishes the male germline epigenome through regulation of histone H2A ubiquitination.

Loss of Faap20 Causes Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Depletion in Mice Under Genotoxic Stress.

Functional significance of the sex chromosomes during spermatogenesis.

BAZ1B is dispensable for H2AX phosphorylation on Tyrosine 142 during spermatogenesis.

FANCB is essential in the male germline and regulates H3K9 methylation on the sex chromosomes during meiosis.

Poised chromatin and bivalent domains facilitate the mitosis-to-meiosis transition in the male germline.

Fancb deficiency impairs hematopoietic stem cell function.

Elucidation of the Fanconi Anemia Protein Network in Meiosis and Its Function in the Regulation of Histone Modifications.

Fancd2 in vivo interaction network reveals a non-canonical role in mitochondrial function.

Polycomb directs timely activation of germline genes in spermatogenesis.

Dynamic reorganization of open chromatin underlies diverse transcriptomes during spermatogenesis.

CHEK1 coordinates DNA damage signaling and meiotic progression in the male germline of mice.

RNF8 and SCML2 cooperate to regulate ubiquitination and H3K27 acetylation for escape gene activation on the sex chromosomes.

Polycomb protein SCML2 facilitates H3K27me3 to establish bivalent domains in the male germline.

Epigenomic and single-cell profiling of human spermatogonial stem cells.

SCML2 promotes heterochromatin organization in late spermatogenesis.

A rapidly evolved domain, the SCML2 DNA-binding repeats, contributes to chromatin binding of mouse SCML2†.

Chromosome Spread Analyses of Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation.

XY oocytes of sex-reversed females with a Sry mutation deviate from the normal developmental process beyond the mitotic stage†.

Attenuated chromatin compartmentalization in meiosis and its maturation in sperm development.

UHRF1 suppresses retrotransposons and cooperates with PRMT5 and PIWI proteins in male germ cells.

The Initiation of Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation Sequesters DNA Damage Signaling from Autosomes in Mouse Spermatogenesis.

BRUCE preserves genomic stability in the male germline of mice.

FANCD2 is required for the repression of germline transposable elements.

Licensing meiotic progression†.

Endogenous retroviruses drive species-specific germline transcriptomes in mammals.

Super-enhancer switching drives a burst in gene expression at the mitosis-to-meiosis transition.