New nonlinear optical crystal: Cesium lithium borate

Y Mori, I Kuroda, S Nakajima, T Sasaki… - Applied physics …, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
A new nonlinear optical crystal CsLiB 6 O 10 (CLBO), is described that can be grown from
either stoichiometric melt or from solution. A large, high quality single crystal with dimensions …

In situ analysis of repair processes for oxidative DNA damage in mammalian cells

L Lan, S Nakajima, Y Oohata… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Oxidative DNA damage causes blocks and errors in transcription and replication, leading to
cell death and genomic instability. Although repair mechanisms of the damage have been …

[HTML][HTML] Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers are responsible for the vast majority of mutations induced by UVB irradiation in mammalian cells

YH You, DH Lee, JH Yoon, S Nakajima, A Yasui… - Journal of Biological …, 2001 - ASBMB
The most prevalent DNA lesions induced by UVB are the cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs)
and the pyrimidine (6-4) pyrimidone photoproducts ((6-4)PPs). It has been a long …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo recruitment of XPC to UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers by the DDB2 gene product

ME Fitch, S Nakajima, A Yasui, JM Ford - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
The initial step in mammalian nucleotide excision repair (NER) of the major UV-induced
photoproducts, cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and 6–4 photoproducts (6–4PPs), …

[PDF][PDF] Powerful skin cancer protection by a CPD-photolyase transgene

…, YG Sert, Y Rijksen, H Rebel, APM Eker, S Nakajima… - Current Biology, 2005 - cell.com
Background: The high and steadily increasing incidence of ultraviolet-B (UV-B)-induced skin
cancer is a problem recognized worldwide. UV introduces different types of damage into …

[PDF][PDF] Differential phosphorylation of DNA-PKcs regulates the interplay between end-processing and end-ligation during nonhomologous end-joining

W Jiang, JL Crowe, X Liu, S Nakajima, Y Wang, C Li… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) is a major DNA double-strand break repair pathway
that is conserved in eukaryotes. In vertebrates, NHEJ further acquires end-processing …

[PDF][PDF] The ACF1 complex is required for DNA double-strand break repair in human cells

L Lan, A Ui, S Nakajima, K Hatakeyama, M Hoshi… - Molecular cell, 2010 - cell.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are repaired via nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) or
homologous recombination (HR), but cellular repair processes remain elusive. We show …

[HTML][HTML] Differential biologic effects of CPD and 6-4PP UV-induced DNA damage on the induction of apoptosis and cell-cycle arrest

HL Lo, S Nakajima, L Ma, B Walter, A Yasui, DW Ethell… - BMC cancer, 2005 - Springer
Background UV-induced damage can induce apoptosis or trigger DNA repair mechanisms.
Minor DNA damage is thought to halt the cell cycle to allow effective repair, while more …

DNA damage during the G0/G1 phase triggers RNA-templated, Cockayne syndrome B-dependent homologous recombination

L Wei, S Nakajima, S Böhm… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Damage repair mechanisms at transcriptionally active sites during the G0/G1 phase are largely
unknown. To elucidate these mechanisms, we introduced genome site-specific oxidative …

[PDF][PDF] The hMsh2-hMsh6 complex acts in concert with monoubiquitinated PCNA and Pol η in response to oxidative DNA damage in human cells

…, C Pouvelle, GS Stewart, S Nakajima… - Molecular cell, 2011 - cell.com
Posttranslational modification of PCNA by ubiquitin plays an important role in coordinating
the processes of DNA damage tolerance during DNA replication. The monoubiquitination of …