List of works - Masayuki Yokoi

DNA polymerase eta is a limiting factor for A:T mutations in Ig genes and contributes to antibody affinity maturation.

scientific article

DNA polymerases eta and theta function in the same genetic pathway to generate mutations at A/T during somatic hypermutation of Ig genes

scientific article published on 20 April 2007

Genetic analysis reveals an intrinsic property of the germinal center B cells to generate A:T mutations

scientific article published on 17 June 2008

Identification of new scavengers for hydroxyl radicals and superoxide dismutase by utilising ultraviolet A photoreaction of 8-methoxypsoralen and a variety of mutants of Escherichia coli: implications on certain diseases of DNA repair deficiency.

scientific article published on 5 August 2012

Mechanism and regulation of DNA damage recognition in nucleotide excision repair

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

Molecular cloning of the cDNA for the catalytic subunit of plant DNA polymerase alpha and its cell-cycle dependent expression.

scientific article

Normal hypermutation in antibody genes from congenic mice defective for DNA polymerase iota.

scientific article published on 26 January 2006

Reevaluation of the role of DNA polymerase theta in somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes.

scientific article published on 16 May 2008

Remarkable induction of UV-signature mutations at the 3'-cytosine of dipyrimidine sites except at 5'-TCG-3' in the UVB-exposed skin epidermis of xeroderma pigmentosum variant model mice.

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

Stalled Polη at its cognate substrate initiates an alternative translesion synthesis pathway via interaction with REV1.

scientific article published on February 2012

Studies of Schizosaccharomyces pombe TFIIE indicate conformational and functional changes in RNA polymerase II at transcription initiation.

scientific article

The carboxy-terminal domain of the XPC protein plays a crucial role in nucleotide excision repair through interactions with transcription factor IIH.

scientific article

The second-largest subunit of the mouse DNA polymerase alpha-primase complex facilitates both production and nuclear translocation of the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase alpha

scientific journal article

Thymine DNA glycosylase modulates DNA damage response and gene expression by base excision repair-dependent and independent mechanisms.

scientific article

Two budding yeast RAD4 homologs in fission yeast play different roles in the repair of UV-induced DNA damage.

scientific article

Two mammalian homologs of yeast Rad23, HR23A and HR23B, as multifunctional proteins

scientific article

UV-B radiation induces epithelial tumors in mice lacking DNA polymerase eta and mesenchymal tumors in mice deficient for DNA polymerase iota

scientific article

UV-induced mutations in epidermal cells of mice defective in DNA polymerase η and/or ι.

scientific article published on 16 February 2015

Xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein interacts with histones: regulation by acetylated states of histone H3.

scientific article published on 24 February 2017

Xeroderma pigmentosum variant: from a human genetic disorder to a novel DNA polymerase.

scientific article

List of works by Masayuki Yokoi

DNA polymerase eta is a limiting factor for A:T mutations in Ig genes and contributes to antibody affinity maturation.

DNA polymerases eta and theta function in the same genetic pathway to generate mutations at A/T during somatic hypermutation of Ig genes

Genetic analysis reveals an intrinsic property of the germinal center B cells to generate A:T mutations

Identification of new scavengers for hydroxyl radicals and superoxide dismutase by utilising ultraviolet A photoreaction of 8-methoxypsoralen and a variety of mutants of Escherichia coli: implications on certain diseases of DNA repair deficiency.

Mechanism and regulation of DNA damage recognition in nucleotide excision repair

Molecular cloning of the cDNA for the catalytic subunit of plant DNA polymerase alpha and its cell-cycle dependent expression.

Normal hypermutation in antibody genes from congenic mice defective for DNA polymerase iota.

Reevaluation of the role of DNA polymerase theta in somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes.

Remarkable induction of UV-signature mutations at the 3'-cytosine of dipyrimidine sites except at 5'-TCG-3' in the UVB-exposed skin epidermis of xeroderma pigmentosum variant model mice.

Stalled Polη at its cognate substrate initiates an alternative translesion synthesis pathway via interaction with REV1.

Studies of Schizosaccharomyces pombe TFIIE indicate conformational and functional changes in RNA polymerase II at transcription initiation.

The carboxy-terminal domain of the XPC protein plays a crucial role in nucleotide excision repair through interactions with transcription factor IIH.

The second-largest subunit of the mouse DNA polymerase alpha-primase complex facilitates both production and nuclear translocation of the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase alpha

Thymine DNA glycosylase modulates DNA damage response and gene expression by base excision repair-dependent and independent mechanisms.

Two budding yeast RAD4 homologs in fission yeast play different roles in the repair of UV-induced DNA damage.

Two mammalian homologs of yeast Rad23, HR23A and HR23B, as multifunctional proteins

UV-B radiation induces epithelial tumors in mice lacking DNA polymerase eta and mesenchymal tumors in mice deficient for DNA polymerase iota

UV-induced mutations in epidermal cells of mice defective in DNA polymerase η and/or ι.

Xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein interacts with histones: regulation by acetylated states of histone H3.

Xeroderma pigmentosum variant: from a human genetic disorder to a novel DNA polymerase.