Publication List
2008
Original Research Papers
Nesterova T.B., Popova B.C., Cobb B.S., Norton S., Senner C.E., Tang Y.A., Spruce T., Rodriguez T.A., Sado T., Merkenschlager M. & Brockdorff N.
Dicer regulates Xist promoter methylation in ES cells indirectly through transcriptional control of Dnmt3a.
Epigenetics & Chromatin 1:2 (2008)
PubMed

Chiba, H., Hirasawa, R., Kaneda, M., Amakawa, Y., Li, E., Sado, T. & Sasaki, H.
De novo DNA methylation independent establishment of maternal imprint on X chromosome in mouse oocytes.
Genesis 46, 768-774 (2008)
PubMed

Ichiyanagi, K. & Okada, N.
Mobility pathways for vertebrate L1, L2, CR1, and RTE clade retrotransposons.
Mol Biol Evol 25,1148-1157 (2008)

Hu, Y.-G., Hirasawa, R., Hu, J.-L., Hata, K., Jin, Y., Chen, T., Li, E., Rigolet, M., Viegas-Pequignot, E., Sasaki, H. & Xu, G.-L.
Regulation of DNA methylation activity through DNMT3L promoter methylation by DNMT3 enzymes in embryonic development.
Hum. Mol. Genet. 17, 2654-2664 (2008)
PubMed

Hirasawa, R., Chiba, H., Kaneda, M., Tajima, S., Li, E., Jaenisch, R. & Sasaki, H.
Maternal and zygotic Dnmt1 are necessary and sufficient for the maintenance of DNA methylation imprints during preimplantation development.
Genes Dev. 22, 1607-1616 (2008)
PubMed

Watanabe, T., Totoki, Y., Toyoda, A., Kaneda, M., Kuramochi-Miyagawa, S., Obata, Y., Chiba, H., Kohara, Y., Kono, T., Nakano, T., Surani, M.A., Sakaki, Y. & Sasaki, H.
Endogenous siRNAs from naturally formed dsRNAs regulate transcripts in mouse oocytes.
Nature 453, 539-543 (2008)
PubMed

Kuramochi-Miyagawa, S., Watanabe, T., Gotoh, K., Totoki, Y., Toyoda, A., Ikawa, M., Asada, N., Kojima, K., Yamaguchi, Y., Ijiri, T., Hata, K., Li, E., Matsuda, Y., Kimura, T., Okabe, M., Sakaki, Y., Sasaki, H. & Nakano, T.
DNA methylation of retrotransposon genes is regulated by Piwi family members MILI and MIWI2 in murine fetal testes.
Genes Dev. 22, 908-917 (2008)
PubMed

Ohhata, T., Hoki, Y., Sasaki, H. & Sado, T.
Crucial role of antisense transcription across the Xist promoter in Tsix-mediated Xist chromatin modification.
Development 135, 227-235 (2008)
PubMed

Reviews
Sasaki, H. & Matsui, Y.
Epigenetic events in mammalian germ-cell development: reprogramming and beyond.
Nat. Rev. Genet. 9, 129-140 (2008)
PubMed

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