Chesnokov, V., Sun, C. and Itakura, K. (2008) Glucosamine suppresses STAT 3 in prostate cancer cells.   (Submitted)

Yamakawa, T., Whitson, R.H., Li, S.-L., Itakura, K. (2008) Modulator recognition factor-2 is required for  adipogenesis in mouse embryo fibroblasts and 3T3-L1 cells. T. Mol. End. 22(2): 441-453

Whitson, R.H., Tsark, W., Huang, T.H. and Itakura, K. (2003) Neonatal mortality and leanness in mice lacking the ARID transcription factor Mrf-2.  Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 312(4):  997-1004.

Song, J., Ugai, H., Ogawa, K., Wang, Y., Sarai, A., Ohata, Y., Kanazawa, I., Sun, K. Itakura, K., Yokoyama, K.K. (2002) Two consecutive zinc fingers in Sp1 and MAZ are essential for interaction with cis-elements. J. Biological Chem.  276: 30429-30434.

Huang, T., Chesnokov, V., Yokoyama, K.K., Carr, B. and Itakura, K.  (2001)  Expression of the Hoxa-13 Gene Correlates to Hepatitis B and C virus associated HCC. Biochem. & Biophysical. Res. Comm. 281: 1041-1044.

Zhu, L., Hu, J., Lin, D., Whitson, R., Itakura, K. and Chen Y. (2001) Dynamics of the Mrf-2 DNA-Binding Domain Free and in Complex with DNA. Biochemistry 40(31): 9142-9150.

Tanaka, T., Nakata, T., Oka, T., Ogawa, T., Okamoto, F., Kusaka, Y., Sohmiya, K., Shimamoto, K. and Itakura, K. (2001)  Defect in human myocardial long-chain fatty acid uptake is caused by FAT/CD36 mutations.  J. Lipid Res.  42: 751-759.

Kawasaki, H., Schiltz, L. Chiu, R, Itakura, K., Nakatani, Y., Yokoyama, K.K. (2000) nsic histone acetyltransferase activity which is modulated by phosphoryalation.   Nature 405(6783): 195-200.

Song, J., Murakami, H., Tsutsui, H., Ugai, H., Geltinger, C., Murata, R., Matsumura, M., Itakura, K.I., Kanazawa, I., Sun, K. and Yokoyama, K.K. (1999) Structural organization and expression of the mouse gene for Pur-1, a highly conserved homolog of the human MAZ gene. Eur. J. Biochem. 259: 1-8.

Tsutsui, H., Geltinger, C., Murata, T., Itakura, K., Wada, T., Hanada, H. and Yokoyama, K.K.  (1999) The DNA-Binding and Transcriptional Activities of MAZ, a Myc-Associated Zinc Finger Protein, Are Regulated by Casein Kinase II. Biochem. & Biophys. Res. Comm. 262(1): 198-205. 

Whitson, R.H., Huang, T. and Itakura, K.  (1999)  The novel Mrf-2 DNA-binding domain recognizes a five-base core sequence through major and minor-groove contacts.  Biochem. & Biophys. Res. Comm. 258: 326-331.

Yuan, Y.-C., Whitson, R.H., Itakura, K. and Chen, Y. (1998) Resonance assignments of the Mrf-2 DNA-binding domain. J. Biomol. NMR. 11: 459-460.

Song, J., Murakami, H., Yang, Z.Q., Koga, C., Adati, N., Murata, T., Geltinger, C., Saito-Ohara, F., Ikeuchi, T., Matsumura, M., Itakura, K., Kanazawa, I., Sun, K. and Yokoyama, K.K.  (1998) Short Communication: Human genes for KNSL 4 and MAZ are located close to one another on chromosome 16p11.2. Genomics 52: 374-377. 

Yuan, Y.C., Whitson, R.H., Liu, Q., Itakura, K. and Chen, Y.  (1998) A novel DNA-binding motif shares structural homology to DNA replication and repair nucleases and polymerases. Nat. Struct. Biol.  5(11): 959-964.

Komatsu, M., Li, H.-O., Tsutsui, H., Itakura, K., Matsumura, M. and Yokoyama, K. (1997) MAZ, a Myc-associated zinc finger protein, is essential for the ME1a1-mediated expression of the c-myc gene during neuroectodermal differentiation of P19 cells. Oncogene 15: 1123-1131.

Huang, T.H., Oka, T., Asai, T., Okada, T., Merrills, B.W., Gertson, P.N., Whitson, R.H. and Itakura, K.  (1996) Repression by a differentiation-specific factor of the human cytomegalovirus enhancer. Nucleic Acids Res. 24: 1695-1701.

Tsutsui, H., Sakatsume, Itakura, K. and Yokoyama, K.K.  (1996) Members of the MAZ family: A novel cDNA clone for MAZ from human pancreatic islet cells. Biochem. & Biophys. Res. Comm. 226: 801-809.

Sakatsume, O., Tsutsul, H., Wang, Y., Gao, H., Tang, X., Yamauchi, T., Murata, T., Itakura, K. and Yokoyama, K.K.  (1996) Binding of THZif-1, a MAZ-like zinc finger protein to the nuclease--hypersensitive element in the promoter region of the c-MYC protooncogene. J. Biol. Chem. 271: 31322-31333.

Kondo, S., Gertson, P.N., Yokoyama, K. and Itakura, K. (1994) Hepatic transcriptional up-regulator of rat microsomal epoxide hydrolase gene. DNA & Cell Biol. 13: 43-50.

Oka, T., Kikumoto, Y., Itakura, K., Morton, D.L. and Irie, R.F.  (1994) Human monoclonal antibody identified an immunoreactive tetrapeptide sequence (Lys-Tyr-Gln-Ile) in Mr 43,000 protein of human melanoma. Cancer Res. 54: 3511-3515.

Suzuki, T., Imagawa, M., Yamada, R., Yokoyama, K., Kondo, S., Itakura, K. and Muramatsur, M.  (1994) Acute changes in liver gene expression in the N-nitrosodiethylamine-treated rat. Carcinogenesis 15: 1759-1761.

Whitson, R.H. and Itakura, K.  (1992) TGF-b1 Inhibits DNA Synthesis and Phosphorylation of the Retinoblastoma Gene Product in a Rat Liver Epithelial Cell Line. J .Cell. Biochem. 48: 305-315.

Kondo, S., Chou, Y., Gertson, P.N., Yokoyama, K. and Itakura, K.  (1992) A bipartite suppressor; conjunction of two distinct factor-binding sites is essential for down-regulation in rat epoxide hydrolase gene expression. Mol. Cell. Biol. 12: 4496-4502.

Arnold, B.L., Itakura, K. and Rossi, J.J.  (1992) PCR-based quantitation of low levels of HIV-1 DNA by using an external standard. GATA 9: 113-116.

Whitson, R.H., Wong,. W.L. and Itakura, K. (1991) Platelet factor 4 selectively inhibits binding of TGF-b to the Type ITGF-b1 receptor.  J. Cell Biochem. 47: 31-42.

Katoh, S., Ozawa, K., Kondoh, S., Soeda, E., Israel, A., Shiroki, K., Fujinaga, K., Itakura, K., Gachelin, G. and Yokoyama, K. (1990) Identification of sequences responsible for positive and negative regulation by E1A in the promoter of H-2Kbm1 class I MHC gene. EMBO J.  9: 127-135.

Kajimura, Y., Krull, J., Miyakoshi, S., Itakura, K. and Toyoda, H.  (1990) Application of long synthetic oligonucleotides for gene analysis:  Effect of probe length and stringency conditions on hybridization specificity. GATA  7(4): 71-79.

Kondo, S., Carr, B.I., Takagi, K., Huang, T.H., Chou, Y.-M., Yokoyama, K. and Itakura, K. (1990) Expression of rat microsomal epoxide hydrolase gene during liver chemical carcinogenesis. Cancer Res.  50: 6222-6228.

Toyoda, H., Onohara-Toyoda, M., Krull, J., Vadheim, C.M., Bickal, J.C., Riley, W., Maclaren, N.K., Itakura, K. and Rotter, J.I. (1989) Application of synthetic oligonucleotides to detect DQ beta genes transmission within insulin-dependent diabetes families. Disease Markers 7: 215-228.

Carr, B.I., Huang, T.H., Itakura, K. and Marceau, N. (1989) TGF b gene transcription in normal and neoplastic liver growth. J. Cell. Biochem. 39: 477-487.

Whitson, R.H., Grimditch, G.K., Sternlicht, E., Kaplan, S.A., Barnard, R.J. and Itakura, K. (1988) Characterization of rat skeletal muscle sarcolemmal insulin receptors and a sarcolemmal insulin binding inhibitor. J. Biol. Chem. 263: 4789-4794.

Ikuta, S., Takagi, K., Wallace, R.B. and Itakura, K. (1987) Dissociation kinetics of 19 base paired oligonucleotide-DNA duplexes containing different single mismatched base pairs. Nucleic Acids Res. 15: 797-811.

Ikuta, S., Eritja, R., Kaplan, B.E. and Itakura, K. (1987) NMR Studies of the stable mismatch purine-thymine in the self-complementary d(CGPuAATTTCG) duplex in solution. Biochem. 26: 5646-5650.

Carr, B.I., Huang, T.H., Buzin, C.H. and Itakura, K. (1986) Induction of heat shock gene expression without heat shock by hepatocarcinogens and during hepatic regeneration in rat liver. Cancer Res.  46: 5106-5111.

Itoh, N., Slemmon, J.R., Hawke, D.H., Williamson, R., Morita, E., Itakura, K., Roberts, E., Shively, J.E., Crawford, G.D. and Salvaterra, P.M. (1986) Cloning of drosophila choline acetyltransferase cDNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA  83: 4081-4085.


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