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Overview

Hisao Masai is affiliated with the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science in Japan. Their research primarily lies within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Molecular Biology as a subfield. Their work also touches on Cell Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology, and Materials Chemistry.

Their contributions span various main topics including DNA Repair Mechanisms, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics, RNA Research and Splicing, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Hisao Masai's recent papers showcase areas of focus and contributions in molecular biology and DNA research. Notable publications include:

  • G-quadruplex DNA and RNA: Their roles in regulation of DNA replication and other biological functions (2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications)

Frequent coauthors working with Hisao Masai include Chi-Chun Yang, Naoko Yoshizawa-Sugata, Yutaka Kanoh, Hao-Wen Hsiao, and Hiroyuki Sasanuma.

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • The Journal of Biochemistry
  • Genes to Cells
  • Chemical & Biomedical Imaging

Best Publications

  • Visualizing Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Multicellular Cell-Cycle Progression

    Asako Sakaue-Sawano;Hiroshi Kurokawa;Toshifumi Morimura;Aki Hanyu

  • Eukaryotic chromosome DNA replication: where, when, and how?

    Hisao Masai;Seiji Matsumoto;Zhiying You;Naoko Yoshizawa-Sugata

  • Rif1 regulates the replication timing domains on the human genome

    Satoshi Yamazaki;Aii Ishii;Yutaka Kanoh;Masako Oda

  • Rif1 is a global regulator of timing of replication origin firing in fission yeast

    Motoshi Hayano;Yutaka Kanoh;Seiji Matsumoto;Claire Renard-Guillet

  • Cdc7 kinase complex: a key regulator in the initiation of DNA replication.

    Hisao Masai;Hisao Masai;Ken-Ichi Arai

  • Phosphorylation of MCM4 by Cdc7 Kinase Facilitates Its Interaction with Cdc45 on the Chromatin

    Hisao Masai;Chika Taniyama;Keiko Ogino;Etsuko Matsui

  • hsk1+, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe gene related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae CDC7, is required for chromosomal replication.

    H. Masai;T. Miyake;K.-I. Arai

  • Human and Xenopus cDNAs encoding budding yeast Cdc7-related kinases: in vitro phosphorylation of MCM subunits by a putative human homologue of Cdc7.

    Noriko Sato;Ken‐ichi Arai;Hisao Masai

  • Human Cdc7-related Kinase Complex: IN VITRO PHOSPHORYLATION OF MCM BY CONCERTED ACTIONS OF Cdks AND Cdc7 AND THAT OF A CRITICAL THREONINE RESIDUE OF Cdc7 BY Cdks *

    Hisao Masai;Etsuko Matsui;Zhiying You;Yukio Ishimi

  • Rif1 binds to G quadruplexes and suppresses replication over long distances

    Yutaka Kanoh;Seiji Matsumoto;Rino Fukatsu;Naoko Kakusho

  • A novel growth- and cell cycle-regulated protein, ASK, activates human Cdc7-related kinase and is essential for G1/S transition in mammalian cells.

    Hiroyuki Kumagai;Noriko Sato;Masayuki Yamada;Daniel Mahony

  • Human Tim/Timeless-interacting Protein, Tipin, Is Required for Efficient Progression of S Phase and DNA Replication Checkpoint

    Naoko Yoshizawa-Sugata;Hisao Masai

  • Escherichia coli PriA protein is essential for inducible and constitutive stable DNA replication.

    H. Masai;T. Asai;Y. Kubota;K.-I. Arai

  • Cdc7-dependent phosphorylation of Mer2 facilitates initiation of yeast meiotic recombination

    Hiroyuki Sasanuma;Kouji Hirota;Tomoyuki Fukuda;Naoko Kakusho

  • A Fission Yeast Gene, him1+/dfp1+, Encoding a Regulatory Subunit for Hsk1 Kinase, Plays Essential Roles in S-Phase Initiation as Well as in S-Phase Checkpoint Control and Recovery from DNA Damage

    Tadayuki Takeda;Keiko Ogino;Etsuko Matsui;Min Kwan Cho

  • Cell Cycle and Developmental Regulations of Replication Factors in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

    Hiroko Fujii-Yamamoto;Hiroko Fujii-Yamamoto;Jung Min Kim;Ken-ichi Arai;Hisao Masai

  • Regulation of initiation of S phase, replication checkpoint signaling, and maintenance of mitotic chromosome structures during S phase by Hsk1 kinase in the fission yeast.

    Tadayuki Takeda;Keiko Ogino;Kazuo Tatebayashi;Hideo Ikeda

  • Phosphorylation of TAR DNA-binding Protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) by Truncated Casein Kinase 1δ Triggers Mislocalization and Accumulation of TDP-43

    Takashi Nonaka;Genjiro Suzuki;Yoshinori Tanaka;Fuyuki Kametani

  • Cdc7 kinase mediates Claspin phosphorylation in DNA replication checkpoint.

    J M Kim;N Kakusho;M Yamada;Y Kanoh

  • The ABC-primosome. A novel priming system employing dnaA, dnaB, dnaC, and primase on a hairpin containing a dnaA box sequence.

    H. Masai;N. Nomura;K.-I. Arai

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken-ichi Arai
Ken-ichi Arai University of Tokyo
Noriko Sato
Noriko Sato Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Daisuke Kohda
Daisuke Kohda Kyushu University
Kazuo Nagasawa
Kazuo Nagasawa Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Toshiki Tsurimoto
Toshiki Tsurimoto Kyushu University
Lorenz Poellinger
Lorenz Poellinger Karolinska Institute
Katsumi Maenaka
Katsumi Maenaka Hokkaido University
Kunihiro Ohta
Kunihiro Ohta University of Tokyo
Katsuhiko Shirahige
Katsuhiko Shirahige University of Tokyo

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