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mutsuo sekiguchi

mutsuo sekiguchi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
14278
World Ranking
9203
National Ranking
618

Overview

mutsuo sekiguchi is affiliated with Fukuoka Dental College in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine as subfields.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms

Mutsuo Sekiguchi has contributed to publications largely in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, where several of their recent papers have appeared.

Their recent research papers include:

  • "PCBP1 and PCBP2 both bind heavily oxidized RNA but cause opposing outcomes, suppressing or increasing apoptosis under oxidative conditions" (2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • "SMARCAD1-mediated recruitment of the DNA mismatch repair protein MutLα to MutSα on damaged chromatin induces apoptosis in human cells" (2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • "Correction: PCBP1 and PCBP2 both bind heavily oxidized RNA but cause opposing outcomes, suppressing or increasing apoptosis under oxidative conditions" (2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Tatsuhiro Igawa
  • Hiroshi Hayakawa
  • Tsugumi Fujita
  • Yusaku Nakabeppu
  • Takashi Ishii

Best Publications

  • Targeted disruption of the Rad51 gene leads to lethality in embryonic mice.

    T Tsuzuki;Y Fujii;K Sakumi;Y Tominaga

  • Functional cooperation of MutT, MutM and MutY proteins in preventing mutations caused by spontaneous oxidation of guanine nucleotide in Escherichia coli

    Tatsurou Tajiri;Hisaji Maki;Mutsuo Sekiguchi

  • Spontaneous tumorigenesis in mice defective in the MTH1 gene encoding 8-oxo-dGTPase

    Teruhisa Tsuzuki;Akinori Egashira;Hisato Igarashi;Tomoo Iwakuma

  • Counteraction by MutT Protein of Transcriptional Errors Caused by Oxidative Damage

    F. Taddei;H. Hayakawa;H. Hayakawa;M.-F. Bouton;M.-F. Bouton;A.-M. Cirinesi;A.-M. Cirinesi

  • Oxidative nucleotide damage: Consequences and prevention

    Mutsuo Sekiguchi;Teruhisa Tsuzuki

  • Intracellular Localization of 8-Oxo-dGTPase in Human Cells, with Special Reference to the Role of the Enzyme in Mitochondria

    Dongchon Kang;Jun-ichi Nishida;Akihiro Iyama;Yusaku Nakabeppu

  • Generation and Elimination of 8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-Triphosphate, a Mutagenic Substrate for DNA Synthesis, in Human Cells

    Hiroshi Hayakawa;Akinobu Taketomi;Kunihiko Sakumi;Michihiko Kuwano

  • Silencing effect of CpG island hypermethylation and histone modifications on O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) gene expression in human cancer

    Tetsuji Nakagawachi;Hidenobu Soejima;Takeshi Urano;Wei Zhao

  • The synthesis of messenger RNA without protein synthesis: II. Synthesis of phage-induced RNA and sequential enzyme production*

    Mutsuo Sekiguchi;Seymour S. Cohen

  • Methylnitrosourea-induced Tumorigenesis in MGMT Gene Knockout Mice

    Kunihiko Sakumi;Akiko Shiraishi;Seiichiro Shimizu;Teruhisa Tsuzuki

  • SEPARATION OF KILLING AND TUMORIGENIC EFFECTS OF AN ALKYLATING AGENT IN MICE DEFECTIVE IN TWO OF THE DNA REPAIR GENES

    Hisaya Kawate;Kunihiko Sakumi;Teruhisa Tsuzuki;Yoko Nakatsuru

  • Three-Dimensional Structure of a DNA Repair Enzyme, 3-Methyladenine DNA Glycosylase II, from Escherichia coli

    Yuriko Yamagata;Masato Kato;Kyoko Odawara;Yoshiteru Tokuno

  • Targeted disruption of the DNA repair methyltransferase gene renders mice hypersensitive to alkylating agent.

    Teruhisa Tsuzuki;Sakumi Kunihiko;Akiko Shiraishi;Hisaya Kawate

  • Metabolic fate of oxidized guanine ribonucleotides in mammalian cells

    Hiroshi Hayakawa;Anders Hofer;Lars Thelander;Shigetaka Kitajima

  • A novel mechanism for preventing mutations caused by oxidation of guanine nucleotides

    Toru Ishibashi;Hiroshi Hayakawa;Mutsuo Sekiguchi

  • Binding capacity of human YB-1 protein for RNA containing 8-oxoguanine.

    Hiroshi Hayakawa;Takeshi Uchiumi;Takao Fukuda;Megumi Ashizuka

  • Mouse MTH2 protein which prevents mutations caused by 8-oxoguanine nucleotides.

    Jian-Ping Cai;Toru Ishibashi;Yasumitsu Takagi;Hiroshi Hayakawa

  • Alkylation-induced apoptosis of embryonic stem cells in which the gene for DNA repair, methyltransferase, had been disrupted by gene targeting

    Yohei Tominaga;Teruhisa Tsuzuki;Akiko Shiraishi;Hisaya Kawate

  • Mammalian enzymes for preventing transcriptional errors caused by oxidative damage

    Toru Ishibashi;Hiroshi Hayakawa;Riyoko Ito;Masayuki Miyazawa

  • Human MTH3 (NUDT18) Protein Hydrolyzes Oxidized Forms of Guanosine and Deoxyguanosine Diphosphates: COMPARISON WITH MTH1 AND MTH2*

    Yasumitsu Takagi;Daiki Setoyama;Riyoko Ito;Hiroyuki Kamiya

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusaku Nakabeppu
Yusaku Nakabeppu Kyushu University
Kunihiko Sakumi
Kunihiko Sakumi Kyushu University
Yuriko Yamagata
Yuriko Yamagata Kumamoto University
Masayuki Takahashi
Masayuki Takahashi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hiroyuki Kamiya
Hiroyuki Kamiya Hiroshima University
Kazuki Nakao
Kazuki Nakao University of Tokyo
Michihiko Kuwano
Michihiko Kuwano Kyushu University
Kazimierz S. Kasprzak
Kazimierz S. Kasprzak National Institutes of Health
Kosuke Morikawa
Kosuke Morikawa Kyoto University
Motoya Katsuki
Motoya Katsuki University of Tokyo

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