List of Selected Publications

1. Shinkai, Y., and Tachibana, M.:
   "H3K9 Methyltransferase G9a and the Related Molecule GLP."
   Genes Dev. 2011, 25:781-788.
2. Matsui, T., Leung, D., Miyashita, H., Maksakova, I.A., Miyachi, H., Kimura, H., Tachibana, M., Lorincz, M.C., and Shinkai, Y.:
   "Proviral silencing in embryonic stem cells requires the histone methyltransferase ESET."
   Nature. 2010, 464:927-931.
3. Inagaki, T., Tachibana, M., Magoori, K., Kudo, H., Tanaka, T., Okamura, M., Naito, M. Kodama., T. Shinkai, Y., and Sakai, Y.:
   "Obesity and metabolic syndrome in histone demethylase JHDM2a deficient mice. "
   Genes to Cells, 2009, 14:991-1001
4. Tachibana M., Matsumura Y., Fukuda M., Kimura H., and Shinkai Y.:
   "G9a/GLP complexes independently mediate H3K9 and DNA methylation to silence transcription."
   EMBO J. 2008, 27:2681-2690.
5. Tachibana, M., Nozaki, M., Takeda, N., and Shinkai, Y.:
   "Functional dynamics of H3K9 methylation during meiotic prophase progression."
   EMBO J. 2007, 26:3346-3359.
6. Tachibana, M., Ueda, J., Fukuda, M., Takeda, N., Ohta, T., Iwanari, H., Sakihama, T., Kodama, T., Hamakubo, T., and Shinkai, Y.:
   "Histone methyltransferases G9a and GLP form heteromeric complexes and are both crucial for methylation of euchromatin at H3-K9."
   Gene Dev. 2005, 19:815-826.
7. Tachibana, M., Sugimoto, K., Nozaki, M., Ueda, J., Ohta, T., Ohki, M., Fukuda, M., Takeda, N., Niida, H., Kato, H., and Shinkai, Y.:
   "G9a histone methyltransferase plays a dominant role for euchromatic histone H3 lysine 9 methylation and is essential for early embryogenesis."
   Gene Dev. 2002, 16:1779-1791.
8. Tachibana, M., Sugimoto, K., Fukushima, T., and Shinkai, Y.:
   "with hyperactivity and specific selectivity to lysines 9 and 27 of histone H3"
   J. Biol. Chem. 2001, 276:25309-25317.

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