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Takenaka, K. and Miki, Y. Introduction and characterization of a polymerase-dead point mutation into the POLK gene in vertebrates. FEBS Letters 583: 661-664. 2009

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Han, X., Saito, H., Miki, Y.,* and Nakanishi, A. A CRM1- mediated nuclear export signal governs cytoplasmic localization of BRCA2 and is essential for centrosomal localization of BRCA2. Oncogene, 27: 2969-77, 2008. *Corresponding author

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Hirai, Y., Banno, K., Suzuki, M., Ichikawa, Y., Udagawa, Y., Sugano, K., and Miki, Y. Molecular epidemiological and mutational analysis of DNA mismatch repair（ MMR） genes in endometrial cancer patients with HNPCCassociated familial predisposition to cancer. Cancer Sci, 99: 1715-9, 2008.

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Isomura, M., Oya, N., Tachiiri, S., Kaneyasu, Y., Nishimura, Y., Akimoto, T., Hareyama, M., Sugita, T., Mitsuhashi, N., Yamashita, T., Aoki, M., Sai, H., Hirokawa, Y., Sakata, K., Karasawa, K., Tomida, A., Tsuruo, T., Miki, Y.,* Noda, T., and Hiraoka, M. IL12RB2 and ABCA1 genes are associated with susceptibility to radiation dermatitis. Clin Cancer Res, 14: 6683-9, 2008. *Corresponding author

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Izawa, N., Matsumoto, S., Manabe, J., Tanizawa, T., Hoshi, M., Shigemitsu, T., Machinami, R., Kanda, H., Takeuchi, K., Miki, Y., Arai, M., Shirahama, S., and Kawaguchi, N. A Japanese patient with Li-Fraumeni syndrome who had nine primary malignancies associated with a germline mutation of the p53 tumorsuppressor gene. Int J Clin Oncol, 13: 78-82, 2008.

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Kimura, J., Nguyen, S. T., Liu, H., Taira, N., Miki, Y.,* and Yoshida, K. A functional genome-wide RNAi screen identifies TAF1 as a regulator for apoptosis in response to genotoxic stress. Nucleic Acids Res, 36: 5250-9, 2008. *Corresponding author

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Komatsu, A., Nagasaki, K., Fujimori, M., Amano, J., and Miki, Y. Identification of novel deletion polymorphisms in breast cancer. Int J Oncol, 33: 261-70, 2008.

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Nihira, K., Taira, N., Miki, Y.,* and Yoshida, K. TTK/Mps1 controls nuclear targeting of c-Abl by 308 Annual Report 2008 14-3-3-coupled phosphorylation in response to oxidative stress. Oncogene, 27: 7285-95, 2008. *Corresponding author

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Oku, Y., Shimoji, T., Takifuji, K., Hotta, T., Yokoyama, S., Matsuda, K., Higashiguchi, T., Tominaga, T., Nasu, T., Tamura, K., Matsuura, M., Miyata, S., Kato, Y., Yamaue, H., and Miki, Y. Identification of the molecular mechanisms for dedifferentiation at the invasion front of colorectal cancer by a gene expression analysis. Clin Cancer Res, 14: 7215-22, 2008.

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Shinagawa, H., Miki, Y.,* and Yoshida, K. BRCA1- mediated ubiquitination inhibits topoisomerase II alpha activity in response to oxidative stress. Antioxid Redox Signal, 10: 939-49, 2008. *Corresponding author

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Sugano, K., Nakamura, S., Ando, J., Takayama, S., Kamata, H., Sekiguchi, I., Ubukata, M., Kodama, T., Arai, M., Kasumi, F., Hirai, Y., Ikeda, T., Jinno, H., Kitajima, M., Aoki, D., Hirasawa, A., Takeda, Y., Yazaki, K., Fukutomi, T., Kinoshita, T., Tsunematsu, R., Yoshida, T., Izumi, M., Umezawa, S., Yagata, H., Komatsu, H., Arimori, N., Matoba, N., Gondo, N., Yokoyama, S., and Miki, Y. Crosssectional analysis of germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in Japanese patients suspected to have hereditary breast/ovarian cancer. Cancer Sci, 99: 1967- 76, 2008.

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Tanaka, S., Arii, S., Yasen, M., Mogushi, K., Su, N. T., Zhao, C., Imoto, I., Eishi, Y., Inazawa, J., Miki, Y., and Tanaka, H. Aurora kinase B is a predictive factor for the aggressive recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after curative hepatectomy. Br J Surg, 95: 611-9, 2008.

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Tomiyoshi, G., Nakanishi, A., Takenaka, K., Yoshida, K., and Miki, Y. Novel BRCA2-interacting protein BJ-HCC- 20A inhibits the induction of apoptosis in response to DNA damage. Cancer Sci, 99: 747-54, 2008.