List of Papers and Abstracts

Published in English

by

Akihiro Shima

1967- June 2006

(Numbers in parentheses indicate abstracts, * refereed paper.)


1967 (S.42)

1. Akita, Y., A.Ueno and A.Shima. 1967. The formation of SH-reactive substance from amino acids or nucleic acid constituents by X-irradiation: Its possible role in the radiation effect. The Proc. Intern. Conf. Radiation Biology and Cancer, Kyoto, 1966 Publ. Radiation Society of Japan, 57-61.


1970 (S.45)

2. ______. 1970. The effects of X-irradiated histidine on the ATP content and protein synthesis in nuclei isolated from the rat thymus. J.Fac.Sci., Univ.Tokyo, Sec.IV, 12, 59-73.

3. ______. 1970. Inhibitory effects of X-irradiated histidine on protein synthesis in isolated thymus nuclei. J.Fac.Sci., Univ.Tokyo, Sec.IV, 12, 75-82.

4. ______. 1970. The effect of X-irradiated histidine on the in vitro incorporation of labelled amino acids into the acid-soluble and acid-insoluble fractions of nuclei isolated from the rat thymus. J.Fac.Sci., Univ.Tokyo, Sec.IV, 12, 83-92.

5. ______. 1970. The effects of X-irradiated histidine on the formation of thiobarbituric acid-reacting materials in nuclei isolated from the rat thymus. J. Fac. Sci., Univ.Tokyo, Sec.IV, 12, 93-100.


1971 (S.46)

*6. ______ and M.Asashima. 1971. Fluctuations in trichloroacetic acid-soluble sulfhydryl levels in the regenerating rat liver. Arch.intern.Physiol.Biochim., 79, 441-445.


1973 (S.48)

*7. ______, L.Baugnet-Mahieu and R.Goutier. 1973. On the increased precursor incorporation into the DNA of rat liver mitochondria irradiated in vitro. Biophysik, 9, 243-252.

(8). ______ and R.Goutier. 1973. Radiation-stimulated DNA synthesis in rat liver mitochondria. J.Radiat.Res., 14, 67-68.


1974 (S.49)

(9). ______ 1974. Age changes in radiosensitivity of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA syntheses in mouse liver. J. Radiat.Res., 15, 65.


1975 (S.50)

*10. ______. 1975. Effect of age on radiosensitivity of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA syntheses in the mouse liver. Exp. Gerontol., 10, 171-180.

(11). ______ and T.Sugahara. 1975. Radiation-accelerated polyploidization of mouse hepatocyte nuclei. J.Radiat.Res., 16, 51.


1976 (S.51)

*12. Fukuda,M., K.Nakanishi, T.Mukainaka, ______ and S. Fujita. 1976. Combination of Feulgen nuclear reaction with immunofluorescent staining for photoproducts of DNA after UV-irradiation. Acta Histochem. Cytochem., 9, 180-192.

*13. Fukuda,M., K.Nakanishi, T.Mukainaka, ______ and S.Fujita. 1976. Cytofluorometric determination of excision repair of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers in Ehrlich ascitic cancer cells. Acta Histochem. Cytochem., 9, 203-213.

14. Matsui,M., ______ and N.Egami. 1976. Autoradiographic detection of the template-primer activities of DNA by exogenous DNA polymerases in fixed mouse tissues. J.Fac.Sci., Univ.Tokyo, Sec.IV, 13, 399-404.

*15. ______ and T.Sugahara. 1976. Age-dependent ploidy class changes in mouse hepatocyte nuclei as revealed by Feulgen-DNA cytofluorometry. Exp.Gerontol., 11, 193-203.

(16). ______ and T.Sugahara. 1976. Further-studies on radiation-accelerated polyploidization of mouse hepatocyte nuclei. J.Radiat.Res., 17, 49.


1977 (S.52)

*17. Fukuda,M., K.Nakanishi, ______, N.Bohm and S.Fujita. 1977 Cytofluorometric quantitation of DNA repair in Ehrlich ascites cancer cells after UV-irradiation. Exp.Cell Res., 110, 47-56.

(18). Matsui,M., ______ and N.Egami. 1977. Autoradiographic detection of the template-primer activities of DNA by exogenous DNA polymerases in fixed mouse tissues. J.Radiat.Res., 18, 8.

(19). ______, K.Nakanishi, M.Fukuda and S.Fujita. 1977. Detection of UV-induced DNA lesion and repair in individual cells by simultaneous application of Feulgen-DNA cytofluorometry, immunofluorescent staining and autoradiography. J.Radiat.Res., 18, 9.


1978 (S.53)

*20. ______ and N.Egami. 1978. Absence of systematic polyploidization of hepatocyte nuclei during the ageing process of the male medaka, Oryzias latipes. Exp.Gerontol., 13, 51-55.

(21). ______. and N.Egami. 1978. Effect of ultraviolet light on fish cells. 1. Inhibition of DNA synthesis. J. Radiat.Res., 19, 22.

22. ______, N.Egami and T.Sugahara. 1978. Comparative study on the polyploidization of hepatocytes of mouse and fish during ageing. In Liver and Ageing-1978 (Edited by K. Kitani). Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press, Amsterdam, 93-102.


1979 (S.54)

*23. Nakanishi,K., ______, M.Fukuda and S.Fujita. 1979. Age associated increase of single-stranded regions in the DNA of mouse brain and liver cells. Mech. Age. Develop., 10, 273-281.

24. Kimura,H., T.Shiroya, ______ and Y.Akita. 1979. The radiation-induced mitotic delay in sea-urchin eggs:Changes in the radiosensitivity during the first cleavage cycle of the eggs fertilized with irradiated sperm. J.Fac.Sci., Univ.Tokyo, Sec.IV, 14,305-312.

*25. Kyono,Y., ______ and N.Egami. 1979. Changes in the labeling index and DNA content of

liver cells during diethylnitrosamine-induced liver tumorigenesis in Oryzias latipes. J.Natl.Cancer Inst., 63, 71-74.

(26). ______ and N.Egami. 1979. Effect of ultraviolet light on fish cells. II. DNA synthesis and hydroxyurea. J.Radiat. Res., 20, 11.


1980 (S.55)

*27. ______, O.Nikaido, S.Shinohara and N.Egami. 1980. Continued in vitro growth of fibroblast-like cells (RBCF-1) derived from the caudal fin of the fish, Carassius auratus. Exp.Gerontol., 15, 305-314.

(28). ______, O.Nikaido, S.Shinohara and N.Egami. 1980. Studies on radiosensitivity of cultured fish cells (RBCF-1). I. Dose-survival relationships. J.Radiat.Res., 21, 19.

29. ______, O.Nikaido, S.Shinohara and N.Egami. 1980. Effect of ultraviolet light on fish cells in vivo and in vitro as revealed by Feulgen-DNA cytofluorometry. In Radiation Effects on Aquatic Organisms (Edited by N.Egami) Japan Sci.Soc.Press,Tokyo/ Univ. Park Press,

Baltimore, 183-193.

30. ______. 1980. Aging of Hepatocytes: In Aging Phenomena-Relationships among Different Levels of Organization (Edited by K.Oota, T.Makinodan,M.Iriki, and L.S.Baker) Plenum Press, New York, as Advances in Exp.Med. Biol., 129, 59-70.


1981 (S.56)

*31. ______, M.Ikenaga, O.Nikaido, H.Takebe and N.Egami. 1981. Photoreactivation of ultraviolet light-induced damage in cultured fish cells as revealed by increased colony forming ability and decreased content of pyrimidine dimers. Photochem. Photobiol., 33, 313-316.

*32. Kimura,H., T.Shiroya, T.Aoyama and ______. 1981. Effect of low pH treatment and agents causing mitotic delay on intracellular pH of sea urchin eggs. J.Radiat.Res., 22, 160-164.

*33. Ikebuchi,M., S.Shinohara, H.Kimura, K.Morimoto, ______ and T.Aoyama. 1981. Effects of daily treatment with a radioprotector WR-2721 on Ehrlich ascites tumors in mice:Suppression of tumor cell growth and earlier death of tumor-bearing mice. J. Radiat. Res., 22, 258-264.

*34. Ishizaki,K., ______, T.Sekiguchi and H.Takebe. 1981.Microcell-mediated transfer of human DNA repair gene(s) into xeroderma pigmentosum cells. Jpn. J.Genetics, 56, 105-115.

(35). ______, M.Ikenaga, O.Nikaido, H.Takebe and N.Egami. 1981. Studies on radiosensitivity of cultured fish cells(RBCF-1). II. Photoreactivation of survival and pyrimidine dimers. J.Radiat. Res., 22, 17-18.

36. Egami,N., Y.Kyono-Hamaguchi, H.Mitani and ______. 1981. Characteristics of hepatoma produced by treatment with diethylnitrosamine in the fish, Oryzias latipes. In Phyletic Approaches to Cancer (Edited by C.J.Dawe, J.C.Harshbarger, S.Kondo, T.Sugimura and S.Takayama) Japan Sci.Soc.Press, Tokyo, 217-226.


1982 (S.57)

(37). ______, H. Machino, T. Yagi and H. Takebe. 1982. DNA microfluorometric study of cellular radiosensitivity. I. Scheduled and unscheduled DNA syntheses in UV-irradiated XP cells. J.Radiat.Res., 23, 39.


1983 (S.58)

*38. Oota,S-G., ______, M.Shimada, T.Katsura, T.Nozue and S-H.Oota. 1983. Ultraviolet sensitivity of Cockayne syndrome and its heterozygotes:Cell biological diagnosis of atypical case. Congenital Anomalies, 23, 399-403.

(39). Ikebuchi,M., ______ and T.Aoyama. 1983. Ultraviolet light sensitivity and unscheduled DNA synthesis in several cell strains derived from C57BL mouse(II). J.Radiat. Res., 24, 47.

(40). Nozue,T., S-G.Oota, S-H.Oota, T.Katsura, Y.Fujiseki, Y.Abe, T.Yamano, M.Shimada, ______, and H. Takebe. 1983. Cell biological study on Cockayne syndrome (CS). Brain and Development, 5, 171.


1984 (S.59)

*41. ______ and R.B.Setlow. 1984. Survival and pyrimidine dimers in cultured fish cells exposed to concurrent sun lamp ultraviolet and photoreactivating radiations. Photochem. Photobiol., 39, 49-56.

*42. Ikebuchi,M., ______ and T.Aoyama. 1984. Ultraviolet light sensitivity and unscheduled DNA syntheses in various cell strains derived from C57BL mouse. J.Radiat.Res., 25, 203-214.

(43). Naruse,K., K.Ijiri, ______ and N.Egami. 1984. The production of cloned fish in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Zool.Sci., 1,955.

(44). Ikebuchi,M., K.Morimoto, ______ and T.Aoyama. 1984. Potentiation of UV cell killing by caffeine is dependent on the shoulder of UV dose-survival curves in cultured mammalian cells. J.Radiat.Res., 25, 24.


(45). ______, M.Tatsuka and O.Nikaido. 1984. DNA Microfluorometric study of cellular radiosensitivity.II. DNA synthesis in X-irradiated ataxia-telangiectasia cells. J.Radiat.Res., 25, 74.


1985 (S.60)

*46. ______, T.Sugahara and N.Egami. 1985. Whole-body X-irradiation of mice accelerates polyploidization of hepatocytes. Int.J.Radiat.Biol., 47, 261-265.

*47. Shimada,Y., ______ and N.Egami. 1985. Effect of heat on radiosensitivity at different developmental stages of embryos of the fish Oryzias latipes. Int.J.Radiat.Biol., 48, 501-512.

*48. Shimada,Y., N.Egami and ______. 1985. Comparison of cold, heat and radiation sensitivities of the fish embryos among the genus Oryzias. Comp.Biochem.Physiol., 82A, 815-818.

*49. ______ and R.B.Setlow. 1985. Establishment of a cell line (PF line) from a gynogenetic teleost, Poecilia formosa (Girard) and characterization of its repair ability of UV-induced DNA

damage. Zool.Sci., 2, 477-483.

*50. Shimada,Y., ______ and N.Egami. 1985. Effects of heat, release from hypoxia, cadmium and arsenite on the radiosensitivity of primordial germ cells in the fish Oryzias latipes. J.Radiat.Res., 26, 411-417.

*51. Shimada,Y., ______ and N.Egami. 1985. Effects of dose-fractionation and cycloheximide on the heat-induced radioresistance in primordial germ cells of the fish Oryzias latipes. Radiat. Res., 104, 78-82.

*52. Naruse,K., K.Ijiri, ______ and N.Egami. 1985. The production of cloned fish in the medaka, Oryzias latipes. J.Exp. Zool., 236, 335-341.

*53. Nikaido,O., T.Nishida and ______. 1985. Cellular mechanisms of ageing in Werner's syndrome. In Werner's Syndrome and Human Aging (Edited by D.J. Salk, Y.Fujiwara and G.M.Martin) Plenum Press, New York, as Advances in Exp.Med.Biol., 190, 421-438.

(54). Naruse, K., J.Komura and ______. 1985. In vitro characteristics of cells derived from gynogenetic haploid and gynogenetic diploid medaka embryo. Zool. Sci., 2, 895.

(55). ______ and R.B.Setlow. 1985. Establishment and characterization of a cell line (Pf line) from a gynogenetic teleost Poecilia formosa with special reference to DNA repair capabilities. J.Radiat.Res., 26, 45.

*56. ______, A.Shimada, J.Komura, K.Naruse, M.Sakaizumi and N.Egami. 1985. The preservation and utilization of wild populations of the Medaka Oryzias latipes. Medaka, 3, 1-4.

57. ______, A.Shimada, M.Sakaizumi and N.Egami. 1985. First listing of wild stocks of the Medaka Oryzias latipes currently kept by the Zoological Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo. J.Fac.Sci., Univ.Tokyo, Sec.IV, 16, 27-35.


1986 (S.61)

*58. Oota,S-G., T.Katsura, M.Shimada, ______, H.Chishiro, T.Murata and H.Matsubara. 1986. Ataxia- telangiectasia with papillary carcinoma of thyroid. American J.Pediatric Hematol. Oncol., 8, 255-258.

*59. Ishikawa,T., Prince Masahito, N.Nemoto, J.Matsumoto and ______. 1986. Spontaneous neurinoma in an African lungfish, Protopteru annectens and DNA repair studies on normal and neoplastic tissues. J.Natl.Cancer Inst., 77, 521-528.

(60). Komura,J, K.Naruse and ______.1986. An attempt to obtain purely haploid cell lines of the Medaka (Oryzias latipes). Zool.Sci., 3,1001.

(61). Isa,K, and ______. 1986. High frequency transfection of a dominant selective marker into cultured fish cells. Zool.Sci., 3,1002.

(62). ______, J.L.Ding and K.Isa. 1986. Unscheduled DNA synthesis in UV-irradiated normal hepatocytes and AFB-induced hepatomas of the rat. Zool.Sci., 3, 1003. (63). Shimada,A., ______ and N.Egami. 1986. Production of a multiple recessive tester stock of the Medaka Oryzias latipes. Zool.Sci., 3, 1008.

(64). Naruse,K. and ______. 1986. The linkage analysis of 12 enzymatic polymorphism and 2 visible mutations in the Medaka (Oryzias latipes). Zool.Sci., 3, 1009.

(65). Onizuka,N. and ______. 1986. Glycerol penetration, freezing tolerance and motility of sperm of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Zool.Sci., 3, 1031.

(66). Matsuzaki,T., Y.Watanabe and ______. 1986. Cell proliferation kinetics of thesocytes during the hatching process of the fresh water sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis. Zool.Sci., 3, 1053.

67. Isa,K. and ______. 1986. Establishment of the conditions for microcell-mediated transfer of fish photoreactivation gene(s) into human cells. J.Fac.Sci., Univ.Tokyo, Sec.IV., 16, 75-85.

(68). Isa,K., and ______. 1986. UV-induced unscheduled DNA synthesis in a hybrid between fish and xeroderma pigmentosum Cells. J.Radiat.Res., 27, 16.

(69). Shimada,A., ______, N.Egami, M.Sakaizumi. 1986. Comparative radiosensitivity of four species of Medaka. J.Radiat.Res., 27, 31.


1987 (S.62)

(70). ______, A.Shimada and N.Egami. 1987. Specific-locus mutation frequencies in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes.(I) Gamma-ray induced mutation frequency at the locus b. J.Radiat.Res., 28, 91.

*71. Isa, K. and ______. 1987. Transfection and stable expression of a dominant selective marker Ecogpt in a cultured cell line of the fish, Carassius auratus. J.Cell Sci., 88, 219-224.

*72. Ikenaga, M., T.Tsujimura, H.-R.Chang, C.Fujio, Y.-P.Zhang, K.Ishizaki, H.Kataoka and ______. 1987. Comparative analysis of O6-methylguanine methyltransferase activity and cellular sensitivity to alkylating agents in cell strains derived from a variety of animal species. Mutation Res.,184, 161-168.

(73). Matsuzaki, T., and ______. 1987. Analysis of cell proliferation during the hatching process of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis. Zool.Sci., 4, 998.

(74). Shimada, A. and ______. 1987. Establishment of the multiple recessive tester Medaka homozygous for the 3 loci. Zool.Sci., 4, 1002.

(75). ______ and A.Shimada. 1987. Radiation induction of specific-locus mutations in the multiple recessive tester Medaka. Zool.Sci., 4, 1002.

(76). Shimada, A. and ______. Establishment of a multiple recessive tester fish (Medaka, Oryzias latipes) for detection of gamma-ray-induced mutations. In Radiation Research: Proc. 8th Intern. Cong. Radiation Research, Edinburgh (Edited by E.M. Fielden, J.W.Fowler, J.H.Hendry and D.Scott), Vol.1, Taylor and Francis, London, p.201.


1988 (S.63)

*77. ______ and A.Shimada. 1988. Induction of mutations in males of the fish Oryzias latipes at a specific locus after gamma-irradiation. Mutation Res., 198, 93-98.

*78. Otsuka, F., H.-I. Chi, _______ and Y.Ishibashi. 1988. Cytological demonstration of abnormal DNA ploidy in the epidermis of porokeratosis. Arch.Dermatol.Res., 280, 61-63.

79. ______ and M.Tomonaga. 1988. Microfluorimetric characterization of in situ autofluorescence of lipofuscin granules in the human brains. In Lipofuscin-1987: State of the Art, (Edited by I. Zs.-Nagy) Akademiai Kiado, Budapest/ Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, pp.147-157 .

*80. Komura, J., H.Mitani and ______. 1988. Fish cell culture: Establishment of two fibroblast-like cell lines (OL-17 and OL-32) from fins of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. In Vitro, 24, 294-298.

81. Egami, N., ______., and H.Mitani. 1988. Fish cell lines as materials for studying cellular radiation biology. In Proc. 7th Intern. Conf. Invertebrate and Fish Tissue Culture, ( Edited by Y. Kuroda, E. Kurstak, and K. Maramorosch ) Japan Sci. Soc. Press, Tokyo/ Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp.262-265.

82. ______, K.Isa, J.Komura, K.Hayasaka and H.Mitani. 1988. Somatic cell genetic study of DNA repair in cultured fish cells. In Proc. 7th Intern. Conf. Invertebrate and Fish Tissue Culture, ( Edited by Y. Kuroda, E. Kurstak, and K. Maramorosch ) Japan Sci. Soc. Press,Tokyo/Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp.215-217.

*83. Naruse, K., A.Shimada and ______. 1988. Gene-centromere mapping for 5 visible mutant loci in multiple recessive tester stock of the Medaka (Oryzias latipes). Zool.Sci., 5, 489-492.

*84. Shimada, A., _____ and N.Egami. 1988. Establishment of a multiple recessive tester stock in the fish Oryzias latipes. Zool.Sci., 5, 897-900.

(85). Komura, J., K.Hayasaka, H.Mitani and ______. 1988 Changes in pyrimidine dimers in two genes and in the gemone overall of UV-irradiated goldfish cells. J.Radiat.Res., 29, 24.

(86). ______ and A.Shimada. 1988. Specific-locus mutation frequencies in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. (II) Gamma-ray induced mutation frequencies at the b, gu, lf, and pl loci. J.Radiat.Res., 29, 72.

(87). ______. 1988 Effect of food components on cellular aging In Systematic Analysis and Development of Food Functionalities p.539.

88. Mitani, H., ______, K.Isa, J.Komura, K.Hayasaka, and N.Egami. 1988. Cultured fish cells as a tool for aging research. In Cutaneous Aging (Edited by A.L.Kligman and Y.Takase), Chap.I, Sec.6, Univ. of Tokyo Press, 89-95.

(89). Matsuzaki, T. and ______. 1988. Allotolerance induced in the fry of inbred strain of Medaka by scale- transplantation. Zool. Sci., 5, (PH116)1220.


(90). Naruse, K., H.Mitani, and ______. 1988. Isolation and characterization of a repetitive sequence (OLR1) in the Japanese Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Zool. Sci., 5, (GE13)1225.

(91). ______ and A.Shimada. 1988. Usefulness of specific-locus mutation assay system established in the Medaka Oryzias latipes for studying regulation of gene expression during embryonic development and spermatogenic maturation. Zool. Sci., 5, (GE14)1225.


1989 (H.1)

*92. Komura, J., H.Mitani, and ______. 1989. More efficient excision repair of pyrimidine dimers in the specific DNA sequence than in the genome overall in goldfish cells. Photochem. Photobiol., 49, 419-422.

93. ______. 1989. Freshwater fish in research of radiation biology. In Non Mammalian Animal Models for Biomedical Research (Edited by A.D. Woodhead), Vol.1, CRC Press,

Chapter 13, pp.215-223.

94. Shimada, A. and ______. 1989. Dose-rate dependency of radiation-induced germ cell mutation: Development of a new mutation assay system using the fish, Medaka Oryzias latipes. Proc. The 3rd Japan-US Workshop on Tritium Radiobiology and Health Physics (Edited by S.Okada), Institute of Plasma Physics, Nagoya University, pp.234-238.

(95). Shimada, A. and ______.1989. Specific-locus mutation frequencies in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes.(III) Gamma-ray induced mutation frequencies at the b, gu, and lf loci. J.Radiat.Res., 30, 83.

*96. Otsuka, F., ______ and Y.Ishibashi. 1989. Porokeratosis as a premalignant condition of the skin : Cytologic demonstration of abnormal DNA ploidy in cells of the epidermis. Cancer, 63, 891-896.

*97. Naruse, K. and ______. 1989. Linkage relationship of gene loci in the Medaka, Oryziaslatipes (Pisce: Oryziatidae), determined by backcrosses and gynogenesis. Biochem. Genetics,

27, 183-198.

*98. Otsuka, F., ______ and Y.Ishibashi. 1989. Porokeratosis has neoplastic clones in the epidermis: microfluorometric analysis of DNA content of epidermal cell nuclei. J. Invest. Dermatol., 92, Supple., 231S'-233S'.

*99. Mitani, H., K.Naruse and _____. 1989. Eurythermic and stenothermic growth of cultured fish cells and their thermo- sensitivity. J. Cell Sci., 93, 731-737.

100. Ikebuchi, M., K.Morimoto, _______ and T.Aoyama. 1989. Effects of caffeine on the shoulder in UV dose-survival curves and the sublethal damage repair in cultured mammalian cells. J. Shiga Univ. Med. Sci., 4, 73-87.

*101. Matsuzaki, T. and _______. 1989. Number of major histocompatibility loci in inbred strains of the fish Oryzias latipes. Immunogenetics, 30, 226-228.

(102). Naruse, K., H.Mitani, and _______. 1989. Characterization of Medaka highly repetitive sequence (OLR1). Zool. Sci., 6, 1109.

(103). Shimada, A. and _______. 1989. Comparison of the radiation-induced mutation spectra among three loci of the Medaka Oryzias latipes. Zool. Sci., 6, 1111.

(104). Kubota, Y. and _______. 1989. Comparison of thermosensitivity of two inbred strains of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Zool. Sci., 6, 1113.


1990 (H.2)

(105). Yasuhira, S., H.Mitani, and _______. 1990. Induction of photoreactivation and excision repair of UV-damage by visible light irradiation in cultured fish cells. J. Radiat. Res., 31, 35.

(106). _______ and A.Shimada, 1990. Specific-locus mutation frequencies in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. (IV) Effect of gamma-ray dose rates. J. Radiat. Res., 31, 38.

(107). Mitani, H. and _______. 1990. Repair of UV-damaged plasmid transfected in cultured goldfish cells. J. Radiat. Res., 31, 56.

*108. Hayasaka, K., M.Sato, H.Mitani, and _______. 1990. Transfection of cultured fish cells RBCF-1 with exogenous oncogene and their resistance to malignant transformation. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 96B, 349-354.

*109. Mitani, H., J.Komura, and _______. 1990. The repair of UV-irradiated plasmids transfected into cultured fish cells. Mutation Res., 236, 77-84.

*110. Sato, M., H.Mitani, and _______. 1990. Eurythermic growth and synthesis of heat shock proteins of primary cultured goldfish cells. Zool. Sci., 7, 395-399.

*111. Chi, H., Y.Ishibashi, _______., I.Mihara, and Otsuka, F. 1990. Use of DAPI cytofluorometric analysis of cellular DNA content to differentiate Spitz Nevus from malignant melanoma. J. Invest. Dermatol., 95, 154-157.

(112). Shimada, A. and _______. 1990. Some characteristics of radiation- or ENU-induced mutations at the b locus of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Zool. Sci., 7, 1053.

(113). Naruse, K. and _______. 1990. The production of gamma-ray induced gynogenetic diploids in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Zool. Sci., 7, 1054.

(114). Matsuzaki,T., M.Sakaizumi, and _______. 1990. Geographic distribution of SA1 antigen in wild populations of Oryzias latipes. Zool. Sci., 7, 1056.


1991 (H.3)

*115. Komura, J., H.Mitani, N.Nemoto, T.Ishikawa, and _______. 1991. Preferential excision repair and non-preferential photoreactivation of pyrimidine dimers in the c-ras sequence of cultured goldfish cells. Mutation Res., 254, 191-198

*116. Oda, S., H.Mitani, K.Naruse, and _______. 1991. Synthesis of heat shock proteins in the isolated fin of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes, acclimatized to various temperatures. Comp.Biochem. Physiol., 98B, 587-591.

*117. Kubota, Y. and _______. 1991. Comparative study of embryonic thermoresistance of two inbred strains of the medaka (Oryzias latipes). J. Comp. Physiol., B, 160, 621-625.

*118. _______ and A.Shimada,. 1991. Development of a possible nonmammalian test system for radiation-induced germ-cell mutagenesis using a fish, the Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A., 88, 2545-2549.

(119). Mitani, H., S.Yasuhira, and _______. 1991. Enhancement of photorepair of UV-irradiated plasmids transfected into cultured fish cells by fluorescent light pre-illumination and growth arrest. J. Radiat. Res., 32, 60.

(120). _______ and A.Shimada, 1991. Specific-locus mutation frequencies in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. (V) Comparison of effects of gamma-rays and ethylnitrosourea. J. Radiat. Res., 32, 82.

(121). Kubota, Y., A.Shimada, and _______. 1991. An attempt to detect gammma-ray-induced DNA damages of mutant embryos of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. J. Radiat. Res., 32, 82.

(122). _______, A.Shimada, and Y.Kubota,. 1991. Use of the Japanese Medaka as a bridge to connect phenomena in vivo and mechanisms in vitro. In Vitro, 27, 88A.

(123). Kubota, Y., A.Shimada, and _______. 1991. Specific-locus mutation of the Medaka:Detection of gamma-ray induced DNA damage of individual mutant embryos. Radiation Research, Vol.I, 142.

(124). Mitani, H., S.Yasuhira, and _______. 1991. Induction of UV damage repair by fluorescent light preillumination to cultured fish cells. Radiation Research, Vol.I, 230.

(125). Shimada, A. and _______. 1991. A possible non-mammalian test system for radiation germ-cell mutagenesis using the fish, Japanese Medaka Oryzias latipes. Radiation Research, Vol.I, 339.

(126). _______ and A.Shimada. 1991. Differential response to mutagenesis among the spermatogenic stages of a fish, the Japanese Medaka Oryzias latipes. The IUBS Toba Symposium on Biotechnology of Reproduction in Aquatic Animals, Toba, Mie, Japan. November 25-27, 1991. Book of Abstracts, pp.14-15.

(127). Mitani, H., S.Kakizawa, I.Iwai, and _______. 1991. The induction of photorepair of vertebrate cells by fluorescent light pre-illumination. An AACR Special Conference on Cellular Responses to Environmental DNA Damage in Honor of the 70th Birthday of Dr. Richard B. Setlow, Banff, Alberta, Canada. December 1-6, 1991. Book of Abstracts, A72.

(128). _______, A.Shimada, and Y.Kubota, 1991. Mechanisms of radiation-induced germ-cell mutagenesis as revealed by the specific-locus test system using the Japanese Medaka. An AACR Special Conference on Cellular Responses to Environmental DNA Damage in Honor of the 70th Birthday of Dr. Richard B. Setlow, Banff, Alberta, Canada. December 1-6, 1991. Book of Abstracts, B23.

*129. Mitani, H., S.Yasuhira, J.Komura, and _______. 1991. Enhancement of repair of UV-irradiated plasmids in cultured fish cells by fluorescent light preillumination and growth arrest. Mutation Res., 255, 273-280.

(130). Shimada, A., and _______. 1991. Further characterization of radiation- or ENU-induced mutations at the b locus of the Medaka (Oryzias latipes). Zool. Sci., 8, 1127.

(131). Naruse, K., and _______. 1991. Isolation and characterization of a DNA fragment containing repetitive sequence from Oryzias melastigma genome. Zool. Sci., 8, 1127. 1992


1992 (H.4)

*132. Naruse, K., H.Mitani and _____. 1992. A highly repetitive interspersed sequence isolated from genomic DNA of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes, is conserved in three other related species within the genus Oryzias. J. Exp. Zool., 261, 81-86.

*133. Yasuhira,S., H.Mitani and _______. 1992. Enhancement of photorepair of ultraviolet-induced pyrimidine dimers by preillumination with fluorescent light in the goldfish cell line. The relationship between survival and yield of pyrimidine dimers. Photochem. Photobiol., 55,

97-101

(134). _______, and A.Shimada. 1992. Specific Mutation Frequencies in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. (V) Comparison of Effects of Gamma-Rays and Ethylnitrosourea. J. Radiat. Res., 32,82.

(135). Yasuhira,S., H.Mitani and _______. 1992. Enhancement of photorepair of UV-damage by preillumination with fluorescent light in the cultured goldfish cells. J. Radiat. Res., 32, 120.

*136. Kubota,Y., A.Shimada and _______. 1992. Detection of gamma-ray-induced DNA damages in malformed dominant lethal embryos of the Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) using AP-PCR fingerprinting. Mutation Res., 283, 263-270.

(137). _______, A.Shimada and Y.Kubota. 1992. The Japanese Medaka as a possible new model to bridge the gap between basic biology and its application in life sciences. 2nd Japan-US Workshop on New Models in the Life Sciences, Bethesda. Book of Abstracts, #17.

(138). Kubota, Y., A.Shimada and _______. 1992. Detection of gamma-induced DNA damages in mutant embryos of the Medaka (Oryzias latipes) using AP-PCR fingerprinting. J. Radiat. Res., 33, 61.

(139). Shimada, A. and________. 1992. Some characteristics of radiation-induced germ-cell mutations in a fish, the Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes). Symposium on Radiation-Induced Germ-Cell Mutagenesis. J. Radiat. Res., 33, 22.

(140). Shimada, A.,________ .T.Itoh and S.Kondo. 1992. Specific-locus mutation frequencies in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. (VI) RBE for fission neutrons. J. Radiat. Res., 33, 61.


1993 (H.5)

*141. Funayama, T., H.Mitani and ________ .1993. Ultraviolet induced DNA damage and its photorepair in tail fin cells of the Medaka Oryzias latipes. Photochem. Photobiol., 58, 380-385.

(142). Mitani, H., S.Yasuhira, T.Funamaya, M.Kondo and ________ . 1993. Regulation of photorepair in fish cells. In "Frontiers of Photobiology" (eds. by A.Shima et al.), Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 351-352.

143. Naruse, K. and________ .1993. Phylogenetic study of the genus Oryzias using repetitive sequences. In "Fish Biology:From Genes to Organism" (Eds. P.E. Phang, Y.M.Sin, T.M.Lim, C.H.Tan, A.Shima & T.J.Lam) National Univ. of Singapore, pp.201-215.

144. ________ .A.Shimada and Y.Kubota. 1993. The Japanese Medaka as a new model to bridge the gap between basic biology and its application in biotechnology. In "Fish Biology:From Genes to Organism" (Eds. P.E.Phang, Y.M.Sin, T.M.Lim, C.H.Tan, A.Shima & T.J.Lam) National University of Singapore, pp. 1-10.

(145). Funayama, T., H.Mitani, _______ and O.Nikaido. 1993. Immunohistological detection of induction and repair of UV DNA damages in tail fin tissue of the Medaka. J. Radiat. Res., 34, 59.

(146). Iwai, I., H.Mitani and _______. 1993. Comparison of photorepair activity among tissues of goldfish and chicken. J. Radit. Res., 34, 59.

(147). Mitani, H. and _______. 1993. Enhancement of photorepair in fish cells by H2O2 treatment. J. Radiat. Res., 34, 60.

(148). _______, Y.Kubota and A.Shimada. 1993. Transmission of DNA damage induced by radiation in postmeiotic male germ cells as revealed by the Medaka specific-locus test system in combination with arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction. An Intern. Conf. on Male-Mediated Developmental Toxicity, Pittsburgh, September, 1992. Book of Abstracts, p.19.

149. _______, A.Shimada, T.Itoh, and S.Kondo. 1993. Fish specific-locus test system using the Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) useful for studying radiation-induced germ-cell mutagenesis. Proc. China-Japan Medical Conference 1992, Workshop on Radiological Biology, Medicine and Protection. pp.93-99.

(150). ________. Medaka:Biology and genetics, techniques and tools. Opening Lecture, The European Community Workshop on Gene Expression and Regulation in Laboratory Fish, 1st Medaka Course :In vivo Analysis of Gene Expression, Wurzburg, Biozentrum, February, 1993.

*151. Matsuzaki, T., M.Sakaizumi, and ________. 1993. Inter- and intraspecific distribution of an antigenic epitope found in an inbred strain of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. J. Exp. Zool., 267, 198-208.

*152. _______and A.Shimada. 1993. Differential response to mutagenesis among the spermatogenic stages of a fish, the Japanese Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Biology International (Special Issue No. 28 - 1993), 47-48.

*153. Naruse, K., _______, M.Matsuda, M.Sakaizumi, T.Iwamatsu, B.Soeroto and H.Uwa. 1993. Distribution and phylogeny of rice fish and their relatives belonging to the suborder Adrianichtyoidei in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Fish Biology Journal MEDAKA, 5, 11-15.

(154). _______and A.Shimada. 1993. The Japanese Medaka,Oryzias latipes, as a new model organism for studying environmental germ-cell mutagemesis. USNIEHS Napa Conference on Genetic and Molecular Ecotoxicology, Napa, USA October, 1993.

(155)._______, A. Shimada .,M. Herget., I.Miyamoto and H.Mitani.1993.Developing the Japanese Medaka as a new Model. Symposium on Fish Cell Biotechnology.6th Ann. Meeting of Jpn Assoc. Animal Cell Technol. Nagoya, November, 1993.

(156). Naruse,K.,________, M. Sakaizumi.,B.Soeroto and H. Uwa 1993.Phylogenetic study of the genus Oryzias and its relatices in Sulawesi. Indonesia. Zool, Sci., 10, Suppl., 191.

(157)._______and A. Shimada .1993. Can experiments in space complement the paucity of on-going ground experiments?-A case of experiments using the Medaka Oryzias latipes.10th Space Utilization Symposium. Book of Abstracts, p. 71.

(158). Shimada. A. and _______ .1993. Specific-locus mutations in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes . (VIII) Spectra of malformations in the dominant lethal embryos. J. Radiat. Res., 34, 336.

(159). Uchida.N., H.Mitani., O.Nikaido, and ________.1993. Interaction between photorepair and excision repair in cultured fish cells. J. Radiat. Res., 34, 325.

(160).Wada.H., K.Naruse, and _______.1993.Linkage analysis of the Medaka using arbitrarily primed PCR (AP-PCR). Zool. Sci., 10, Suppl., 78.


1994 (H.6)

*161. Kondo, M., H. Mitani., and________. 1994. The effects of growth-inhibiting treatments on photorepair in cultured fish cells. Photochem.Photobiol., 60, 120-124.

*162. Funayama, T., H.Mitani., Y. Ishigaki., T. Matsunaga., O. Nikaido., and _______. 1994. Photorepair and excision repair removal of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers and (6-4) photoproducts in the tail fin of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes . J.Radiat. Res., 35, 139-146.

*163. _______ and A. Shimada. 1994. The Japanese medaka, Oryzias latipes, as a new model organism for studying environmental germ-cell mutagenesis.Environ. Health Perspectives, 102, 33-35.

*164. Arai, A., H. Mitani, K. Naruse and _______. 1994. Relationship between the induction of proteins in the HSP70 family and thermosensitivity in two species of Oryzias (Pisces). Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 109B, 647-654.

(165). Wada, H., K.Naruse, A.Shimada and _______. 1994. Sex differences in recombination frequency between sex chromosomes in the Medaka. Zool. Sci., 11 Supple., 22.

(166). Mukai, T., T.Sato, K.Naruse, K.Inaba, _______ and M.Morisawa. 1994. Interpopulational genetic differentiation of four closely related gobiid fishes. Zool. Sci., 11 Suppl., 22.

(167). Naruse, K., _______, M.Matsuda, M.Sakaizumi, T.Iwamatsu, B.Soeroto and H.Uwa. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships of the genera Oryzias and Xenopoecilis. Zool. Sci., 11 Suppl., 35.

*168. Naruse, K., M.Sakaizumi and ________. 1994. Medaka as a model organism for research in experimental biology. The Fish Biology Journal MEDAKA, 6, 47-52.

(169). Mitani, H., S. Yasuhira, A. Yasui, and ________. 1994.Screening of regulatory region of fish photolyase gene. J.Radiat. Res., 35, 260.

(170). Funayama, T., H. Mitani, and________. 1994.Transgene expression of DNA repair genes in early embryos of the Medaka. J.Radiat. Res., 35,?? 270.

(171). Wang, B., K.Fujita, N. Uchida, H. Mitani, T. Yamada, and ________. 1994. Effects of UVC-irradiation on cultured mouse limb bud cells. J.Radiat. Res., 35, 274.

(172). Shimada, A., and ________. 1994. Germ-cell Mutagenesis in the Medaka Oryzias latipes (IX)-Distribution by loci of radiation-induced specific-locus mutations and transmission of mutations and transmission of mutations. J.Radiat. Res., 35, 281.

(173). Uchida, N., H.Mitani, O. Nikaido, and ________. 1994. Repair of (6-4) photoproducts in cultured fish cells. J.Radiat. Res., 35, 343.


1995 (H.7)

*174. Uchida, N., H.Mitani and _______. 1995. Multiple effects of fluorescent light on repair of ultraviolet- induced DNA lesions in cultured goldfish cells. Photochem. Photobiol., 61, 79-83.

*175. Kubota, Y., A. Shimada, and _______. 1995. DNA alterations detected in the progeny of paternally irradiated Japanese medaka fish (Oryzias latipes). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A., 92, 330-334.

*176. Mitani, H., and________. 1995. Induction of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer photolyase in cultured fish cells by fluorescent light and oxygen stress. Photochem. Photobiol., 61, 373-377.

*177. Arai, A., K. Naruse, H. Mitani and ________ . 1995. Cloning and characterization of cDNAs for 70-kDa heatshock proteins (Hsp70) from two fish species of the genus Oryzias. Jpn. J. Genet., 70, 423-433.

*178. Wada, H., K. Naruse, A. Shimada and _______. 1995. A genetic linkage map of a fish, the Japanese medaka Oryzias latipes. Mol. Marine Biol. Biotech., 4, 269-274.

*179. Ushiyama, A., K. Chiba, _______ and M. Hoshi . 1995. Estimation by radiation inactivation of the minimum functional size of acrosome-reaction-inducing substance (ARIS) in the starfish, Asterias amurensis. Zygote, 3, 351-355.


1996 (H.8)

*180. Wang, B., K. Fujita, N. Uchida, H. Mitani, T. Yamada,and _______ . 1996. Effects of UVC irradiation on cultured mouse embryonic limb bud cells. Mutation Research 362 175-180.

*181. Mukai, Takahiro., T. Sato, K. Naruse, K. Inaba, _______ and M. Morisawa. 1996. Genetic relation of the genus tridentiger (Pisces, Gobiidae) based on allozyme polymorphism.@Zool. Sci., 13: 175-183.

(182) _______.1996.What we learned from the Medaka specific-locus test system. Environ.Mut. Res. Commun., 17: 289-291.

(183) _______. 1996. A review of ten years study of medaka germ cell mutagenesis. Opening Lecture, the EMBO Practical Workshop on Medaka and Zebrafish Development, February 26 - March 6, 1996, Wuerzburg, Germany.

(184) _______, A. Shimada, T. Hayata, K. Naruse, H. Wada and H. Mitani. 1996. Medaka mutagenesis progress report. Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Zebrafish Development and Genetics, April 24- April 28, 1996. Book of Abstracts, p.89.

*185. Funayama, T., H. Nitani and _______. 1996. Overexpression of Medaka (Oryzias latipes) photolyase gene in Medaka cultured cells and early embryos. Photochem. Photobiol., 63, 633-638.

*186. Kuroda, N., H.Wada, K.Naruse, A.Shimada, ________, M.Sasaki and M.Nonaka. 1996. Molecular cloning and linkage analysis of the Japanese medaka fish complement Bf/C2 gene. Immunogenetics, 44, 459-467.

*187. Mitani, H., N.Uchida and _______. 1996. Induction of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer photolyase in cultured fish cells by UVA and blue light. Photochem. Photobiol., 64, 943-948.

*188. Wang, B., K. Watanabe, T. Yamada and ________. 1996. Effects of beta radiation from organically bound tritium on cultured mouse embryonic mid brain cells. Health Physics, 71: 915-921.


1997 (H.9)

*189. Wang, B., K. Fujita, K. Watanabe, H. Mitani, T. Yamada and ________. 1997. Induction of apoptosis in cultured midbrain cells from embryonic mice. Radiat. Res., 147:304-308.

*190. Uchida, N., H. Mitani, T. Todo, M. Ikenaga and __________. 1997. Photoreactivating enzyme for (6-4) photoproducts in the cultured goldfish cells. Photochem. Photobiol., 65: 964-968.

(191). Shimada, A. and __________. 1997. Germ-cell mutagenesis in the medaka (Oryzias latipes). XII - Radiation-induced mosaic mutations detected during embryogenesis. J. Radiat. Res., 38: 318.

*192. Namikawa, C., K. Naruse, H. Wada, __________, N. Kuroda, M. Nonaka and M. Sasaki. 1997. Genetic linkage between the LMP2 and LMP7 genes in a teleost, medaka fish. Immunogenetics, 46: 431-433.


1998 (H.10)

*193. Wada, H., A. Shimada, S. Fukamachi, K. Naruse and _________. 1998. Sex-linked inheritance of the lf locus in the medaka fish (Oryzias latipes). Zool. Sci., 15: 123-126.

(194). _________. 1998. An Introduction to Medaka. Lecture for The EMBO Practical Course on Zebrafish and Medaka Development, Genetics and Genomics. Organized by W. Driever, M.Westerfield, M. Schartl and A. Shima, March 19th - 29th, 1998. Freiburg, Germany.

(195). _________. 1998. Mechanisms of chemical and radiation germ-cell mutagenesis. Lecture for The EMBO Practical Course on Zebrafish and Medaka Development, Genetics and Genomics. Organized by W. Driever, M.Westerfield, M. Schartl and A. Shima, March 19th - 29th, 1998. Freiburg, Germany.

(196). Mitani, H., A. Shimada, K. Naruse, M. Kondo, N. Matsumoto, H. Wada and _________. 1998. Genomic alterations in medaka embryos derived from sperm and spermatids irradiated with gamma-rays. The 3rd Biennial Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Zebrafish Development and Genetics, Book of Abstracts, p.312. April 29th- May 3rd, 1998.

*197. Shimada, A. and __________. 1998. Combination of genomic DNA fingerprinting into the Medaka specific-locus test system for studying environmental germ-line mutagenesis. Mutation Res. (Special Issue; Section on Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis) 399: 149-165.

*198. Nonaka, M., N. Kuroda, K. Naruse and __________. 1998. Molecular genetics of the complement C3 convertases in lower vertebrates. Immunol. Rev. 166: 59-65.

*199. Nishigaki, R., H. Mitani and __________. 1998. Evasion of UVC-induced apoptosis by photorepair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers. Exptl. Cell Res. 244: 43-53.

*200. Kawakami, K., A. Koga, H. Hori and __________. 1998. Excision of the Tol2 transposable element of the medaka fish, Oryzias latipes, in zebrafish, Danio rerio. Gene 225: 17-22.

*201. Uchida, N., H.Mitani and __________. 1998. Repair of (6-4) photoproducts in cultured goldfish cells at confluence or treated with H2O2. Photochem. Photobiol. 68: 725-728.


1999 (H.11)

*202. Wang,B., K. Fujita, C. Ohhira, K. Watanabe, T. Odaka, H. Mitani, I. Hayata, H. Ohyama, T. Yamada and __________. 1999. Radiation-induced apoptosis and limb teratogenesis in embryonic mice. Radiation Res. 151: 63-68.

*203. Sun, H., R.Kondo, __________, K.Naruse, H. Hori and S.I. Chigusa. 1999. Evolutionary analysis of putative olfactory receptor genes of medaka fish, Oryzias latipes. Gene 231: 137-145.

*204. Nishigaki, R., H. Mitani, N. Tsuchida and __________. 1999. Effect of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers on apoptosis induced by different wavelengths of UV. Photochem. Photobiol. 70: 228-235.

*205. Kawakami, K. and __________. 1999. Identification of the Tol2 transposase of the medaka fish Oryzias latipes that catalyzes excision of a nonautonomous Tol2 element in zebrafish Danio rerio. Gene 240: 239-244.


2000 (H.12)

*206. Naruse, K., S. Fukamachi, H. Mitani, M. Kondo, T. Matsuoka, S. Kondo, N. Hanamura, Y. Morita, K. Hasegawa, R. Nishigaki, A. Shimada, H. Wada, T. Kusakabe, N. Suzuki, M. Kinoshita, A. Kanamori, T. Terado, H. Kimura, M. Nonaka and __________. 2000. A detailed linkage map of Medaka, Oryzias latipes: Comparative genomics and genome evolution. Genetics 154:1773-1784.

*207. Naruse, K., __________ and M. Nonaka . 2000. MHC gene organization of the bony fish, medaka. In ;Major Histocompatibility Complex ? Evolution, Structure, and Function, Edt. M. Kasahara, Springer. pp.91-109.

*208. Kuroda, N., K. Naruse, __________, M. Nonaka, M. Sasaki and M. Nonaka. 2000. Molecular cloning and linkage analysis of complement C3 and C4 genes of the Japanese medaka fish. Immunogenetics 51: 117-128.

*209. Kawakami, K., A. Amsterdam, N. Shimoda, T. Becker, J. Mugg, __________, and N. Hopkins. 2000. Proviral insertions in the zebrafish hagoromo gene, encoding an F-box/WD40-repeat protein, cause stripe pattern anomalies. Current Biology 10 (8): 463-466.

*210. Koga, A., A. Shimada, __________, M. Sakaizumi, H. Tachida, and H. Hori. 2000. Evidence for recent invasion of the medaka fish genome by the Tol2 transposable element. Genetics 155: 273-281.

*211. Kawakami, K., __________, and N. Kawakami. 2000. Identification of a functional transposase of the Tol2 element, an Ac-like element from the Japanese medaka fish, and its transposition in the zebrafish germ lineage. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A., 97:11403-11408.


2001(H.13)

*212. Okazaki, M., K. Naruse, __________ and R. Arai. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of bitterlings based on mitochondrial 12S ribosomal DNA sequences. Journal of Fish Biology, 58:89-106.

*213. Fukamachi, S., A. Shimada, K. Naruse, and __________. Genomic analysis of gamma-ray induced germ cell mutations at the b-locus recovered from the medaka specific locus test. 2001. Mutation Research 458: 19-29.

*214. __________ . and A. Shimada. 2001. The Medaka as a model for studying germ-cell mutagenesis and genomic instability. Marine Biotech. 3 (Suppl.1):S162-S167.

*215. Nonaka, M., M. Matsuo, K. Naruse, and __________ . 2001. Comparative genomics of medaka: The major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Marine Biotech. 3 (Suppl.1):S141-S144.

*216. Kondo, S., Y. Kuwahara, M. Kondo, K. Naruse, H. Mitani, Y. Wakamatsu, K. Ozato, Shuichi Asakawa, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, and __________. 2001. The medaka rs-3 locus required for scale development encodes ectodysplasin-A receptor. Current Biology 11(15): 1202-1206.

*217. Fukamachi, S., A. Shimada, and __________. 2001. Mutations in the gene encoding B, a novel transporter protein, reduce melanin content in medaka. Nature Genetics 28:381-385.

*218. Shimada, A. and __________. High incidence of mosaic mutations induced by irradiating paternal germ cells of the medaka fish, Oryzias latipes. 2001. Mutation Research 495:33-42.

*219. Kondo, M., E. Nagao, H. Mitani and __________. Differences in recombination frequencies during female and male meioses of the sex chromosomes of the medaka, Oryzias latipes. 2001. Genetical Research , Cambridge 78: 23-30.

*220. Brunner, B., U. Hornung, Z. Shan, I. Nanda, M. Kondo, E. Zend-Ajusch, T. Haaf, H.-H. Ropers, __________, M. Schmid, V.M. Kalscheuer, and M. Schartl. 2001. Genomic organization and expression of the doublesex-related gene cluster in vertebrates and detection of putative regulatory regions for DMRT1. Genomics 77: 8-17.

*221. Okubo, K., S. Nagata, R. Ko, H. Kataoka, Y. Yoshiura, H. Mitani, M. Kondo, K. Naruse, __________

, and K. Aida. 2001. Identification and characterization of two distinct GnRH receptor subtypes in a teleost, the medaka Oryzias latipes. Endocrinology 142: 4729-4739.


2002 (H.14)

*222. Wittbrodt, J., __________ and M. Schartl. 2002. Medaka ? A model organism from the Far East. Nature Reviews Genetics 3:53-64.

*223. Kuwahara, Y., A. Shimada, H. Mitani, and __________. 2002. A critical stage in spermatogenesis for radiation-induced cell death in the Medaka fish, Oryzias latipes. Radiation Res. 157:386-392.

*224. Nanda, I., M. Kondo, U. Hornung, S. Asakawa, C. Winkler, A. Shimizu, Z. Shan, T. Haaf, N. Shimizu, __________, M. Schmid, and M. Schartl. 2002. A duplicated copy of DMRT1 in the sex-determining region of the Y chromosome of the medaka, Oryzias latipes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 99: 11778-11783.

*225. Okubo, K., H. Mitani, K. Naruse, M. Kondo, __________, M. Tanaka, S. Asakawa, N. Shimizu, Y. Yoshiura, and K. Aida. 2002. Structural characterization of GnRH loci in the medaka genome. Gene 293: 181-189.

*226. Kondo, M., A. Froschauer, A. Kitano, A., I. Nanda, U. Hornung, J.-N.Volff, S. Asakawa, H. Mitani, K. Naruse, M. Tanaka, M. Schmid, N. Shimizu, M. Schartl, __________. 2002. Molecular cloning and characterization of DMRT genes from the medaka Oryzias latipes and the platyfish Xiphophorus maculates. Gene 295: 213-222.

*227. Shimada, A., S. Fukamachi, Y. Wakamatsu, K. Ozato, and __________. 2002. Induction and characterization of mutations at the b locus of the medaka, Oryzias latipes. Zool. Sci. 19:411-417.

*228. Okubo, K., H. Mitani, K. Naruse, M. Kondo, __________, M. Tanaka, and K. Aida. 2002. Conserved physical linkage of GnRH-R and RBM8 in the medaka and human genomes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 293: 327-331.


2003 (H.15)

*229. __________, H. Himmelbauer, H. Mitani, M. Furutani-Seiki, J. Wittbrodt and M. Schartl. 2003. Fish genomes flying- Symposium on Medaka genomics. EMBO reports 4: 121-125.

*230. Kondo, M., I. Nanda, U. Hornung, S. Asakawa, N. Shimizu, H. Mitani, M. Schmid, __________ and M. Schartl. 2003. Absence of the candidate male sex determining gene dmrt1b(y) of Medaka from other fish species. Current Biology 13:416-420.

*231. Aizawa, K., A. Shimada, K. Naruse, H. Mitani, and __________. 2003. The Medaka midblastula transition as revealed by the expression of the paternal genome. Mechanisms of Development ? Gene Expression Patterns 3:43-47.

*232. Kuwahara, K., A. Shimada, H. Mitani, H. and __________. 2003. -ray exposure accelerates spermatogenesis of Medaka fish, Oryzias latipes. Molecular Reproduction and Development 65:204-211.

*233. Kanamori, A., K. Naruse, H. Mitani, ___________ and H. Hori. 2003. Genomic organization of ZP domain containing egg envelope genes in medaka (Oryzias latipes). Gene 305:35-45.

*234. Okubo, K., S. Nagata, R. Ko, H. Kataoka, Y. Yoshiura, H. Mitani, M. Kondo, K. Naruse, ___________ and K. Aida. 2003. Conserved physical linkage of GnRH-R and RBM8 in the medaka and human genomes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 293: 327-331.


2004 (H.16)

*235. __________ and H. Mitani. 2004. Medaka as a research organism: Past, present and future. Mechanisms of Development 121:599-604.

*236. Aizawa, K., ---, __________, ----- (21 authors). Identification of radiation-sensitive mutants in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Mechanisms of Development 121:895-902.

*237. Zadeh Khorasani, M., -----, __________, ------ (15 authors). A first generation physical map of the medaka genome in BACs essential for positional cloning and clone-by-clone based genomic sequencing. Mechanisms of Development 121:903-914.

*238. Winkler, C., U. Hornung, M. Kondo, C. Neuner, J. Duschl, __________ and M. Schartl. 2004. Developmentally regulated and non-sex-specific expression of autosomal dmrt genes in embryos of the Medaka fish (Oryzias latipes). Mechanisms of Development 121:997-1005.

*239. Naruse, K., M. Tanaka, K. Mita, __________, J.Postlethwait, and Mitani, H. 2004. A medaka gene map: The trace of ancestral vertebrate proto-chromosomes revealed by comparative gene mapping. Genome Research 14:820-828.

*240. Fukamachi, S., M. Sugimoto, H. Mitani and __________. 2004. Somatolactin selectively regulates proliferation and morphogenesis of neural-crest derived pigment cells in medaka. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 101:10661-10666.

*241. Schartl, M., I. Nanda, M. Kondo, M. Schmid, S. Asakawa, T. Sasaki, N. Shimizu, T. Henrich, J. Wittbrodt, M. Furutani-Seiki, H. Kondoh, H. Himmelbauer, Y. Hong, A. Koga, M. Nonaka, H. Mitani and __________. 2004. Current status of medaka genetics and genomics. Methods in Cell Biology 77: 173-199.

*242. Shimada, A. and __________. 2004. Transgenerational genomic instability as revealed by a somatic mutation assay using the Medaka fish. Mutation Research 552: 119-124.

*243. Fukamachi, S., Asakawa, S., Wakamatsu, Y., Shimizu, N., Mitani, H. and __________. 2004. Conserved function of Medaka pink-eyed dilution in melanin synthesis and its divergent transcriptional regulation in gonads among vertebrates. Genetics 168:1519-1527.


2005 (H.17)

*244. Shimada, A., Eguchi, H., Yoshinaga, S. and __________. 2005. Dose-rate effect on transgenerational mutation frequencies in spermatogonial stem cells of the Medaka fish. Radiation Research 163:112-114.

*245. Shimada, A., __________., Nojima, K., Seino, Y. and R.B. Setlow. 2005. Germ cell mutagenesis in medaka fish after exposures to high-energy cosmic ray nuclei:A human model. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 102:6063-6067.

*246. Iida, A., Takamatsu, N., Hori, H., Wakamatsu, Y., Shimada, A., __________ and Koga, A. 2005. Reversion mutation of ib oculocutaneous albinism to wild-type pigmentation in medaka fish. Pigment Cell Research 18:382-384.

*247. Tsukamoto, K., Hayashi, S., Matsuo, M., Nonaka, M-I., Kondo, M., __________, Asakawa, S., Shimizu, N. and Nonaka, M. 2005. Unprecedented intraspecific diversity of the MHC class I region of a teleost medaka, Oryzias latipes. Immunogenetics 57:420-431.


2006 (H. 18j

*248. Koga A, Iida A, Hori H, Shimada A., and __________. 2006. Vertebrate DNA transposon as a natural mutator: The Medaka fish Tol2 element contributes to genetic variation without recognizable traces. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23(7):1414-1419.

*249. Iida, A., Shimada, A., __________, Takamatsu, N., Hori, H., Takeuchi, K. and Koga, A. 2006. Targeted reduction of the DNA methylation level with 5-azacytidine promotes excision of the medaka fish Tol2 transposable element. Genetical Res. 87(3):187-93.

(December 28, 2006)