Research Articles

• Sakuno T, Tashiro S, Tanizawa H, Iwasaki O, Ding D, Haraguchi T, Noma K, Hiraoka Y. Rec8 Cohesin-Mediated Axis-Loop Chromatin Architecture Is Required for Meiotic Recombination. Nucleic Acids Research. 2022 50:7:3799–3816. PMID: 35333350, PMCID: PMC9023276
• Kim KD, Tanizawa H, De Leo A, Vladimirova O, Kossenkov A, Lu F, Showe LC, Noma K, Lieberman PM. Epigenetic specifications of host chromosome docking sites for latent Epstein-Barr virus. Nature Communications. 2020 11:877. PMID: 32054837, PMCID: PMC7018943
• Iwasaki O, Tanizawa H, Kim KD, Kossenkov A, Nacarelli T, Tashiro S, Majumdar S, Showe LC, Zhang R, Noma K. 2019. Involvement of condensin in cellular senescence through gene regulation and compartmental reorganization. Nature Communications. 10: 5688. 10:5688. PMID: 31831736, PMCID: PMC6908677
• Nacarelli T, Lau L, Fukumoto T, Zundell J, Fatkhutdinov N, Wu S, Aird KM, Iwasaki O, Kossenkov AV, Schultz D, Noma K, Baur JA, Schug Z, Tang HY, Speicher DW, David G, Zhang R. 2019. NAD+ metabolism governs the proinflammatory senescence-associated secretome. Nature Cell Biology. 21:397-407. PMID: 30778219
• Wu S, Fatkhutdinov N, Rosin L, Luppino JM, Iwasaki O, Tanizawa H, Tang HY, Kossenkov AV, Gardini A, Noma K, Speicher DW, Joyce EF, Zhang R. 2019. ARID1A spatially partitions interphase chromosomes. Science Advances PMID: 31131328
• Tanizawa H, Kim KD, Iwasaki O, Noma K.2017. Architectural alterations of the fission yeast genome across the cell cycle. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 24:965–976. PMID: 28991264, PMCID: PMC5724045
• Kim KD, Tanizawa H, Iwasaki O, Noma K. 2016. Transcription factors mediate condensin recruitment and global chromosomal organization in fission yeast. Nature Genetics. 48:1242-52. PMID: 27548313, PMCID: PMC5042855
• Iwasaki O, Corcoran CJ, Noma K. 2016. Involvement of condensin-directed gene associations in the organization and regulation of chromosome territories during the cell cycle. Nucleic Acids Research. 44:3618-28. PMID: 26704981, PMCID: PMC4856965
• Aird KM, Iwasaki O, Kossenkov AV, Tanizawa H, Fatkhutdinov N, Bitler BG, Le L, Alicea G, Dr. Beatrix Yang TB, Johnson FB, Noma K. Zhang R. 2016. HMGB2 orchestrates the chromatin landscape of senescence-associated secretory phenotype gene loci. Journal of Cell Biology. 215:325-334. PMID: 27799366, PMCID: PMC5100296
• Gadaleta MC, Das MM, Tanizawa H, Chang YT, Noma K, Nakamura TM, Noguchi E. 2016. Swi1Timeless prevents repeat instability at fission yeast telomeres. PLoS Genetics. 12:e1005943. PMID: 26990647, PMCID: PMC4798670
• Kim KD, Iwasaki O, Noma K. 2016. An IF-FISH approach for covisualization of gene loci and nuclear architecture in fission yeast. Methods in Enzymology. 574:167-80. PMID: 27423862, PMCID: PMC5189976
• Iwasaki O, Tanizawa H, Kim KD, Yokoyama Y, Corcoran CJ, Tanaka A, Skordalakes E, Showe LC, Noma K. 2015. Interaction between TBP and condensin drives the organization and faithful segregation of mitotic chromosomes. Molecular Cell. 59:755-67. PMID: 26257282, PMCID: PMC4560999
• Gadaleta MC, Iwasaki O, Noguchi C, Noma K, Noguchi E. 2015. Chromatin immunoprecipitation to detect DNA replication and repair factors. Methods in Molecular Biology. 1300:169-86. PMID: 25916713, PMCID: PMC4683020
  
• Yokoyama Y, Zhu H, Zhang R, Noma K. 2015. A novel role for the condensin II complex in cellular senescence. Cell Cycle. 14:2160-70. PMID: 26017022, PMCID: PMC4613835
• Kim KD, Tanizawa H, Iwasaki O, Corcoran CJ, Capizzi JR, Hayden JE, Noma K. 2013. Centromeric motion facilitates the mobility of interphase genomic regions in fission yeast. Journal of Cell Science. 126:5271-83. PMID: 23986481, PMCID: PMC3828595
• Gadaleta MC, Iwasaki O, Noguchi C, Noma K, Noguchi E. 2013. New vectors for epitope tagging and gene disruption in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. BioTechniques. 55:257-63. PMID: 24215641, PMCID: PMC3880554
• Tanaka A, Tanizawa H, Sriswasdi S, Iwasaki O, Chatterjee AG, Speicher DW, Levin HL, Noguchi E, Noma K. 2012. Epigenetic regulation of condensin-mediated genome organization during the cell cycle and upon DNA damage through histone H3 lysine 56 acetylation. Molecular Cell. 48:532-46. PMID: 23084836, PMCID: PMC3513591 Previews about this article in Developmental Cell 23, 1127-28, 2012
  
• Yamane K, Mizuguchi T, Cui B, Zofall M, Noma K, Grewal SI. 2011. Asf1/HIRA facilitate global histone deacetylation and associate with HP1 to promote nucleosome occupancy at heterochromatic loci. Molecular Cell. 41:56-66. PMID: 21211723, PMCID: PMC3035992
• Tanizawa H, Iwasaki O, Tanaka A, Capizzi JR, Wickramasinghe P, Lee M, Fu Z, Noma K. 2010. Mapping of long-range associations throughout the fission yeast genome reveals global genome organization linked to transcriptional regulation. Nucleic Acids Research. 38:8164-77. PMID: 21030438, PMCID: PMC3001101 This article was selected as a featured article in Nucleic Acids Research.
  
• Iwasaki O, Tanaka A, Tanizawa H, Grewal SI, Noma K. 2010. Centromeric localization of dispersed Pol III genes in fission yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21:254-65. PMID: 19910488, PMCID: PMC2808234
• Wang Y, Reddy B, Thompson J, Wang H, Noma K, Yates JR 3rd, Jia S. 2009. Regulation of Set9-mediated H4K20 methylation by a PWWP domain protein. Molecular Cell. 33:428-37. PMID: 19250904, PMCID: PMC2673476
• Cam HP, Noma K, Ebina H, Levin HL, Grewal SI. 2008. Host genome surveillance for retrotransposons by transposon-derived proteins. Nature. 451:431-6. PMID: 18094683
• Sugiyama T, Cam HP, Sugiyama R, Noma K, Zofall M, Kobayashi R, Grewal SI. 2007. SHREC, an effector complex for heterochromatic transcriptional silencing. Cell. 128:491-504. PMID: 17289569
• Noma K, Cam HP, Maraia RJ, Grewal SI. 2006. A role for TFIIIC transcription factor complex in genome organization. Cell. 125:859-72. PMID: 16751097 Leading edge preview about this article in Cell 125, 829-31, 2006
  
• Morris SA, Shibata Y, Noma K, Tsukamoto Y, Warren E, Temple B, Grewal SI, Strahl BD. 2005. Histone H3 K36 methylation is associated with transcription elongation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Eukaryotic Cell. 4:1446-54. PMID: 16087749, PMCID: PMC1214526
• Noma K, Sugiyama T, Cam H, Verdel A, Zofall M, Jia S, Moazed D, Grewal SI. 2004. RITS acts in cis to promote RNA interference-mediated transcriptional and post-transcriptional silencing. Nature Genetics. 36:1174-80. PMID: 15475954 News and Views about this article in Nature Genetics 36, 1141-1142, 2004
  
• Jia S, Noma K, Grewal SI. 2004. RNAi-independent heterochromatin nucleation by the stress-activated ATF/CREB family proteins. Science. 304:1971-6. PMID: 15218150
• Nakayama J, Xiao G, Noma K, Malikzay A, Bjerling P, Ekwall K, Kobayashi R, Grewal SI. 2003. Alp13, an MRG family protein, is a component of fission yeast Clr6 histone deacetylase required for genomic integrity. The EMBO Journal. 22:2776-87. PMID: 12773392, PMCID: PMC156745
• Ayoub N, Noma K, Isaac S, Kahan T, Grewal SI, Cohen A. 2003. A novel jmjC domain protein modulates heterochromatization in fission yeast. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23:4356-70. PMID: 12773576, PMCID: PMC156127
• Hall IM, Noma K, Grewal SI. 2003. RNA interference machinery regulates chromosome dynamics during mitosis and meiosis in fission yeast. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 100:193-8. PMID: 12509501, PMCID: PMC140924
• Noma K, Grewal SI. 2002. Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation is mediated by Set1 and promotes maintenance of active chromatin states in fission yeast. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99:16438-45. PMID: 12193658, PMCID: PMC139906
• Ohta Y, Noma K, Tsuchimoto S, Ohtsubo E, Ohtsubo H. 2002. Expression of Arabidopsis LINEs from two promoters. The Plant Journal. 32:809-18. PMID: 12472695
• Hall IM*, Shankaranarayana GD*, Noma K*, Ayoub N, Cohen A, Grewal SI. 2002. Establishment and maintenance of a heterochromatin domain. Science. 297:2232-7. PMID: 12215653. *Equally contributed. This paper was awarded Newcomb Cleveland Prize (Best paper in Science magazine).
  
• Noma K, Ohtsubo H, Ohtsubo E. 2001. A new class of LINEs (ATLN-L) from Arabidopsis thaliana with extraordinary structural features. DNA Research. 8:291-9.  PMID: 11853316
• Noma K, Allis CD, Grewal SI. 2001. Transitions in distinct histone H3 methylation patterns at the heterochromatin domain boundaries. Science. 293:1150-5. PMID: 11498594 This article was cited more than 500 times.
• Myouga F, Tsuchimoto S, Noma K, Ohtsubo H, Ohtsubo E. 2001. Identification and structural analysis of SINE elements in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Genes & Genetic Systems. 76:169-79. PMID: 11569500
• Noma K, Ohtsubo H, Ohtsubo E. 2000. ATLN elements, LINEs from Arabidopsis thaliana: identification and characterization. DNA Research. 7:291-303. PMID: 11089911
• Noma K, Ohtsubo E. 2000. Tnat1 and Tnat2 from Arabidopsis thaliana: novel transposable  elements with tandem repeat sequences. DNA Research. 7:1-7. PMID: 10718193
• Noma K, Ohtsubo E, Ohtsubo H. 1999. Non-LTR retrotransposons (LINEs) as ubiquitous components of plant genomes. Molecular & General Genetics. 261:71-9. PMID: 10071212
• Noma K, Nakajima R, Ohtsubo H, Ohtsubo E. 1997. RIRE1, a retrotransposon from wild rice Oryza australiensis. Genes & Genetic Systems. 72:131-40. PMID: 9339541
• Nakajima R, Noma K, Ohtsubo H, Ohtsubo E. 1996. Identification and characterization of two tandem repeat sequences (TrsB and TrsC) and a retrotransposon (RIRE1) as genome-general sequences in rice. Genes & Genetic Systems. 71:373-82. PMID: 9080684

Reviews

• Noma K. 2017. The yeast genomes in 3D: Mechanisms and Functions.  Annual Review of Genetics. 51:23-44. PMID: 28853923
• Iwasaki O, Noma K. 2016. Condensin-mediated chromosome organization in fission yeast. Current Genetics. 62:739-743. PMID: 27061734, PMCID: PMC5184768
• Tanizawa H, Noma K. 2012. Unravelling global genome organization by 3C-seq. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 23:213-21. PMID: 22120510, PMCID: PMC3362197
• Nishida H, Kondo S, Nojiri H, Noma K, Oshima K. 2012. Evolutionary mechanisms of microbial genomes. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2012:872768. PMID: 22957300, PMCID: PMC3432360
  
• Iwasaki O, Noma K. 2012. Global genome organization mediated by RNA polymerase III-transcribed genes in fission yeast. Gene. 493:195-200. PMID: 21195141, PMCID: PMC3115467
• Iwasaki O, Corcoran CJ, Noma K. 2011. Conversion from senescent cells to pluripotent cells by modulating expression of Alu retroelements. Cell Cycle. 10:3633-4. PMID: 22024914
• Nishida H, Kondo S, Nojiri H, Noma K, Oshima K. 2011. Evolutionary mechanisms of microbial genomes. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2011:319479. PMID: 21716727, PMCID: PMC3119422
  
• Noma K, Kamakaka RT. 2010. The human Pol III transcriptome and gene information flow. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17:539-41. PMID: 20442738, PMCID: PMC3465079
• Noma K. 2007. Chromatin domains organized by boundaries. Experimental Medicine. 25:2496-2500.
• Noma K. 2003. Epigenetic control of establishment and maintenance of heterochromatin. Cell Technology. 22:659-663.