Publications related to Silver Project

After Silver Project Started

• Kuroki Y., Toyoda A., Noguchi H., Taylor T.D., Itoh T., Kim D.S., Kim D.W., Choi S.H., Kim I.C., Choi H.H., Kim Y.S., Satta Y., Saitou N., Yamada T., Morishita S., Hattori M., Sakaki Y., Park H.S., and Fujiyama A. (2006) Comparative analysis of chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes unveils complex evolutionary pathway. Nature Genetics, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 158-167
• Kitano T. and Saitou N. (2005) Evolutionary conservation of 5' upstream sequence of nine genes between human and great apes. Genes and Genetic Systems, vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 225-232.
• Saitou N. (2005) Evolution of hominoids and the search for a genetic basis for creating humanness. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, vol. 108, pp. 16-21.
• Shimada M., Hayakawa S., Hamle T., Fujita S., Hirata S., Sugiyama Y. , and Saitou N. (2004) Mitochondrial DNA Genealogy of Chimpanzees in Nimba Mountains and Bossou, West Africa. American Journal of Primatology, vol. 64, pp. 261-275.
• Andres A.M., Soldevila M., Lao O., Volpini V., Saitou N., Jacobs H.T., Hayasaka I., Calafell F., and Bertranpetit J. (2004) Comparative genetics of functional trinucleotide tandem repeats in humans and apes. Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 59, pp. 329-339.
• Duan J., Martinez M., Sanders A.R., Hou C.,Saitou N., Kitano T., Mowry B.J., Crowe R.R., Silverman J.M., Levinson D.F., , and Gejman P.V. (2004) Polymorphisms in the Trace Amine Receptor 4 (TRAR4) Gene on Chromosome 6q23.2 Are Associated with Susceptibility to Schizophrenia. American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 624-638.
• The International Chimpanzee Chromosome 22 Consortium [H.Watanabe, A.Fujiyama, M.Hattori, T. D.Taylor, A.Toyoda, Y.Kuroki, H.Noguchi, A.BenKahla, H.Lehrach, R.Sudbrak, M.Kube,S.Taenzer, P.Galgoczy, M.Platzer, M.Scharfe, G.Nordsiek, H.Blocker, I.Hellmann, P.Khaitovich, S.Paabo, R.Reinhardt, H.-J.Zheng,X.-L.Zhang, G.-F.Zhu, B.-F.Wang, G.Fu, S.-X.Ren9, G.-P.Zhao, Z.Chen, Y.-S.Lee, J.-E.Cheong, S.-H.Choi, K.-M.Wu, T.-T.Liu, K.-J.Hsiao, S.-F.Tsai, C.-G.Kim, S.Oota, T.Kitano, Y.Kohara, N.Saitou, H.-S.Park, S.-Y.Wang, M.-L.Yaspo, and Y.Sakaki] (2004) DNA sequence and comparative analysis of chimpanzee chromosome 22. Nature, vol. 429, No. 6990, pp. 382-388.
• Nakajima T, Wooding S, Sakagami T, Emi M, Tokunaga K, Tamiya G, Ishigami T, Umemura S, Munkhbat B, Jin F, Guan-Jun J, Hayasaka I, Ishida T, Saitou N., Pavelka K, Lalouel JM, Jorde LB, and Inoue I. (2004) Natural selection and population history in the human angiotensinogen gene (AGT): 736 complete AGT sequences in chromosomes from around the world. American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 74, no. 5, pp. 898-916.
• Kitano T., Liu Y.-H., Ueda S., and Saitou N. (2004) Human specific amino acid changes found in 103 protein coding genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 936-944.
• Tachikui H., Saitou N., Nakajima T.,Hayasaka I., Ishida T., and Inoue I. (2004) Lineage specific homogenization of the polyubiquitin gene among human and great apes. Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 57, pp. 737-744.
• Sakaki Y, Watanabe H, Taylor T, Hattori M, Fujiyama A, Toyoda A, Kuroki Y, Itoh T, Saitou N., Oota S, Kim CG, Kitano T, Lehrach H, Yaspo ML, Sudbrak R, Kahla A, Reinhardt R, Kube M, Platzer M, Taenzer S, Galgoczy P, Kel A, Bloecker H, Scharfe M, Nordsiek G, Hellmann I, Khaitovich P, Paabo S, Chen Z, Wang SY, Ren SX, Zhang XL, Zheng HJ, Zhu GF, Wang BF, Zhao GP, Tsai SF, Wu K, Liu TT, Hsiao KJ, Park HS, Lee YS, Cheong JE, Choi SH;Chimpanzee Chromosome 22 Sequencing Consortium. (2003) Human versus chimpanzee chromosome-wide sequence comparison and its evolutionary implication. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. vol. 68, pp. 455-460.
• Kim C.-G, Fujiyama A., and Saitou N. (2003) Construction of a gorilla fosmid library and its PCR screening system. Genomics, vol. 82, pp. 571-574.
• Osawa M., Kaneko M., Horiuchi H.,Kitano T., Kawamoto Y., Saitou N., and Umetsu K. (2003) Evolution of the cystatin B gene: implications for the origin of its variable dodecamer tandem repeat in humans. Genomics, vol. 81, pp. 78-84.
• Duan J., Wainwright M.S., JComeron J.M., Saitou N., Sanders A.R., Gelernter J., and Gejman P.V. (2003) Synonymous mutations in the human dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) affect mRNA stability and synthesis of the receptor. Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 205-216.
• Andres A.M., Soldevila M., Saitou N., Volpini V., Calafell F., and Bertranpetit J. (2003) Understanding the dynamics of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 8 (SCA8) locus through a comparative genetic approach in humans and apes. Neuroscience Letters, vol. 336, pp. 143-146.
• Sumiyama K., Saitou N., and Ueda S. (2002) Adaptive evolution of the IgA hinge region in primates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 1093-1099.
• Fujiyama A., Watanabe H., Toyoda A., Taylor T.D., Itoh T., Tsai S.-F., Park H.-S., Yaspo M.-L. Lehrach H., Chen Z., Fu G., Saitou N., Osoegawa K., de Jong P.J., Suto Y., Hattori M., and Sakaki Y. (2002) Construction and Analysis of a Human-Chimpanzee Comparative Clone Map. Science, vol. 295, No. 5552, pp. 131-134.
• Noda R., Kim C.-G., Takenaka O., Ferrell R. E., Tanoue T., Hayasaka I., Ueda S., Ishida T., and Saitou N. (2001) Mitochondrial 16S rRNA sequence diversity of hominoids. Journal of Heredity, vol. 92, pp. 490-496.
• Osawa M., Yuasa I., Kitano T., Heinke J., Kaneko M., Saitou N., and Umetsu K. (2001) Haplotype analysis of human alpha2-HS glycoprotein (fetuin). Annals of Human Genetics, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 27-34.
• Sanders A.R., Cao Q., Taylor J., Levin T.E., Badner J.A., Cravchik A., Comeron J.M., Saitou N., Del Rosario, Salvi A.D.A., Walczyk K.A., Goldin L.R., Mowry B.J., Levinson D.F., Crowe R.R., Silverman J.M., and Gejman P.V. (2001) Genetic Diversity of the Human Serotonin Receptor 1B (HTR1B) Gene. Genomics, vol. 72, pp. 1-14.
• Sumiyama K., Kitano T., Noda R., Ueda S., Ferrell R., and Saitou N. (2000) Sequence variation in the ABO blood group gene exon 7 of chimpanzee and bonobo. Gene (in press).
• Kitano T., Noda R., Sumiyama K., Ferrell R. E., and Saitou N. (2000) Gene diversity of chimpanzee ABO blood group elucidated from intron 6 sequences. Journal of Heredity, vol. 91, no. 3, pp. 211-214.

Before Silver Project Started

• Kitano T. and Saitou N. (1999) Evolution of Rh blood group genes have experienced gene conversions and positive selection. Journal of Molecular Evolution, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 615-626.
• Kitano T., Sumiyama K., Shiroishi T., and Saitou N. (1998) Conserved evolution of the Rh50 gene compared to its homologous Rh blood group gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 249, No. 1, pp. 78-85.

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• Saitou N. and Yamamoto F.-I. (1997) Evolution of primate ABO blood group genes and their homologous genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 399-411.

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• Saitou N. and Ueda S. (1994) Evolutionary rate of insertions and deletions in non-coding nucleotide sequences of primates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 504-512.

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• Kawamura S., Saitou N., and Ueda S. (1992) Concerted evolution of the primate immunoglobulin alpha gene through gene conversion. Journal of Biological Chemistry , Vol. 267, No. 11, pp. 7359-7367.

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• Saitou N. (1992) Evolutionary rate of insertions and deletions. In Takahata N. ed., Population Paleo-Genetics: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Taniguchi Symposium, Japan Science Society Press, Tokyo, pp. 335-343.
• Saitou N. (1991) Reconstruction of molecular phylogeny of extant hominoids from DNA sequence data. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol. 84, No. 1, pp. 75-85.

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• Saitou N. (1991) Phylogeny of extant hominoids reconstructed from molecular data. In Ehara A. et al. eds., Primatology Today, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 627-630.
• Kawamura S., Tanabe H., Watanabe Y., Kurosaki K., Saitou N., and Ueda S. (1991) Evolutionary rate of immunoglobulin alpha non-coding region is greater in hominoids than in Old World monkeys. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 743-752.

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• Ueda S., Watanabe Y., Saitou N.., Omoto K., Hayasida H., Miyata T., Hisajima H., and Honjo T. (1989) Nucleotide sequences of immunoglobulin epsilon pseudogenes in hominoids and their phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 205, No. 1, pp. 85-90.

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• Saitou N.. and Nei M. (1986) The number of nucleotides required to determine the branching order of three species, with special reference to the human-chimpanzee-gorilla divergence. Journal of Molecular Evolution, Vol. 24, pp. 189-204.

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• Nei. M., Stephens J. C., and Saitou N. (1985) Methods for computing the standard errors of branching points in an evolutionary tree and their application to molecular date from humans and apes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 66-85.

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