Wataru Sakai
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Kobe University
Japan
Biography
Prof/Dr. Wataru SAKAI is currently working as Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biology, Kobe University, Japan. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities as Professor. His research has included Molecular biology, DNA repair processes, Signal transduction, Epigenetic regulation.
Research Interest
Molecular biology, DNA repair processes, Signal transduction, Epigenetic regulation.
Publications
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Shimizu, Y., Uchimura, Y., Dohmae, N., Saitoh, H., Hanaoka, F. and Sugasawa, K. Stimulation of DNA glycosylase activities by XPC protein complex: roles of protein-protein interactions J. Nucleic Acids 2010, pii: 805698 (2010).
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Sugasawa, K., Akagi, J., Nishi, R., Iwai, S. and Hanaoka, F. Two-step recognition of DNA damage for mammalian nucleotide excision repair: Directional binding of the XPC complex and DNA strand scanning. Mol. Cell 36, 642-653 (2009).
