Junko Kanoh

Evaluating non-lethal tissue suitability for telomere length measurement in the Japanese eel

This study evaluates non-lethal tissues for telomere length measurement in Japanese eel, finding muscle and caudal fin as reliable proxies for longitudinal monitoring.

Discrete Subdomains Establish Epigenetic Diversity in Subtelomeric Heterochromatin

The paper identifies distinct epigenetic subdomains in subtelomeric heterochromatin of S. pombe, showing position-specific silencing and the role of structural variants in epigenetic stability.

Differential quantitative requirements for pre-mRNA splicing-regulated shelterin protein levels in distinct telomere functions

The paper shows that pre-mRNA splicing of shelterin proteins Rap1 and Poz1 is critical for telomere maintenance, with different telomere functions requiring varying levels of these proteins.

Subtelomere-specific condensed chromatin is regulated by three different histone modifications

The paper identifies Nts1 and Set2 as regulators of Sgo2 localization in fission yeast subtelomeres through histone modifications.

Complete sequences of Schizosaccharomyces pombe subtelomeres reveal multiple patterns of genome variation

The paper reports complete sequences of subtelomeres in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, revealing high polymorphism and novel genes.