(#equal contribution; *correspondence)
18. Yamaji M#*,​ Suryawanshi H, Yamaji M, Seandel M, Tuschl T*.
Single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals haploid germ cells as a primary source of piRNAs in human testes​.
Submitted.

17. Yamaji M#,​ Jishage M, Meyer C, Suryawanshi H, Der E, Yamaji M, Garzia A, Morozov P, Manickavel S, McFarland HL, Roeder RG, Hafner M#*, Tuschl T*.
DND1 maintains germline stem cells via recruitment of the CCR4-NOT complex to target mRNAs.
Nature. 2017; 543(7646):568-572. 

16. Shirane K, Kurimoto K, Yabuta Y, Yamaji M, Satoh J, Ito S, Watanabe A, Hayashi K, Saitou M*, Sasaki H*.
Global Landscape and Regulatory Principles of DNA Methylation Reprogramming for Germ Cell Specification by Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cells.
Developmental cell. 2016; 39(1):87-103. 

15. Tu S, Narendra V, Yamaji M, Vidal SE, Rojas LA, Wang X, Kim SY, Garcia BA, Tuschl T, Stadtfeld M, Reinberg D*.
Co-repressor CBFA2T2 regulates pluripotency and germline development.
Nature. 2016; 534(7607):387-90. NIHMSID: NIHMS778061 PubMed
[journal] PMID: 27281218, PMCID: PMC4911307

14. Farazi TA, Leonhardt CS, Mukherjee N, Mihailovic A, Li S, Max KE, Meyer C, Yamaji M, Cekan P, Jacobs NC, Gerstberger S, Bognanni C, Larsson E, Ohler U, Tuschl T*.
Identification of the RNA recognition element of the RBPMS family of RNA-binding proteins and their transcriptome-wide mRNA targets.
RNA (New York, N.Y.). 2014; 20(7):1090-102. 

13. Payer B, Rosenberg M, Yamaji M, Yabuta Y, Koyanagi-Aoi M, Hayashi K, Yamanaka S, Saitou M, Lee JT*.
Tsix RNA and the germline factor, PRDM14, link X reactivation and stem cell reprogramming.
Molecular cell. 2013; 52(6):805-18.

12. Yamaji M, Ueda J, Hayashi K, Ohta H, Yabuta Y, Kurimoto K, Nakato R, Yamada Y, Shirahige K, Saitou M*.
PRDM14 ensures naive pluripotency through dual regulation of signaling and epigenetic pathways in mouse embryonic stem cells.
Cell stem cell. 2013; 12(3):368-82.

11. Kagiwada S, Kurimoto K, Hirota T, Yamaji M, Saitou M*.
Replication-coupled passive DNA demethylation for the erasure of genome imprints in mice.
The EMBO journal. 2013; 32(3):340-53. 

10. Saitou M*, Yamaji M.
Primordial germ cells in mice.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. 2012; 4(11).

9. Saitou M, Yamaji M.
Germ cell specification in mice: signaling, transcription regulation, and epigenetic consequences.
Reproduction (Cambridge, England). 2010; 139(6):931-42. 

8. Yamaji M, Tanaka T, Shigeta M, Chuma S, Saga Y, Saitou M*.
​Functional reconstruction of NANOS3 expression in the germ cell lineage by a novel transgenic reporter reveals distinct subcellular localizations of NANOS3.
Reproduction (Cambridge, England). 2010; 139(2):381-93. 

7. Kurimoto K, Yamaji M, Seki Y, Saitou M*.
Specification of the germ cell lineage in mice: a process orchestrated by the PR-domain proteins, Blimp1 and Prdm14. Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.). 2008; 7(22):3514-8. 

6. Yamaji M#, Seki Y#, Kurimoto K#, Yabuta Y, Yuasa M, Shigeta M, Yamanaka K, Ohinata
Y, Saitou M*.
Critical function of Prdm14 for the establishment of the germ cell lineage in mice.
Nature genetics. 2008; 40(8):1016-22.

5. Seki Y, Yamaji M, Yabuta Y, Sano M, Shigeta M, Matsui Y, Saga Y, Tachibana M, Shinkai Y, Saitou M*.
Cellular dynamics associated with the genome-wide epigenetic reprogramming in migrating primordial germ cells in mice. Development (Cambridge, England). 2007; 134(14):2627-38. 

4. Murata T, Ohshima T, Yamaji M, Hosaka M, Miyanari Y, Hijikata M, Shimotohno K*.
Suppression of hepatitis C virus replicon by TGF-beta.
Virology. 2005; 331(2):407-17.

3. Takahashi H, Yamaji M, Hosaka M, Kishine H, Hijikata M, Shimotohno K*.
Analysis of the 5' end structure of HCV subgenomic RNA replicated in a Huh7 cell line.
Intervirology. 2005; 48(2-3):104-11. 

2. Miyanari Y, Hijikata M, Yamaji M, Hosaka M, Takahashi H, Shimotohno K*.
Hepatitis C virus non-structural proteins in the probable membranous compartment function in viral genome replication.
The Journal of biological chemistry. 2003; 278(50):50301-8. 

1. Watashi K, Hijikata M, Hosaka M, Yamaji M, Shimotohno K*.
Cyclosporin A suppresses replication of hepatitis C virus genome in cultured hepatocytes.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2003; 38(5):1282-8.