Thanos Halazonetis

Publications

2024

In vivo DNA replication dynamics unveil aging-dependent replication stress.
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Cell, ; 187 (22): 6220-6234.e13
RECQL4 is not critical for firing of human DNA replication origins.
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Sci Rep, ; 14 (1): 7708
Transcription-replication conflicts underlie sensitivity to PARP inhibitors.
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Nature, ; 628 (8007): 433-441
Homozygous substitution of threonine 191 by proline in polymerase η causes Xeroderma pigmentosum variant.
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Sci Rep, ; 14 (1): 1117

2023

High-resolution mapping of mitotic DNA synthesis under conditions of replication stress in cultured cells.
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STAR Protoc, ; 4 (1): 101970

2022

RAD51 protects human cells from transcription-replication conflicts.
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Mol Cell, ; 82 (18): 3366-3381.e9
Mitotic DNA synthesis is caused by transcription-replication conflicts in BRCA2-deficient cells.
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Mol Cell, ; 82 (18): 3382-3397.e7
Non-covalent SARS-CoV-2 M(pro) inhibitors developed from in silico screen hits.
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Sci Rep, ; 12 (1): 2505
Beating cancer one carbon at a time.
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Nat Cancer, ; 3 (2): 141-142

2021

Delayed DNA break repair for genome stability.
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Nat Cell Biol, ; 23 (10): 1055-1057
A transcription-based mechanism for oncogenic β-catenin-induced lethality in BRCA1/2-deficient cells.
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Nat Commun, ; 12 (1): 4919
Genomic Instability Profiles at the Single Cell Level in Mouse Colorectal Cancers of Defined Genotypes.
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Cancers (Basel), ; 13 (6)
A multi-pronged approach targeting SARS-CoV-2 proteins using ultra-large virtual screening.
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iScience, ; 24 (2): 102021
A method to sequence genomic sites of mitotic DNA synthesis in mammalian cells.
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Methods Enzymol, ; 661 : 283-304

2020

High-resolution mapping of mitotic DNA synthesis regions and common fragile sites in the human genome through direct sequencing.
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Cell Res, ; 30 (11): 997-1008
Draining the FEN1s for cancer therapy.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, ; 117 (36): 21849-21850

2019

Remodeling Collapsed DNA Replication Forks for Cancer Development.
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Cancer Res, ; 79 (7): 1297-1298
Monitoring early S-phase origin firing and replication fork movement by sequencing nascent DNA from synchronized cells.
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Nat Protoc, ; 14 (1): 51-67
Monitoring early S-phase origin firing and replication fork movement by sequencing nascent DNA from synchronized cells.
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Nat Protoc, ; 14 (1): 51-67

2018

Intragenic origins due to short G1 phases underlie oncogene-induced DNA replication stress.
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Nature, ; 555 (7694): 112-116

2017

Enhanced Rate of Acquisition of Point Mutations in Mouse Intestinal Adenomas Compared to Normal Tissue.
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Cell Rep, ; 19 (11): 2185-2192
The role of SMARCAL1 in replication fork stability and telomere maintenance.
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DNA Repair (Amst), ; 56 : 129-134
Increased Cell Proliferation and Gene Expression of Genes Related to Bone Remodeling, Cell Adhesion and Collagen Metabolism in the Periodontal Ligament of Unopposed Molars in Growing Rats.
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Front Physiol, ; 8 : 75
A Model to Investigate Single-Strand DNA Responses in G1 Human Cells via a Telomere-Targeted, Nuclease-Deficient CRISPR-Cas9 System.
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PLoS One, ; 12 (1): e0169126
Impaired liver regeneration in aged mice can be rescued by silencing Hippo core kinases MST1 and MST2.
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EMBO Mol Med, ; 9 (1): 46-60

2016

Mammalian RAD52 Functions in Break-Induced Replication Repair of Collapsed DNA Replication Forks.
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Mol Cell, ; 64 (6): 1127-1134
Alternative lengthening of human telomeres is a conservative DNA replication process with features of break-induced replication.
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EMBO Rep, ; 17 (12): 1731-1737
POLD3 Is Haploinsufficient for DNA Replication in Mice.
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Mol Cell, ; 63 (5): 877-883
R-spondin 1 and noggin facilitate expansion of resident stem cells from non-damaged gallbladders.
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EMBO Rep, ; 17 (5): 769-779

2015

DNA replication stress as an Achilles' heel of cancer.
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Oncotarget, ; 6 (1): 1-2
Ubiquitin-H2AX fusions render 53BP1 recruitment to DNA damage sites independent of RNF8 or RNF168.
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Cell Cycle, ; 14 (11): 1748-1758

2014

Conservative DNA replication.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol, ; 15 (5): 300
Reversal of the DNA-binding-induced loop L1 conformational switch in an engineered human p53 protein.
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J Mol Biol, ; 426 (4): 936-944
PARP inhibitors and IR join forces to strike glioblastoma-initiating cells.
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Cell Death Differ, ; 21 (2): 192-193
Break-induced replication repair of damaged forks induces genomic duplications in human cells.
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Science, ; 343 (6166): 88-91

2013

A high resolution genomic portrait of bladder cancer: correlation between genomic aberrations and the DNA damage response.
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Oncogene, ; 32 (31): 3577-3586
Functional interplay between the DNA-damage-response kinase ATM and ARF tumour suppressor protein in human cancer.
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Nat Cell Biol, ; 15 (8): 967-977
Ultraviolet-B-mediated induction of protein-protein interactions in mammalian cells.
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Nat Commun, ; 4 : 1779

2012

A single-nucleotide substitution mutator phenotype revealed by exome sequencing of human colon adenomas.
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Cancer Res, ; 72 (23): 6279-6289
The helicase domain and C-terminus of human RecQL4 facilitate replication elongation on DNA templates damaged by ionizing radiation.
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Carcinogenesis, ; 33 (6): 1203-1210
Structural basis of transcriptional gene silencing mediated by Arabidopsis MOM1.
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PLoS Genet, ; 8 (2): e1002484

2011

Exome sequencing identifies recurrent somatic MAP2K1 and MAP2K2 mutations in melanoma.
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Nat Genet, ; 44 (2): 133-139
Crystal structure of a multidomain human p53 tetramer bound to the natural CDKN1A (p21) p53-response element.
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Mol Cancer Res, ; 9 (11): 1493-1499
Studies of genomic copy number changes in human cancers reveal signatures of DNA replication stress.
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Mol Oncol, ; 5 (4): 308-314
An induced fit mechanism regulates p53 DNA binding kinetics to confer sequence specificity.
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EMBO J, ; 30 (11): 2167-2176
Genomic instability in induced stem cells.
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Cell Death Differ, ; 18 (5): 745-753
SAHF, to senesce or not to senesce?
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Cell Cycle, ; 10 (5): 738-739

2010

Oncogene-induced senescence: the bright and dark side of the response.
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Curr Opin Cell Biol, ; 22 (6): 816-827
TopBP1 functions with 53BP1 in the G1 DNA damage checkpoint.
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EMBO J, ; 29 (21): 3723-3732
Expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the CMM2 region of the Arabidopsis thaliana Morpheus' molecule 1 protein.
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Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, ; 66 (Pt 8): 916-918
DNA polymerases nu and theta are required for efficient immunoglobulin V gene diversification in chicken.
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J Cell Biol, ; 189 (7): 1117-1127
14-3-3 binding sites in the snail protein are essential for snail-mediated transcriptional repression and epithelial-mesenchymal differentiation.
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Cancer Res, ; 70 (11): 4385-4393
Genomic instability--an evolving hallmark of cancer.
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Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol, ; 11 (3): 220-228

2009

Emerging common themes in regulation of PIKKs and PI3Ks.
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EMBO J, ; 28 (20): 3067-3073
Cyclic olefin homopolymer-based microfluidics for protein crystallization and in situ X-ray diffraction.
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Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, ; 65 (Pt 9): 913-920
Microcollimator for micrometer-wide stripe irradiation of cells using 20-30 keV X rays.
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Radiat Res, ; 172 (2): 252-259
Modulation of the E2F1-driven cancer cell fate by the DNA damage response machinery and potential novel E2F1 targets in osteosarcomas.
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Am J Pathol, ; 175 (1): 376-391
An oligomerized 53BP1 tudor domain suffices for recognition of DNA double-strand breaks.
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Mol Cell Biol, ; 29 (4): 1050-1058

2008

An oncogene-induced DNA damage model for cancer development.
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Science, ; 319 (5868): 1352-1355

2007

Defective in mitotic arrest 1/ring finger 8 is a checkpoint protein that antagonizes the human mitotic exit network.
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Mol Cancer Res, ; 5 (12): 1304-1311
Deregulated overexpression of hCdt1 and hCdc6 promotes malignant behavior.
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Cancer Res, ; 67 (22): 10899-10909
Phosphorylation of ATR-interacting protein on Ser239 mediates an interaction with breast-ovarian cancer susceptibility 1 and checkpoint function.
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Cancer Res, ; 67 (13): 6100-6105
Evaluation of claspin as a proliferation marker in human cancer and normal tissues.
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J Pathol, ; 211 (3): 331-339

2006

DNA damage signaling recruits the RNA polymerase II binding protein Che-1 to the p53 promoter.
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Mol Cell, ; 24 (6): 809-810
Oncogene-induced senescence is part of the tumorigenesis barrier imposed by DNA damage checkpoints.
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Nature, ; 444 (7119): 633-637
SCFbetaTrCP-mediated degradation of Claspin regulates recovery from the DNA replication checkpoint response.
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Mol Cell, ; 23 (3): 319-329
Cellular responses to DNA damage: current state of the field and review of the 52nd Benzon Symposium.
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DNA Repair (Amst), ; 5 (5): 591-601

2005

Valosin-containing protein phosphorylation at Ser784 in response to DNA damage.
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Cancer Res, ; 65 (17): 7533-7540
ATM signaling and 53BP1.
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Radiother Oncol, ; 76 (2): 119-122
Human LATS1 is a mitotic exit network kinase.
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Cancer Res, ; 65 (15): 6568-6575
Nbs1 moving up in the world.
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Nat Cell Biol, ; 7 (7): 648-650
Activation of the DNA damage checkpoint and genomic instability in human precancerous lesions.
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Nature, ; 434 (7035): 907-913
The CHFR mitotic checkpoint protein delays cell cycle progression by excluding Cyclin B1 from the nucleus.
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Oncogene, ; 24 (16): 2589-2598

2004

Methylated lysine 79 of histone H3 targets 53BP1 to DNA double-strand breaks.
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Nature, ; 432 (7015): 406-411
Defective apoptosis and B-cell lymphomas in mice with p53 point mutation at Ser 23.
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EMBO J, ; 23 (18): 3689-3699
Functional interaction between BLM helicase and 53BP1 in a Chk1-mediated pathway during S-phase arrest.
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J Cell Biol, ; 166 (6): 801-813
53BP1, an activator of ATM in response to DNA damage.
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DNA Repair (Amst), ; 3 (8-9): 945-952
Constitutively active DNA damage checkpoint pathways as the driving force for the high frequency of p53 mutations in human cancer.
DNA Repair (Amst), ; 3 (8-9): 1057-1062
Structural differences in the DNA binding domains of human p53 and its C. elegans ortholog Cep-1.
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Structure, ; 12 (7): 1237-1243
p53 and stress in the ER.
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Genes Dev, ; 18 (3): 241-244

2003

53BP1 and NFBD1/MDC1-Nbs1 function in parallel interacting pathways activating ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) in response to DNA damage.
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Cancer Res, ; 63 (24): 8586-8591
Inactivating mutations targeting the chfr mitotic checkpoint gene in human lung cancer.
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Cancer Res, ; 63 (21): 7185-7189
The Chfr mitotic checkpoint protein functions with Ubc13-Mms2 to form Lys63-linked polyubiquitin chains.
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Oncogene, ; 22 (46): 7101-7107
Frequent hypermethylation of the 5' CpG island of the mitotic stress checkpoint gene Chfr in colorectal and non-small cell lung cancer.
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Carcinogenesis, ; 24 (1): 47-51

2002

53BP1 functions in an ATM-dependent checkpoint pathway that is constitutively activated in human cancer.
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Nat Cell Biol, ; 4 (12): 998-1002
Chk2 leaves the PML depot.
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Nat Cell Biol, ; 4 (11): E255-E256
Crystal structure of the FHA domain of the Chfr mitotic checkpoint protein and its complex with tungstate.
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Structure, ; 10 (7): 891-899

2001

Acetylation of p53 activates transcription through recruitment of coactivators/histone acetyltransferases.
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Mol Cell, ; 8 (6): 1243-1254
Substitutions that compromise the ionizing radiation-induced association of p53 with 14-3-3 proteins also compromise the ability of p53 to induce cell cycle arrest.
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Cancer Res, ; 61 (19): 7030-7033

2000

p53 binding protein 1 (53BP1) is an early participant in the cellular response to DNA double-strand breaks.
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J Cell Biol, ; 151 (7): 1381-1390
A serine 37 mutation associated with two missense mutations at highly conserved regions of p53 affect pro-apoptotic genes expression in a T-lymphoblastoid drug resistant cell line.
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Oncogene, ; 19 (44): 5098-5105
Aberrant regulation and function of wild-type p53 in radioresistant melanoma cells.
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Cell Growth Differ, ; 11 (9): 467-474
Chfr defines a mitotic stress checkpoint that delays entry into metaphase.
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Nature, ; 406 (6794): 430-435
Chk2/hCds1 functions as a DNA damage checkpoint in G(1) by stabilizing p53.
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Genes Dev, ; 14 (3): 278-288
The DNA damage checkpoint and human cancer.
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Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, ; 65 : 489-498

1999

Phosphorylation of Ser-20 mediates stabilization of human p53 in response to DNA damage.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, ; 96 (24): 13777-13782
Many faces of ATM: eighth international workshop on ataxia-telangiectasia.
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Biochim Biophys Acta, ; 1424 (2-3): R45-R55
Change in oligomerization specificity of the p53 tetramerization domain by hydrophobic amino acid substitutions.
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Protein Sci, ; 8 (9): 1773-1779
Involvement of a p53-dependent pathway in rubella virus-induced apoptosis.
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Virology, ; 259 (1): 74-84
p53 sites acetylated in vitro by PCAF and p300 are acetylated in vivo in response to DNA damage.
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Mol Cell Biol, ; 19 (2): 1202-1209
Modulation of wild-type p53 activity by mutant p53 R273H depends on the p53 responsive element (p53RE). A comparative study between the p53REs of the MDM2, WAFI/Cip1 and Bax genes in the lung cancer environment. WAFI/Cip1 = WAF1/Cip1.
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Anticancer Res, ; 19 (1A): 579-587

1998

Alterations of the p16-pRb pathway and the chromosome locus 9p21-22 in non-small-cell lung carcinomas: relationship with p53 and MDM2 protein expression.
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Am J Pathol, ; 153 (6): 1749-1765
ATM-dependent activation of p53 involves dephosphorylation and association with 14-3-3 proteins.
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Nat Genet, ; 19 (2): 175-178
Identification of an additional negative regulatory region for p53 sequence-specific DNA binding.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, ; 95 (11): 6079-6084
Effects of p53 mutants derived from lung carcinomas on the p53-responsive element (p53RE) of the MDM2 gene.
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Br J Cancer, ; 77 (3): 374-384

1997

Hydrophobic side-chain size is a determinant of the three-dimensional structure of the p53 oligomerization domain.
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EMBO J, ; 16 (20): 6230-6236
CREB-binding protein and p300/CBP-associated factor are transcriptional coactivators of the p53 tumor suppressor protein.
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Cancer Res, ; 57 (17): 3693-3696
Two tandem and independent sub-activation domains in the amino terminus of p53 require the adaptor complex for activity.
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Oncogene, ; 15 (7): 807-816

1996

Structure-based rescue of common tumor-derived p53 mutants.
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Nat Med, ; 2 (10): 1143-1146
An engineered four-stranded coiled coil substitutes for the tetramerization domain of wild-type p53 and alleviates transdominant inhibition by tumor-derived p53 mutants.
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Cancer Res, ; 56 (1): 158-163

1995

Binding of wild-type and mutant forms of p53 protein from human tumors to a specific DNA-sequence of the first intron of the h-ras oncogene.
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Int J Oncol, ; 7 (5): 1035-1041
Specific recognition of a transcriptional element within the human h-ras protooncogene by the p53 tumor-suppressor.
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Int J Oncol, ; 7 (5): 1029-1034
The dihedral symmetry of the p53 tetramerization domain mandates a conformational switch upon DNA binding.
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EMBO J, ; 14 (3): 512-519

1993

Conformational shifts propagate from the oligomerization domain of p53 to its tetrameric DNA binding domain and restore DNA binding to select p53 mutants.
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EMBO J, ; 12 (13): 5057-5064
Wild-type p53 adopts a 'mutant'-like conformation when bound to DNA.
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EMBO J, ; 12 (3): 1021-1028
Both the helix-loop-helix and the leucine zipper motifs of c-Myc contribute to its dimerization specificity with Max.
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Oncogene, ; 8 (1): 125-132

1992

An enhancer "core" DNA-binding and transcriptional activity is induced upon transformation of rat embryo fibroblasts.
Anticancer Res, ; 12 (2): 285-291
Predicted structural similarities of the DNA binding domains of c-Myc and endonuclease Eco RI.
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Science, ; 255 (5043): 464-466

1991

Proximal regulatory domains of rat atrial natriuretic factor gene.
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Circulation, ; 84 (3): 1256-1265
Familial holoprosencephaly associated with a translocation breakpoint at chromosomal position 7q36.
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Am J Med Genet, ; 40 (2): 201-205
Determination of the c-MYC DNA-binding site.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, ; 88 (14): 6162-6166

1990

Drosophila homolog of the mammalian jun oncogene is expressed during embryonic development and activates transcription in mammalian cells.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, ; 87 (16): 6281-6285

1989

Relationship of clinical parameters to attachment loss in subsets of subjects with destructive periodontal diseases.
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J Clin Periodontol, ; 16 (9): 563-568

1988

c-Jun dimerizes with itself and with c-Fos, forming complexes of different DNA binding affinities.
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Cell, ; 55 (5): 917-924
Retinoic acid increases the sensitivity of the rat embryo fibroblast transformation assay.
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Mol Cell Biol, ; 8 (4): 1845-1848

1987

Evolutionarily conserved regions of the human c-myc protein can be uncoupled from transforming activity.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, ; 84 (1): 170-173

1986

Posterior capsulitis in a 9-year-old girl.
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J Pedod, ; 10 (2): 176-182

1985

Clinical medicine for dental students.
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J Dent Educ, ; 49 (12): 809-813
Pocket formation 3 years after comprehensive periodontal therapy. A retrospective study.
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J Periodontol, ; 56 (9): 515-521