2008
MEN1 and FANCD2 mediate distinct mechanisms of DNA crosslink repair
Marek LR, Kottemann MC, Glazer PM, Bale AE. MEN1 and FANCD2 mediate distinct mechanisms of DNA crosslink repair. DNA Repair 2008, 7: 476-486. PMID: 18258493, PMCID: PMC2277339, DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic interaction studiesFanconi anemia genesDNA crosslink repairVivo reporter systemLoss of Men1Large deletionsMutation frequencyTumor suppressor geneSame repair processICL sensitivityRepair processSingle base deletionDrosophila geneticsCrosslink repairICL repairGenetic interactionsMutant fliesCell mutantsFA genesHomopolymeric tractsReporter systemWild typeMutantsInteraction studiesSuppressor gene
2006
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Interacts with Forkhead Transcription Factor CHES1 in DNA Damage Response
Busygina V, Kottemann MC, Scott KL, Plon SE, Bale AE. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Interacts with Forkhead Transcription Factor CHES1 in DNA Damage Response. Cancer Research 2006, 66: 8397-8403. PMID: 16951149, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-0061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA damage responseDamage responseS-phase checkpoint pathwayDrosophila larval tissuesTranscriptional repressor complexS-phase checkpointMouse embryonic fibroblastsHistone deacetylase 1Cell cycle arrestGenetic screenGenomic integrityInteracting proteinRepressor complexS-phase arrestHuman meninMutant fliesBiochemical functionsLarval tissuesMEN1 proteinCancer susceptibility syndromeEmbryonic fibroblastsCheckpoint pathwayCOOH terminusCHES1Menin
2004
Hypermutability in a Drosophila model for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
Busygina V, Suphapeetiporn K, Marek LR, Stowers RS, Xu T, Bale AE. Hypermutability in a Drosophila model for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. Human Molecular Genetics 2004, 13: 2399-2408. PMID: 15333582, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA cross-linking agentsNucleotide excision repairDNA damage-induced mutationsTumor suppressor geneDamage-induced mutationsDrosophila homologGenomic integrityHuman meninMutant fliesBiochemical functionsTranscriptional modulationNuclear proteinsDrosophila modelProtein 50Novel memberExcision repairNull allelesMolecular mechanismsCancer genesHistone deacetylaseSuppressor geneHomozygous inactivationMnn1Normal fliesGenes