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Martinez-Ruiz Raphaelle Luisier[...]Simon Boulton Ammar Al-ChalabiGavin Kelly Jack HumphreyRickie Patani Nature Communications Published 20 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesJernej UleRickie PataniSimon BoultonBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingFull details The APE2 nuclease is essential for DNA double-strand break repair by microhomology-mediated end joining Authors (18) Hubert Fleury Myles K MacEachern Clara M StiefelRoopesh Anand Colin Sempeck Benjamin Nebenfuehr[...] Laila Weatherly Djelika Dansoko Justin W LeungSimon Boulton Nausica Arnoult Molecular Cell Published 4 May 2023 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Modulating mutational outcomes and improving precise gene editing at CRISPR-Cas9-induced breaks by chemical inhibition of end-joining pathways Authors (11) Joost Schimmel Núria Muñoz-Subirana Hanneke Kool Robin van Schendel Sven van der Vlies Juliette A Kamp Femke de Vrij Steven A Kushner Graeme CM SmithSimon Boulton Marcel Tijsterman Cell Reports Published 28 February 2023 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Small-molecule Polθ inhibitors provide safe and effective tumor radiosensitization in preclinical models Authors (24) Gonzalo Rodriguez-Berriguete Marco Ranzani Remko Prevo Rathi Puliyadi Nicole Machado Hannah R Bolland[...] Ester M Hammond Robert A Heald Graeme CM Smith Helen MR Robinson Geoff S Higgins Clinical cancer research Published 15 April 2023 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details POLQ seals post-replicative ssDNA gaps to maintain genome stability in BRCA-deficient cancer cells Authors (16)Ondrej BelanMarie SebaldMarek AdamowiczRoopesh AnandAleksandra Vancevska Joana Neves[...] Geoff S Higgins Graeme CM SmithStephen West David S RuedaSimon Boulton Molecular Cell Published 15 December 2022 Crick labsStephen WestSimon BoultonFull details Search and processing of Holliday junctions within long DNA by junction-resolving enzymes Authors (6) Artur P Kaczmarczyk Anne-Cécile DéclaisMatt NewtonSimon Boulton David MJ Lilley David S Rueda Nature Communications Published 7 October 2022 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Discovery, characterization, and structure-based optimization of small-molecule in vitro and in vivo probes for human DNA polymerase theta Authors (33) Martin L Stockley Amanda Ferdinand Giovanni Benedetti Peter Blencowe Susan M Boyd Mat Calder[...] Graeme CM Smith Martin E Swarbrick Andrew P Turnbull Simon Willis Robert A Heald Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Published 27 October 2022 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Satellite repeat transcripts modulate heterochromatin condensates and safeguard chromosome stability in mouse embryonic stem cells Authors (13)Clara Novo Emily V Wong Colin Hockings Chetan Poudel Eleanor Sheekey Meike Wiese[...] Srinjan Basu Simon Walker Gabriele S Kaminski Schierle Geeta J Narlikar Peter J Rugg-Gunn Nature Communications Published 20 June 2022 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Disrupted control of origin activation compromises genome integrity upon destabilization of Polε and dysfunction of the TRP53-CDKN1A/P21 axis Authors (12)Valerie Borel Stefan Boeing Niek Van Wietmarschen Sriram Sridharan Bethany Rebekah Hill Luigi Ombrato[...]Deb JacksonRobert GoldstoneSimon Boulton Andre Nussenzweig Roberto Bellelli Cell Reports Published 31 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesSimon BoultonBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details H3K4 methylation by SETD1A/BOD1L facilitates RIF1-dependent NHEJ Authors (14) Rachel BayleyValerie Borel Rhiannon J Moss Ellie SweatmanPhil Ruis Alice Ormrod[...] Graeme Hewitt Marco Saponaro Grant S StewartSimon Boulton Martin R Higgs Molecular Cell Published 19 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesSimon BoultonGenetic Modification ServiceBiological Research FacilityFull details Proline-specific aminopeptidase P prevents replication-associated genome instability Authors (10) Nicola Silva Maikel Castellano-Pozo Kenichiro Matsuzaki Consuelo Barroso Monica Roman-Trufero Hannah Craig Darren R Brooks R Elwyn IsaacSimon Boulton Enrique Martinez-Perez PLOS Genetics Published 26 January 2022 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details HELQ is a dual-function DSB repair enzyme modulated by RPA and RAD51 Authors (10)Roopesh Anand Erika BuechelmaierOndrej BelanMatt NewtonAleksandra Vancevska Artur KaczmarczykTohru Takaki David S Rueda Simon N PowellSimon Boulton Nature Published 13 January 2022 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Tackling PARP inhibitor resistance Authors (4)Kasper Fugger Graeme HewittStephen WestSimon Boulton Trends in Cancer Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsStephen WestSimon BoultonFull details Nucleotide proofreading functions by nematode RAD51 paralogs facilitate optimal RAD51 filament function Authors (5) Mário Špírek Martin RG TaylorOndrej BelanSimon Boulton Lumir Krejci Nature Communications Published 20 September 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Structure and dynamics of the chromatin remodeler ALC1 bound to a PARylated nucleosome Authors (10) Luka Bacic Guillaume Gaullier Anton Sabantsev Laura C Lehmann Klaus Brackmann Despoina Dimakou Mario Halic Graeme HewittSimon Boulton Sebastian Deindl eLife Published 6 September 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details A tale of two states: pluripotency regulation of telomeres Authors (1)Clara Novo Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Published 8 July 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Mechanism of mitotic recombination: insights from C. elegans Authors (3)Ondrej BelanRoopesh AnandSimon Boulton Current Opinion in Genetics and Development Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Polθ inhibitors elicit BRCA-gene synthetic lethality and target PARP inhibitor resistance Authors (61) Diana Zatreanu Helen MR Robinson Omar Alkhatib Marie Boursier Harry Finch Lerin Geo[...]Simon Boulton Geoff S Higgins Stephen J Pettitt Graeme CM Smith Christopher J Lord Nature Communications Published 17 June 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Generation of versatile ss-dsDNA hybrid substrates for single-molecule analysis Authors (7)Ondrej Belan George Moore Artur KaczmarczykMatt NewtonRoopesh AnandSimon Boulton David S Rueda STAR Protocols Published 18 June 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details A C-circle assay for detection of alternative lengthening of telomere activity in FFPE tissue Authors (4)Aurora IdilliSandra Segura-Bayona Timothy P LippertSimon Boulton STAR Protocols Published 18 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesSimon BoultonExperimental HistopathologyFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Integrated transcriptome landscape of ALS identifies genome instability linked to TDP-43 pathology Authors (14)Oliver ZiffJacob NeevesJamie MitchellGiulia Tyzack Carlos Martinez-Ruiz Raphaelle Luisier[...]Simon Boulton Ammar Al-ChalabiGavin Kelly Jack HumphreyRickie Patani Nature Communications Published 20 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesJernej UleRickie PataniSimon BoultonBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingFull details
The APE2 nuclease is essential for DNA double-strand break repair by microhomology-mediated end joining Authors (18) Hubert Fleury Myles K MacEachern Clara M StiefelRoopesh Anand Colin Sempeck Benjamin Nebenfuehr[...] Laila Weatherly Djelika Dansoko Justin W LeungSimon Boulton Nausica Arnoult Molecular Cell Published 4 May 2023 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Modulating mutational outcomes and improving precise gene editing at CRISPR-Cas9-induced breaks by chemical inhibition of end-joining pathways Authors (11) Joost Schimmel Núria Muñoz-Subirana Hanneke Kool Robin van Schendel Sven van der Vlies Juliette A Kamp Femke de Vrij Steven A Kushner Graeme CM SmithSimon Boulton Marcel Tijsterman Cell Reports Published 28 February 2023 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Small-molecule Polθ inhibitors provide safe and effective tumor radiosensitization in preclinical models Authors (24) Gonzalo Rodriguez-Berriguete Marco Ranzani Remko Prevo Rathi Puliyadi Nicole Machado Hannah R Bolland[...] Ester M Hammond Robert A Heald Graeme CM Smith Helen MR Robinson Geoff S Higgins Clinical cancer research Published 15 April 2023 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
POLQ seals post-replicative ssDNA gaps to maintain genome stability in BRCA-deficient cancer cells Authors (16)Ondrej BelanMarie SebaldMarek AdamowiczRoopesh AnandAleksandra Vancevska Joana Neves[...] Geoff S Higgins Graeme CM SmithStephen West David S RuedaSimon Boulton Molecular Cell Published 15 December 2022 Crick labsStephen WestSimon BoultonFull details
Search and processing of Holliday junctions within long DNA by junction-resolving enzymes Authors (6) Artur P Kaczmarczyk Anne-Cécile DéclaisMatt NewtonSimon Boulton David MJ Lilley David S Rueda Nature Communications Published 7 October 2022 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Discovery, characterization, and structure-based optimization of small-molecule in vitro and in vivo probes for human DNA polymerase theta Authors (33) Martin L Stockley Amanda Ferdinand Giovanni Benedetti Peter Blencowe Susan M Boyd Mat Calder[...] Graeme CM Smith Martin E Swarbrick Andrew P Turnbull Simon Willis Robert A Heald Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Published 27 October 2022 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Satellite repeat transcripts modulate heterochromatin condensates and safeguard chromosome stability in mouse embryonic stem cells Authors (13)Clara Novo Emily V Wong Colin Hockings Chetan Poudel Eleanor Sheekey Meike Wiese[...] Srinjan Basu Simon Walker Gabriele S Kaminski Schierle Geeta J Narlikar Peter J Rugg-Gunn Nature Communications Published 20 June 2022 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Disrupted control of origin activation compromises genome integrity upon destabilization of Polε and dysfunction of the TRP53-CDKN1A/P21 axis Authors (12)Valerie Borel Stefan Boeing Niek Van Wietmarschen Sriram Sridharan Bethany Rebekah Hill Luigi Ombrato[...]Deb JacksonRobert GoldstoneSimon Boulton Andre Nussenzweig Roberto Bellelli Cell Reports Published 31 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesSimon BoultonBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
H3K4 methylation by SETD1A/BOD1L facilitates RIF1-dependent NHEJ Authors (14) Rachel BayleyValerie Borel Rhiannon J Moss Ellie SweatmanPhil Ruis Alice Ormrod[...] Graeme Hewitt Marco Saponaro Grant S StewartSimon Boulton Martin R Higgs Molecular Cell Published 19 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesSimon BoultonGenetic Modification ServiceBiological Research FacilityFull details
Proline-specific aminopeptidase P prevents replication-associated genome instability Authors (10) Nicola Silva Maikel Castellano-Pozo Kenichiro Matsuzaki Consuelo Barroso Monica Roman-Trufero Hannah Craig Darren R Brooks R Elwyn IsaacSimon Boulton Enrique Martinez-Perez PLOS Genetics Published 26 January 2022 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
HELQ is a dual-function DSB repair enzyme modulated by RPA and RAD51 Authors (10)Roopesh Anand Erika BuechelmaierOndrej BelanMatt NewtonAleksandra Vancevska Artur KaczmarczykTohru Takaki David S Rueda Simon N PowellSimon Boulton Nature Published 13 January 2022 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Tackling PARP inhibitor resistance Authors (4)Kasper Fugger Graeme HewittStephen WestSimon Boulton Trends in Cancer Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsStephen WestSimon BoultonFull details
Nucleotide proofreading functions by nematode RAD51 paralogs facilitate optimal RAD51 filament function Authors (5) Mário Špírek Martin RG TaylorOndrej BelanSimon Boulton Lumir Krejci Nature Communications Published 20 September 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Structure and dynamics of the chromatin remodeler ALC1 bound to a PARylated nucleosome Authors (10) Luka Bacic Guillaume Gaullier Anton Sabantsev Laura C Lehmann Klaus Brackmann Despoina Dimakou Mario Halic Graeme HewittSimon Boulton Sebastian Deindl eLife Published 6 September 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
A tale of two states: pluripotency regulation of telomeres Authors (1)Clara Novo Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Published 8 July 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Mechanism of mitotic recombination: insights from C. elegans Authors (3)Ondrej BelanRoopesh AnandSimon Boulton Current Opinion in Genetics and Development Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Polθ inhibitors elicit BRCA-gene synthetic lethality and target PARP inhibitor resistance Authors (61) Diana Zatreanu Helen MR Robinson Omar Alkhatib Marie Boursier Harry Finch Lerin Geo[...]Simon Boulton Geoff S Higgins Stephen J Pettitt Graeme CM Smith Christopher J Lord Nature Communications Published 17 June 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Generation of versatile ss-dsDNA hybrid substrates for single-molecule analysis Authors (7)Ondrej Belan George Moore Artur KaczmarczykMatt NewtonRoopesh AnandSimon Boulton David S Rueda STAR Protocols Published 18 June 2021 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
A C-circle assay for detection of alternative lengthening of telomere activity in FFPE tissue Authors (4)Aurora IdilliSandra Segura-Bayona Timothy P LippertSimon Boulton STAR Protocols Published 18 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesSimon BoultonExperimental HistopathologyFull details