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100 of 103Last updated : 24 April 2024 02:27 Tripartite Motif-containing 33 (TRIM33) protein functions in the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-dependent DNA damage response through interaction with Amplified in Liver Cancer 1 (ALC1) protein Authors (10) Atul Kulkarni Jay Oza Ming Yao Honeah Sohail Vasudeva Ginjala Antonia Tomas-Loba Zuzana Horejsi Antoinette R TanSimon Boulton Shridar Ganesan Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 8 November 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details HELQ promotes RAD51 paralogue-dependent repair to avert germ cell loss and tumorigenesis Authors (14) Carrie A Adelman Rafal L LoloNicolai Birkbak Olga Murina Kenichiro Matsuzaki Zuzana Horejsi[...] Gordon Stamp Alan D'Andrea Alessandro A SartoriCharles SwantonSimon Boulton Nature Published 17 October 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonSimon BoultonExperimental HistopathologyFull details RTEL1 is a replisome-associated helicase that promotes telomere and genome-wide replication Authors (7) Jean-Baptiste Vannier Sumit Sandhu Mark IR Petalcorin Xiaoli Wu Zinnatun Nabi Hao DingSimon Boulton Science Published 11 October 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details NEK8 links the ATR-regulated replication stress response and S phase CDK activity to renal ciliopathies Authors (11) Hyo Jei Claudia Choi Jia-Ren Lin Jean-Baptiste Vannier Gisela G Slaats Andrew C Kile Renee D Paulsen Danielle K Manning David R Beier Rachel H GilesSimon Boulton Karlene A Cimprich Molecular Cell Published 22 August 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details A recessive founder mutation in regulator of telomere elongation helicase 1, RTEL1, underlies severe immunodeficiency and features of Hoyeraal Hreidarsson syndrome Authors (24) Bari J Ballew Vijai Joseph Saurav De Grzegorz Sarek Jean-Baptiste Vannier Travis Stracker[...] Laurie Burdett Kenneth OffitSimon Boulton Sharon A Savage John HJ Petrini PLOS Genetics Published 1 August 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details RIF1 is essential for 53BP1-dependent nonhomologous end joining and suppression of DNA double-strand break resection Authors (10) J Ross ChapmanPatricia Barral Jean-Baptiste Vannier Valérie Borel Martin Steger Antonia Tomas-Loba Alessandro A Sartori Ian R Adams Facundo D BatistaSimon Boulton Molecular Cell Published 7 March 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonPatricia BarralFull details Joint molecule resolution requires the redundant activities of MUS-81 and XPF-1 during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis Authors (7) Nigel J O'Neil Julie S Martin Jillian L Youds Jordan D Ward Mark IR Petalcorin Anne M RoseSimon Boulton PLOS Genetics Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details The centriolar satellite protein Cep131 is important for genome stability Authors (9) Christopher J Staples Katie N Myers Ryan DD Beveridge Abhijit A PatilAlvin LeeCharles SwantonMichael HowellSimon Boulton Spencer J Collis Journal of Cell Science Published 15 October 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonSimon BoultonHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details Playing the end game: DNA double-strand break repair pathway choice Authors (3) J Ross Chapman Martin RG TaylorSimon Boulton Molecular Cell Published 24 August 2012 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details BRCA1-associated exclusion of 53BP1 from DNA damage sites underlies temporal control of DNA repair Authors (4) J Ross Chapman Alex J SossickSimon Boulton Stephen P Jackson Journal of Cell Science Published 1 August 2012 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details MMS19 links cytoplasmic iron-sulfur cluster assembly to DNA metabolism Authors (6) Kerstin Gari Ana María León Ortiz Valérie Borel Helen FlynnMark SkehelSimon Boulton Science Published 13 July 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesSimon BoultonProteomicsFull details RTEL1 dismantles T loops and counteracts telomeric G4-DNA to maintain telomere integrity Authors (5) Jean-Baptiste Vannier Visnja Pavicic-Kaltenbrunner Mark IR Petalcorin Hao DingSimon Boulton Cell Published 11 May 2012 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Inhibition of homologous recombination by the PCNA-interacting protein PARI Authors (7) George-Lucian Moldovan Donniphat Dejsuphong Mark IR Petalcorin Kay Hofmann Shunichi TakedaSimon Boulton Alan D D'Andrea Molecular Cell Published 13 January 2012 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details RTEL1: an essential helicase for telomere maintenance and the regulation of homologous recombination Authors (5) Evert-Jan Uringa Jillian L Youds Kathleen Lisaingo Peter M LansdorpSimon Boulton Nucleic Acids Research Published 1 March 2011 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details The choice in meiosis - defining the factors that influence crossover or non-crossover formation Authors (2) Jillian L YoudsSimon Boulton Journal of Cell Science Published 15 February 2011 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details CK2 phospho-dependent binding of R2TP complex to TEL2 is essential for mTOR and SMG1 stability Authors (9) Zuzana Hořejší Hiroyuki Takai Carrie A Adelman Spencer J Collis Helen Flynn Sarah MaslenMark Skehel Titia de LangeSimon Boulton Molecular Cell Published 24 September 2010 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Metabolism of postsynaptic recombination intermediates Authors (2) Carrie A AdelmanSimon Boulton FEBS Letters Published 10 September 2010 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details Preventing nonhomologous end joining suppresses DNA repair defects of Fanconi anemia Authors (9) Adele Adamo Spencer J Collis Carrie A Adelman Nicola Silva Zuzana Horejsi Jordan D Ward Enrique Martinez-PerezSimon Boulton Adriana La Volpe Molecular Cell Published 9 July 2010 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details DNA repair: Decision at the break point Authors (1)Simon Boulton Nature Published 20 May 2010 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details RTEL-1 enforces meiotic crossover interference and homeostasis Authors (10) Jillian L Youds David G Mets Michael J McIlwraith Julie S Martin Jordan D Ward Nigel J ONeil Ann M RoseStephen West Barbara J MeyerSimon Boulton Science Published 5 March 2010 Crick labsStephen WestSimon BoultonFull details Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Tripartite Motif-containing 33 (TRIM33) protein functions in the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-dependent DNA damage response through interaction with Amplified in Liver Cancer 1 (ALC1) protein Authors (10) Atul Kulkarni Jay Oza Ming Yao Honeah Sohail Vasudeva Ginjala Antonia Tomas-Loba Zuzana Horejsi Antoinette R TanSimon Boulton Shridar Ganesan Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 8 November 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
HELQ promotes RAD51 paralogue-dependent repair to avert germ cell loss and tumorigenesis Authors (14) Carrie A Adelman Rafal L LoloNicolai Birkbak Olga Murina Kenichiro Matsuzaki Zuzana Horejsi[...] Gordon Stamp Alan D'Andrea Alessandro A SartoriCharles SwantonSimon Boulton Nature Published 17 October 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonSimon BoultonExperimental HistopathologyFull details
RTEL1 is a replisome-associated helicase that promotes telomere and genome-wide replication Authors (7) Jean-Baptiste Vannier Sumit Sandhu Mark IR Petalcorin Xiaoli Wu Zinnatun Nabi Hao DingSimon Boulton Science Published 11 October 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
NEK8 links the ATR-regulated replication stress response and S phase CDK activity to renal ciliopathies Authors (11) Hyo Jei Claudia Choi Jia-Ren Lin Jean-Baptiste Vannier Gisela G Slaats Andrew C Kile Renee D Paulsen Danielle K Manning David R Beier Rachel H GilesSimon Boulton Karlene A Cimprich Molecular Cell Published 22 August 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
A recessive founder mutation in regulator of telomere elongation helicase 1, RTEL1, underlies severe immunodeficiency and features of Hoyeraal Hreidarsson syndrome Authors (24) Bari J Ballew Vijai Joseph Saurav De Grzegorz Sarek Jean-Baptiste Vannier Travis Stracker[...] Laurie Burdett Kenneth OffitSimon Boulton Sharon A Savage John HJ Petrini PLOS Genetics Published 1 August 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
RIF1 is essential for 53BP1-dependent nonhomologous end joining and suppression of DNA double-strand break resection Authors (10) J Ross ChapmanPatricia Barral Jean-Baptiste Vannier Valérie Borel Martin Steger Antonia Tomas-Loba Alessandro A Sartori Ian R Adams Facundo D BatistaSimon Boulton Molecular Cell Published 7 March 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonPatricia BarralFull details
Joint molecule resolution requires the redundant activities of MUS-81 and XPF-1 during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis Authors (7) Nigel J O'Neil Julie S Martin Jillian L Youds Jordan D Ward Mark IR Petalcorin Anne M RoseSimon Boulton PLOS Genetics Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
The centriolar satellite protein Cep131 is important for genome stability Authors (9) Christopher J Staples Katie N Myers Ryan DD Beveridge Abhijit A PatilAlvin LeeCharles SwantonMichael HowellSimon Boulton Spencer J Collis Journal of Cell Science Published 15 October 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonSimon BoultonHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
Playing the end game: DNA double-strand break repair pathway choice Authors (3) J Ross Chapman Martin RG TaylorSimon Boulton Molecular Cell Published 24 August 2012 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
BRCA1-associated exclusion of 53BP1 from DNA damage sites underlies temporal control of DNA repair Authors (4) J Ross Chapman Alex J SossickSimon Boulton Stephen P Jackson Journal of Cell Science Published 1 August 2012 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
MMS19 links cytoplasmic iron-sulfur cluster assembly to DNA metabolism Authors (6) Kerstin Gari Ana María León Ortiz Valérie Borel Helen FlynnMark SkehelSimon Boulton Science Published 13 July 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesSimon BoultonProteomicsFull details
RTEL1 dismantles T loops and counteracts telomeric G4-DNA to maintain telomere integrity Authors (5) Jean-Baptiste Vannier Visnja Pavicic-Kaltenbrunner Mark IR Petalcorin Hao DingSimon Boulton Cell Published 11 May 2012 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Inhibition of homologous recombination by the PCNA-interacting protein PARI Authors (7) George-Lucian Moldovan Donniphat Dejsuphong Mark IR Petalcorin Kay Hofmann Shunichi TakedaSimon Boulton Alan D D'Andrea Molecular Cell Published 13 January 2012 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
RTEL1: an essential helicase for telomere maintenance and the regulation of homologous recombination Authors (5) Evert-Jan Uringa Jillian L Youds Kathleen Lisaingo Peter M LansdorpSimon Boulton Nucleic Acids Research Published 1 March 2011 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
The choice in meiosis - defining the factors that influence crossover or non-crossover formation Authors (2) Jillian L YoudsSimon Boulton Journal of Cell Science Published 15 February 2011 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
CK2 phospho-dependent binding of R2TP complex to TEL2 is essential for mTOR and SMG1 stability Authors (9) Zuzana Hořejší Hiroyuki Takai Carrie A Adelman Spencer J Collis Helen Flynn Sarah MaslenMark Skehel Titia de LangeSimon Boulton Molecular Cell Published 24 September 2010 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Metabolism of postsynaptic recombination intermediates Authors (2) Carrie A AdelmanSimon Boulton FEBS Letters Published 10 September 2010 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
Preventing nonhomologous end joining suppresses DNA repair defects of Fanconi anemia Authors (9) Adele Adamo Spencer J Collis Carrie A Adelman Nicola Silva Zuzana Horejsi Jordan D Ward Enrique Martinez-PerezSimon Boulton Adriana La Volpe Molecular Cell Published 9 July 2010 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
DNA repair: Decision at the break point Authors (1)Simon Boulton Nature Published 20 May 2010 Crick labsSimon BoultonFull details
RTEL-1 enforces meiotic crossover interference and homeostasis Authors (10) Jillian L Youds David G Mets Michael J McIlwraith Julie S Martin Jordan D Ward Nigel J ONeil Ann M RoseStephen West Barbara J MeyerSimon Boulton Science Published 5 March 2010 Crick labsStephen WestSimon BoultonFull details