Publications

Hudson, J., & Rass, U. (2021). Dna2 in chromosome stability and cell survival—is it all about replication forks?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(8), 1-24. doi:10.3390/ijms22083984
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Appanah, R., Jones, D., Falquet, B., & Rass, U. (n.d.). Limiting homologous recombination at stalled replication forks is essential for cell viability: DNA2 to the rescue. Current Genetics, pages. doi:10.1007/s00294-020-01106-7
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Falquet, B., Ölmezer, G., Enkner, F., Klein, D., Challa, K., Appanah, R., . . . Rass, U. (2020). Disease-associated DNA2 nuclease–helicase protects cells from lethal chromosome under-replication. Nucleic Acids Research, 48(13), 7265-7278. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaa524
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Fontana, G. A., & Rass, U. (n.d.). Compartmentalized DNA repair: Rif1 S-acylation links DNA double-strand break repair to the nuclear membrane. Molecular & Cellular Oncology, pages. doi:10.1080/23723556.2019.1648025
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Fontana, G. A., Hess, D., Reinert, J. K., Mattarocci, S., Falquet, B., Klein, D., . . . Rass, U. (n.d.). Rif1 S-acylation mediates DNA double-strand break repair at the inner nuclear membrane. Nature Communications, 10(2535), 1-14. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10349-z
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Falquet, B., & Rass, U. (n.d.). Structure-specific endonucleases and the resolution of chromosome underreplication. Genes, 10(3), 232 ( pages). doi:10.3390/genes10030232
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Rass, U. (2019). Freedom of movement. Nature Chemical Biology, 15(37), 209-210. doi:10.1038/s41589-019-0224-7
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Fontana, G. A., Reinert, J. K., Thomä, N. H., & Rass, U. (n.d.). Shepherding DNA ends: Rif1 protects telomeres and chromosome breaks. Microbial Cell, 5(7), 327-343. doi:10.15698/mic2018.07.639
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Mattarocci, S., Reinert, J. K., Bunker, R. D., Fontana, G. A., Shi, T., Klein, D., . . . Rass, U. (2017). Rif1 maintains telomeres and mediates DNA repair by encasing DNA ends. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 24(7), 588-595. doi:10.1038/nsmb.3420
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Falquet, B., & Rass, U. (2017). A new role for Holliday junction resolvase Yen1 in processing DNA replication intermediates exposes Dna2 as an accessory replicative helicase. Microbial Cell, 4(1), 32-34. doi:10.15698/mic2017.01.554
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Ölmezer, G., Levikova, M., Klein, D., Falquet, B., Fontana, G. A., Cejka, P., & Rass, U. (n.d.). Replication intermediates that escape Dna2 activity are processed by Holliday junction resolvase Yen1. Nature Communications, 7, 13157 1-13. doi:10.1038/ncomms13157
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Murfuni, I., & Rass, U. (2016). Targeting homologous recombination repair in cancer. In DNA Repair in Cancer Therapy (pp. 225-275). Academic Press.
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Murfuni, I., & Rass, U. (2016). Chapter 8 Targeting homologous recombination repair in cancer. In DNA Repair in Cancer Therapy (pp. 225-275). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-803582-5.00008-5
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Ölmezer, G., Klein, D., & Rass, U. (2015). DNA repair defects ascribed to pby1 are caused by disruption of Holliday junction resolvase Mus81-Mms4.. DNA repair, 33, 17-23. doi:10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.05.006
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Rass, U. (n.d.). Resolving branched DNA intermediates with structure-specific nucleases during replication in eukaryotes. Chromosoma, 122(6), 499-515. doi:10.1007/s00412-013-0431-z
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Shi, T., Bunker, R. D., Mattarocci, S., Ribeyre, C., Faty, M., Gut, H., . . . Thomä, N. H. (2013). Rif1 and Rif2 shape telomere function and architecture through multivalent Rap1 interactions. Cell, 153(6), 1340-1353. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.007
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Rass, U., Compton, S. A., Matos, J., Singleton, M. R., Ip, S. C. Y., Blanco, M. G., . . . West, S. C. (2010). Mechanism of Holliday junction resolution by the human GEN1 protein. Genes & Development, 24(14), 1559-1569. doi:10.1101/gad.585310
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Blanco, M. G., Matos, J., Rass, U., Ip, S. C. Y., & West, S. C. (2010). Functional overlap between the structure-specific nucleases Yen1 and Mus81-Mms4 for DNA-damage repair in S. cerevisiae.. DNA repair, 9(4), 394-402. doi:10.1016/j.dnarep.2009.12.017
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Ip, S. C. Y., Rass, U., Blanco, M. G., Flynn, H. R., Skehel, J. M., & West, S. C. (2008). Identification of Holliday junction resolvases from humans and yeast. Nature, 456(7220), 357-61. doi:10.1038/nature07470
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Rass, U., Ahel, I., & West, S. C. (2008). Molecular mechanism of DNA deadenylation by the neurological disease protein aprataxin. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283(49), 33994-34001. doi:10.1074/jbc.M807124200
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Rass, U., Ahel, I., & West, S. C. (2007). Defective DNA repair and neurodegenerative disease. Cell, 130(6), 991-1004. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.08.043
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Rass, U., Ahel, I., & West, S. C. (2007). Actions of aprataxin in multiple DNA repair pathways. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282(13), 9469-9474. doi:10.1074/jbc.M611489200
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Ahel, I., Rass, U., El-Khamisy, S. F., Katyal, S., Clements, P. M., McKinnon, P. J., . . . West, S. C. (2006). The neurodegenerative disease protein aprataxin resolves abortive DNA ligation intermediates. Nature, 443, 713-716. doi:10.1038/nature05164
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Rass, U., & West, S. C. (2006). Synthetic junctions as tools to identify and characterize Holliday junction resolvases. Methods in Enzymology, 408, 485-501. doi:10.1016/S0076-6879(06)08030-X
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Rass, U., & Kemper, B. (2002). Crp1p, a new cruciform DNA-binding protein in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Molecular Biology, 323(4), 685-700. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00993-2
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