1996
The role of the human homologue of Drosophila patched in sporadic basal cell carcinomas
Gailani M, Ståhle-Bäckdahl M, Leffell D, Glyn M, Zaphiropoulos P, Undén A, Dean M, Brash D, Bale A, Toftgård R. The role of the human homologue of Drosophila patched in sporadic basal cell carcinomas. Nature Genetics 1996, 14: 78-81. PMID: 8782823, DOI: 10.1038/ng0996-78.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSporadic basal cell carcinomasSingle-strand conformational polymorphismTumor suppressorDrosophila segment polarity geneSegment polarity genesHedgehog target genesPolarity genesDrosophila mutantsStrong homologyHuman homologueTarget genesMutational inactivationMutant transcriptsStrand conformational polymorphismNorthern blotSSCP variantsGenesNegative feedback mechanismSitu hybridizationConformational polymorphismNevoid basal cell carcinoma syndromeSuppressorAllelic lossInactivationMutations
1995
Intragenic Domains of Strand-specific Repair inEscherichia coli
Kunala S, Brash D. Intragenic Domains of Strand-specific Repair inEscherichia coli. Journal Of Molecular Biology 1995, 246: 264-272. PMID: 7869378, DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.0082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription-repair coupling factorTranscription start siteStart siteEscherichia coli genesUV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimersStrand-specific repairMfd mutationExcision repair mechanismChromatin domainsIntragenic domainsGenomic organizationMfd geneColi geneCyclobutane pyrimidine dimersLacZ transcriptionDNA repairInEscherichia coliDownstream domainIndividual nucleotidesRepair mechanismsGenesTranscriptionRepair systemDNA strandsInduced levels