2016
TRF2-RAP1 is required to protect telomeres from engaging in homologous recombination-mediated deletions and fusions
Rai R, Chen Y, Lei M, Chang S. TRF2-RAP1 is required to protect telomeres from engaging in homologous recombination-mediated deletions and fusions. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 10881. PMID: 26941064, PMCID: PMC4785230, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRepressor/activator protein 1Telomere length controlTranscriptional gene regulationRepair of telomeresTelomere end protectionNon-homologous endActivator protein-1Myb domainChromosome fusionsYeast Rap1Gene regulationHDR pathwayEnd protectionBasic domainTelomere lossTelomeresHuman cellsHR factorsProtein 1Length controlPARP1Free fusionInappropriate processingTRF2Important role
2008
Differential regulation of centrosome integrity by DNA damage response proteins
Rai R, Phadnis A, Haralkar S, Badwe RA, Dai H, Li K, Lin SY. Differential regulation of centrosome integrity by DNA damage response proteins. Cell Cycle 2008, 7: 2225-2233. PMID: 18635967, PMCID: PMC2557875, DOI: 10.4161/cc.7.14.6303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAurora KinasesBreast NeoplasmsCell Cycle ProteinsCell Line, TumorCentrosomeCytokinesisCytoskeletal ProteinsDisease ProgressionDNA DamageFemaleHumansMitosisModels, BiologicalNerve Tissue ProteinsNuclear ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein TransportProto-Oncogene ProteinsSpindle ApparatusTrans-ActivatorsConceptsCentrosome integritySpindle assemblyCentrosome duplicationDNA damage response proteinsProper centrosome duplicationDamage response proteinsMitotic spindle assemblySpindle checkpoint activationTumor suppressor geneDefective mitosisChromosome missegregationCentrosomal kinaseDefective cytokinesisCheckpoint activationCentrosome maturationNovel functionResponse proteinsBRIT1MDC1Key regulatorNegative regulatorAurora ACentrosome overduplicationDifferential regulationDNA damage