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Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

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Founded in 1993, the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology is a dynamic and successful center of higher education with an international reputation for high quality teaching and research.

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  • El-Maarri O, Kareta MS, Mikeska T, Becker T, Diaz-Lacava A, Junen J, Nüsgen N, Behne F, Wienker T, Waha A, Oldenburg J, Chédin F. (2009) A systematic search for DNA methyltransferase polymorphisms reveals a rare DNMT3L variant associated with subtelomeric hypomethylation. Human Molecular Genetics 18, 1755-1768
  • Ahlstrom JD, Erickson CA. (2009) The neural crest epithelial-mesenchymal transition in 4D: a "tail" of multiple non-obligatory cellular mechanisms. Development 136, 1801-1812
  • Lackner LL, Horner JS, Nunnari J. (2009) Mechanistic analysis of a dynamin effector. Science 325, 874-877
  • Lavan LM, Van Dyk JS, Chan H, Doi RH, Pletschke BI. (2009) Effect of physical conditions and chemicals on the binding of a mini-CbpA from Clostridium cellulovorans to a semi-crystalline cellulose ligand. Lett Appl Microbiol 48, 419-425
  • Ito J, Kosugi A, Tanaka T, Kuroda K, Shibasaki S, Ogino C, Ueda M, Fukuda H, Doi RH, Kondo A. (2009) Regulation of the display ratio of enzymes on the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell surface by the immunoglobulin G and cellulosomal enzyme binding domains. Appl Environ Microbiol 75, 4149-4154
  • McGee MD, Stagljar I, Starr DA.. (2009) KDP-1 is a nuclear envelope KASH protein required for cell-cycle progression for cell-cycle progression. J Cell Sci 122, 2895-2905
  • Meyerzon M, Fridolfsson HN, Ly N, McNally FJ, Starr DA. (2009) UNC-83 is a nuclear-specific cargo adaptor for kinesin-1-mediated nuclear migration. Development 136, 2725-2733
  • Harrington JM, Chou HT, Gutsmann T, Gelhaus C, Stahlberg H, Leippe M, Armstrong PB. (2008) Membrane pore formation by pentraxin proteins from Limulus, the American horseshoe crab. Biochem J 413, 305-313