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Adriaan B. Houtsmuller

Adriaan B. Houtsmuller

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
69
Citations
14469
World Ranking
1486
National Ranking
41

Overview

Adriaan B. Houtsmuller is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a focus on several specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biophysics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of molecular and cellular processes. Key areas of focus include:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

Adriaan B. Houtsmuller has contributed to several recent publications, among them:

  • RNA polymerase II is required for spatial chromatin reorganization following exit from mitosis, 2021, Science Advances
  • A Layered View on Focal Adhesions, 2021, Biology
  • Redundant and specific roles of cohesin STAG subunits in chromatin looping and transcriptional control, 2020, Genome Research
  • Elongation factor ELOF1 drives transcription-coupled repair and prevents genome instability, 2021, Nature Cell Biology
  • Comparison of High- and Low-LET Radiation-Induced DNA Double-Strand Break Processing in Living Cells, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their frequent co-authors include Johan A. Slotman, Wiggert A. van Cappellen, Bart Geverts, Martin E. van Royen, and Tsion E. Abraham.

Publications by Adriaan B. Houtsmuller frequently appear in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Cell Biology, PLoS Genetics, Nucleic Acids Research, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • Targeted Apoptosis of Senescent Cells Restores Tissue Homeostasis in Response to Chemotoxicity and Aging

    Marjolein P. Baar;Renata M.C. Brandt;Diana A. Putavet;Julian D.D. Klein

  • Dynamic assembly of end-joining complexes requires interaction between Ku70/80 and XRCC4

    Pierre-Olivier Mari;Bogdan I. Florea;Stephan P. Persengiev;Nicole S. Verkaik

  • Nuclear dynamics of PCNA in DNA replication and repair.

    Jeroen Essers;Arjan F. Theil;Céline Baldeyron;Wiggert A. van Cappellen

  • Expression of coxsackie adenovirus receptor and alphav-integrin does not correlate with adenovector targeting in vivo indicating anatomical vector barriers.

    H. Fechner;A. Haack;H. Wang;X. Wang

  • Action of DNA repair endonuclease ERCC1/XPF in living cells.

    Adriaan B. Houtsmuller;Suzanne Rademakers;Alex L. Nigg;Deborah Hoogstraten

  • DNA damage triggers nucleotide excision repair-dependent monoubiquitylation of histone H2A

    Steven Bergink;Florian A. Salomons;Deborah Hoogstraten;Tom A.M. Groothuis

  • CLASPs Attach Microtubule Plus Ends to the Cell Cortex through a Complex with LL5β

    Gideon Lansbergen;Ilya Grigoriev;Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue;Toshihisa Ohtsuka

  • Human USP3 is a chromatin modifier required for S phase progression and genome stability

    Francesco Nicassio;Nadia Corrado;Joseph H.A. Vissers;Liliana B. Areces

  • Nuclear dynamics of RAD52 group homologous recombination proteins in response to DNA damage.

    Jeroen Essers;Adriaan B. Houtsmuller;Lieneke van Veelen;Coen Paulusma

  • Heterochromatin protein 1 is recruited to various types of DNA damage

    Martijn S. Luijsterburg;Martijn S. Luijsterburg;Christoffel Dinant;Hannes Lans;Jan Stap

  • Rapid Switching of TFIIH between RNA Polymerase I and II Transcription and DNA Repair In Vivo

    Deborah Hoogstraten;Alex L Nigg;Helen Heath;Leon H.F Mullenders

  • Human Coxsackie-Adenovirus Receptor Is Colocalized With Integrins αvβ3 and αvβ5 on the Cardiomyocyte Sarcolemma and Upregulated in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Implications for Cardiotropic Viral Infections

    Michel Noutsias;Henry Fechner;Henriëtte de Jonge;Xiaomin Wang

  • Macromolecular dynamics in living cell nuclei revealed by fluorescence redistribution after photobleaching.

    Adriaan B. Houtsmuller;Wim Vermeulen

  • Live-cell analysis of endogenous GFP-RPB1 uncovers rapid turnover of initiating and promoter-paused RNA Polymerase II.

    Barbara Steurer;Roel C. Janssens;Bart Geverts;Marit E. Geijer

  • In vitro induction of NETosis: Comprehensive live imaging comparison and systematic review

    Tamara Hoppenbrouwers;Anouchska S. A. Autar;Andi R. Sultan;Tsion E. Abraham

  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group A Protein Loads as a Separate Factor onto DNA Lesions

    Suzanne Rademakers;Marcel Volker;Deborah Hoogstraten;Alex L. Nigg

  • Membrane Targeting of cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase is Required for Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Cl - Channel Activation

    Arie. B. Vaandrager;Albert Smolenski;Ben C. Tilly;Adriaan B. Houtsmuller

  • Activation of multiple DNA repair pathways by sub-nuclear damage induction methods.

    Christoffel Dinant;Martijn de Jager;Jeroen Essers;Wiggert A. van Cappellen

  • Increased calcium oxalate monohydrate crystal binding to injured renal tubular epithelial cells in culture

    Carl F. Verkoelen;Burt G. Van Der Boom;Adriaan B. Houtsmuller;Fritz H. Schröder

  • Compartmentalization of androgen receptor protein–protein interactions in living cells

    Martin E. van Royen;Sónia M. Cunha;Maartje C. Brink;Karin A. Mattern

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Vermeulen
Wim Vermeulen Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers
Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jan Trapman
Jan Trapman Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jeroen Essers
Jeroen Essers Erasmus University Rotterdam
Roel van Driel
Roel van Driel University of Amsterdam
Roland Kanaar
Roland Kanaar Erasmus University Rotterdam
August B. Smit
August B. Smit Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Chris I. De Zeeuw
Chris I. De Zeeuw Erasmus University Rotterdam

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