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Overview

David Tannahill is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with a significant emphasis on Molecular Biology. Additional subfields of study include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics including:

  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

David Tannahill has co-authored publications frequently with several researchers. Key co-authors include:

  • Shankar Balasubramanian
  • Angela Simeone
  • Larry Melidis
  • Katherine G. Zyner
  • Sergio Martínez Cuesta

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of topics in molecular biology and genomics. Selected recent publications are:

  • The regulation and functions of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes, 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • G-quadruplexes are transcription factor binding hubs in human chromatin, 2021, Genome Biology
  • Landscape of G-quadruplex DNA structural regions in breast cancer, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Promoter G-quadruplex folding precedes transcription and is controlled by chromatin, 2021, Genome Biology
  • G-quadruplex DNA structures in human stem cells and differentiation, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent publication venues for David Tannahill include:

  • Genome Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Nature Genetics

Best Publications

  • Quantitative visualization of DNA G-quadruplex structures in human cells

    Giulia Biffi;David Tannahill;John McCafferty;Shankar Balasubramanian

  • The regulation and functions of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes.

    Dhaval Varshney;Jochen Spiegel;Katherine Zyner;David Tannahill

  • G-quadruplex structures mark human regulatory chromatin

    Robert Hänsel-Hertsch;Dario Beraldi;Stefanie V Lensing;Giovanni Marsico

  • Visualization and selective chemical targeting of RNA G-quadruplex structures in the cytoplasm of human cells

    Giulia Biffi;Marco Di Antonio;David Tannahill;Shankar Balasubramanian

  • G-quadruplex structures are stable and detectable in human genomic DNA

    Enid Yi Ni Lam;Dario Beraldi;David Tannahill;Shankar Balasubramanian

  • Genome-wide Generation and Systematic Phenotyping of Knockout Mice Reveals New Roles for Many Genes

    Jacqueline K White;Anna-Karin Gerdin;Natasha A Karp;Ed Ryder

  • Expression of a novel FGF in the Xenopus embryo. A new candidate inducing factor for mesoderm formation and anteroposterior specification.

    H. V. Isaacs;D. Tannahill;J. M. W. Slack

  • Gata2, Fli1, and Scl form a recursively wired gene-regulatory circuit during early hematopoietic development

    John E. Pimanda;Katrin Ottersbach;Kathy Knezevic;Sarah Kinston

  • Mechanism of anteroposterior axis specification in vertebrates Lessons from the amphibians

    J. M. W. Slack;D. Tannahill

  • Mutations of the catalytic subunit of RAB3GAP cause Warburg Micro syndrome

    Irene A Aligianis;Colin A Johnson;Paul Gissen;Dongrong Chen

  • Genome-wide mapping of endogenous G-quadruplex DNA structures by chromatin immunoprecipitation and high-throughput sequencing.

    Robert Hänsel-Hertsch;Jochen Spiegel;Giovanni Marsico;David Tannahill

  • DNA G-quadruplex structures mold the DNA methylome.

    Shi-Qing Mao;Avazeh T. Ghanbarian;Jochen Spiegel;Sergio Martínez Cuesta

  • Mutations in SLC29A3, Encoding an Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter ENT3, Cause a Familial Histiocytosis Syndrome (Faisalabad Histiocytosis) and Familial Rosai-Dorfman Disease

    Neil V. Morgan;Mark R. Morris;Hakan Cangul;Hakan Cangul;Diane Gleeson

  • Elevated levels of G-quadruplex formation in human stomach and liver cancer tissues.

    Giulia Biffi;David Tannahill;Jodi Miller;William J. Howat

  • G-quadruplexes are transcription factor binding hubs in human chromatin.

    Jochen Spiegel;Sergio Martínez Cuesta;Sergio Martínez Cuesta;Santosh Adhikari;Robert Hänsel-Hertsch

  • Localized synthesis of the Vg1 protein during early Xenopus development

    D. Tannahill;D.A. Melton

  • Developmental expression of the Xenopus int-2 (FGF-3) gene: activation by mesodermal and neural induction

    D. Tannahill;H. V. Isaacs;M. J. Close;G. Peters

  • G-quadruplex DNA as a molecular target for induced synthetic lethality in cancer cells

    Keith I. E. McLuckie;Marco Di Antonio;Heather Zecchini;Jian Xian

  • An intramolecular G-quadruplex structure is required for binding of telomeric repeat-containing RNA to the telomeric protein TRF2

    Giulia Biffi;David Tannahill;Shankar Balasubramanian

  • The SCL transcriptional network and BMP signaling pathway interact to regulate RUNX1 activity

    John E. Pimanda;Ian J. Donaldson;Marella F T R De Bruijn;Sarah Kinston

Frequent Co-Authors

Shankar Balasubramanian
Shankar Balasubramanian University of Cambridge
Roger J. Keynes
Roger J. Keynes University of Cambridge
Berthold Göttgens
Berthold Göttgens University of Cambridge
Neil V. Morgan
Neil V. Morgan University of Birmingham
Anthony R. Green
Anthony R. Green University of Cambridge
Eamonn R. Maher
Eamonn R. Maher University of Cambridge
Allan Bradley
Allan Bradley University of Cambridge
Jonathan M.W. Slack
Jonathan M.W. Slack University of Minnesota
Richard C. Trembath
Richard C. Trembath King's College London
David J. Adams
David J. Adams Wellcome Sanger Institute

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