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62
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22184
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research Prize

Overview

Gilbert de Murcia is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering, with particular attention to molecular biology and materials mechanics as subfields of study.

Their scholarly output includes a publication focused on DNA repair processes:

  • Quantitation of intracellular NAD(P)H can monitor an imbalance of DNA single strand break repair in base excision repair deficient cells in real time (2020, UNC Libraries)

Research interests are demonstrated by topics covered, which include:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Muon and positron interactions and applications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gilbert de Murcia include:

  • Jun Nakamura
  • A. Shoji
  • Susan D. Hester
  • Keith W. Caldecott
  • James A. Swenberg

Their publication venues show a focused presence in the UNC Libraries. The research contributions span key areas reflecting interdisciplinary approaches in biochemical pathways related to DNA repair as well as engineering-related materials mechanics.

Best Publications

  • Poly(ADP-ribose): novel functions for an old molecule.

    Valérie Schreiber;Françoise Dantzer;Jean-Christophe Ame;Gilbert de Murcia

  • The PARP superfamily.

    Jean-Christophe Amé;Catherine Spenlehauer;Gilbert de Murcia

  • Requirement of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase in recovery from DNA damage in mice and in cells

    Josiane Ménissier de Murcia;Claude Niedergang;Carlotta Trucco;Michèle Ricoul

  • XRCC1 Is Specifically Associated with Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase and Negatively Regulates Its Activity following DNA Damage

    Murielle Masson;Claude Niedergang;Valérie Schreiber;Sylviane Muller

  • POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE : A MOLECULAR NICK-SENSOR

    Gilbert de Murcia;Josiane Ménissier de Murcia

  • PARP-2, A Novel Mammalian DNA Damage-dependent Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase

    Jean-Christophe Amé;Véronique Rolli;Valérie Schreiber;Claude Niedergang

  • Importance of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase and Its Cleavage in Apoptosis LESSON FROM AN UNCLEAVABLE MUTANT

    F. Javier Oliver;Guadalupe de la Rubia;Véronique Rolli;M. Carmen Ruiz-Ruiz

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-2 (PARP-2) Is Required for Efficient Base Excision DNA Repair in Association with PARP-1 and XRCC1

    Valérie Schreiber;Jean-Christophe Amé;Pascal Dollé;Inès Schultz

  • Resistance to endotoxic shock as a consequence of defective NF‐κB activation in poly (ADP‐ribose) polymerase‐1 deficient mice

    F.Javier Oliver;F.Javier Oliver;Josiane Ménissier‐de Murcia;Carmela Nacci;Patrice Decker

  • Functional interaction between PARP-1 and PARP-2 in chromosome stability and embryonic development in mouse

    Josiane Ménissier de Murcia;Michelle Ricoul;Laurence Tartier;Claude Niedergang

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1: what have we learned from the deficient mouse model?

    Sydney Shall;Gilbert de Murcia

  • DNA repair defect in poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-deficient cell lines

    Carlotta Trucco;F. Javier Oliver;Gilbert de Murcia;Josiane Ménissier-de Murcia

  • Role of XRCC1 in the Coordination and Stimulation of Oxidative DNA Damage Repair Initiated by the DNA Glycosylase hOGG1

    Stéphanie Marsin;Antonio E. Vidal;Marguerite Sossou;Josiane Ménissier-de Murcia

  • Parp-1 protects homologous recombination from interference by Ku and Ligase IV in vertebrate cells.

    Helfrid Hochegger;Donniphat Dejsuphong;Toru Fukushima;Ciaran Morrison

  • PARP-1 Determines Specificity in a Retinoid Signaling Pathway via Direct Modulation of Mediator

    Rushad Pavri;Brian Lewis;Tae Kyung Kim;F. Jeffrey Dilworth

  • PARP-1, PARP-2 and ATM in the DNA damage response: functional synergy in mouse development

    Aline Huber;Peter Bai;Josiane Ménissier de Murcia;Gilbert de Murcia

  • PARP-1 is involved in autophagy induced by DNA damage.

    José Antonio Muñoz-Gámez;José Manuel Rodríguez-Vargas;Rosa Quiles-Pérez;Rocío Aguilar-Quesada

  • Zinc-binding domain of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase participates in the recognition of single strand breaks on DNA.

    Josiane Ménissier-de Murcia;Miguel Molinete;Gérard Gradwohl;Frédéric Simonin

  • Control of AIF-mediated cell death by the functional interplay of SIRT1 and PARP-1 in response to DNA damage.

    Ullas Kolthur-Seetharam;Françoise Dantzer;Michael W. McBurney;Gilbert de Murcia

  • PARP-1 and PARP-2 interact with nucleophosmin/B23 and accumulate in transcriptionally active nucleoli.

    Véronique S. Meder;Marcel Boeglin;Gilbert de Murcia;Valérie Schreiber

Frequent Co-Authors

Josiane Ménissier-de Murcia
Josiane Ménissier-de Murcia École Normale Supérieure
Valérie Schreiber
Valérie Schreiber Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Françoise Dantzer
Françoise Dantzer University of Strasbourg
Sylviane Muller
Sylviane Muller University of Strasbourg
Pierre Chambon
Pierre Chambon Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Marianne LeMeur
Marianne LeMeur Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Paolo Sassone-Corsi
Paolo Sassone-Corsi University of California, Irvine
Bernard Dutrillaux
Bernard Dutrillaux Sorbonne University
Manuel Mark
Manuel Mark Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Maria A. Blasco
Maria A. Blasco Spanish National Cancer Research Centre

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