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Igor Vorechovsky is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, with a specialization in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist has contributed to the knowledge of RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, and the relationship between RNA modifications and cancer. Additional research topics include RNA interference and gene delivery, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, DNA repair mechanisms, and molecular biology techniques and applications.

Vorechovsky's recent publications cover a range of topics related to RNA biology and molecular genetics. Selected recent papers include:

  • Restriction of an intron size en route to endothermy, 2021, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • Transposon clusters as substrates for aberrant splice-site activation, 2020, RNA Biology
  • Cancer-Associated Substitutions in RNA Recognition Motifs of PUF60 and U2AF65 Reveal Residues Required for Correct Folding and 3' Splice-Site Selection, 2020, Cancers
  • Alu RNA fold links splicing with signal recognition particle proteins, 2023, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Exonic splicing code and protein binding sites for calcium, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jana Královičová
  • Ivana Borovská
  • Reuben J. Pengelly
  • Martin Chivers
  • Dara Bakhtiar

Vorechovsky's publications have appeared in specialized journals such as:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • RNA Biology
  • Cancers
  • Metallomics
  • Journal of Human Genetics

The scientist's body of work encompasses 35 publications in molecular biology, with major emphases on:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA research and splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA interference and gene delivery
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • DNA repair mechanisms
  • Molecular biology techniques and applications

Best Publications

  • Mutations of the Human Homolog of Drosophila patched in the Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome

    Heidi Hahn;Carol Wicking;Peter G Zaphiropoulos;Mae R Gailani

  • Colocalization of X-linked agammaglobulinemia and X-linked immunodeficiency genes

    J. D. Thomas;P. Sideras;C. I. E. Smith;I. Vorechovsky

  • Low frequency of alterations of the α (PPP2R1A) and β (PPP2R1B) isoforms of the subunit A of the serine-threonine phosphatase 2A in human neoplasms

    George A. Calin;Maria Grazia Di Iasio;Elisabetta Caprini;Igor Vorechovsky

  • The FHIT Gene at 3p14.2 Is Abnormal in Breast Carcinomas

    Massimo Negrini;Carmen Monaco;Igor Vorechovsky;Masataka Ohta

  • A mammalian patched homolog is expressed in target tissues of sonic hedgehog and maps to a region associated with developmental abnormalities

    Heidi Hahn;Jeffrey Christiansen;Carol Wicking;Peter G. Zaphiropoulos

  • Mutations in the Human Homologue of Drosophila patched (PTCH) in Basal Cell Carcinomas and the Gorlin Syndrome: Different in Vivo Mechanisms of PTCH Inactivation'

    A B Unden;E Holmberg;B Lundh-Rozell;M Stähle-Bäckdahl

  • Coding haplotype analysis supports HCR as the putative susceptibility gene for psoriasis at the MHC PSORS1 locus

    Kati Asumalahti;Colin Veal;Tarja Laitinen;Sari Suomela

  • Transposable elements in disease-associated cryptic exons

    Igor Vorechovsky

  • Prediction of single-nucleotide substitutions that result in exon skipping: identification of a splicing silencer in BRCA1 exon 6.

    Michela Raponi;Jana Kralovicova;Ellen Copson;Petr Divina

  • Fine-Scale Mapping at IGAD1 and Genome-Wide Genetic Linkage Analysis Implicate HLA-DQ/DR as a Major Susceptibility Locus in Selective IgA Deficiency and Common Variable Immunodeficiency

    Jana Kralovicova;Lennart Hammarström;Alessandro Plebani;A. David B. Webster

  • CDH1 mutations are present in both ductal and lobular breast cancer, but promoter allelic variants show no detectable breast cancer risk.

    Haixin Lei;Sara Sjöberg-Margolin;Sima Salahshor;Barbro Werelius

  • Ab initio prediction of mutation-induced cryptic splice-site activation and exon skipping

    Petr Divina;Andrea Kvitkovicova;Emanuele Buratti;Igor Vorechovsky

  • DNA-based mutation analysis of Bruton's tyrosine kinase gene in patients with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia

    Igor VoŘechovský;Mauno Vihinen;Geneviève de Saint Basile;Stanislava Honsová

  • Branch site haplotypes that control alternative splicing

    Jana Kralovicova;Sophie Houngninou-Molango;Angela Krämer;Igor Vorechovsky

  • Deletion and reduced expression of the Fanconi anemia FANCA gene in sporadic acute myeloid leukemia

    Marc Tischkowitz;N Morgan;David Grimwade;David Grimwade;C Eddy

  • Structural basis for chromosome X-linked agammaglobulinemia: a tyrosine kinase disease

    M Vihinen;D Vetrie;H S Maniar;H D Ochs

  • Natural history of genetically proven autosomal recessive Alport syndrome.

    Masafumi Oka;Kandai Nozu;Hiroshi Kaito;Xue Jun Fu

  • UV mutation signature in tumor suppressor genes involved in skin carcinogenesis in xeroderma pigmentosum patients.

    Mariarosaria D'Errico;Angelo Calcagnile;Flora Canzona;Biagio Didona

  • DBASS3 and DBASS5: databases of aberrant 3′- and 5′-splice sites

    Emanuele Buratti;Martin Chivers;Gyulin Hwang;Igor Vorechovsky

  • BTKASE, MUTATION DATABASE OF X-LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA (XLA)

    M. Vihinen;B. H. Belohradsky;R. N. Haire;E. Holinski-Feder

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas C.P. Cross
Nicholas C.P. Cross University of Southampton
Rune Toftgård
Rune Toftgård Karolinska Institute
Massimo Negrini
Massimo Negrini University of Ferrara
Allen E. Bale
Allen E. Bale Yale University
Shirley V. Hodgson
Shirley V. Hodgson St George's, University of London
Brandon J. Wainwright
Brandon J. Wainwright University of Queensland
Carol Wicking
Carol Wicking University of Queensland
Neil V. Morgan
Neil V. Morgan University of Birmingham
Carlo M. Croce
Carlo M. Croce The Ohio State University
Michael Dean
Michael Dean National Institutes of Health

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