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70
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1405
National Ranking
714

Overview

John H.J. Petrini is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on molecular biology, immunology, oncology, genetics, and cancer research.

The principal topics of their work include:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Interferon and Immune Responses
  • RNA Regulation and Disease
  • BRCA Gene Mutations in Cancer
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

Their frequently cited papers include:

  • "Tumour predisposition and cancer syndromes as models to study gene-environment interactions" (2020) published in Nature Reviews. Cancer
  • "RTEL1 suppresses G-quadruplex-associated R-loops at difficult-to-replicate loci in the human genome" (2020) published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • "RTEL1 influences the abundance and localization of TERRA RNA" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "ISG15 conjugation to proteins on nascent DNA mitigates DNA replication stress" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "A P53-Independent DNA Damage Response Suppresses Oncogenic Proliferation and Genome Instability" (2020) published in Cell Reports

John H.J. Petrini often publishes in the following venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Reviews. Cancer
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work. Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Marcel Hohl
  • Claudia Canasto-Chibuque
  • Hexiao Wang
  • Fiorella Ghisays
  • Jun Hyun Kim

Best Publications

  • The hMre11/hRad50 protein complex and Nijmegen breakage syndrome: linkage of double-strand break repair to the cellular DNA damage response.

    James P Carney;James P Carney;Richard S Maser;Heidi Olivares;Elizabeth M Davis

  • The DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Gene hMRE11 Is Mutated in Individuals with an Ataxia-Telangiectasia-like Disorder

    Grant S Stewart;Richard S Maser;Tanja Stankovic;Debra A Bressan

  • ATM phosphorylates p95/nbs1 in an S-phase checkpoint pathway

    Dae-Sik Lim;Seong-Tae Kim;Bo Xu;Richard S. Maser

  • The MRE11 complex: starting from the ends

    Travis H. Stracker;John H. J. Petrini

  • Cell-cycle-regulated association of RAD50/MRE11/NBS1 with TRF2 and human telomeres.

    X.-D. Zhu;B. Küster;M. Mann;J. H. J. Petrini

  • The Rad50 zinc-hook is a structure joining Mre11 complexes in DNA recombination and repair

    Karl Peter Hopfner;Lisa Craig;Gabriel Moncalian;Robert A. Zinkel

  • hMre11 and hRad50 nuclear foci are induced during the normal cellular response to DNA double-strand breaks.

    R. S. Maser;K. J. Monsen;B. E. Nelms;J. H. J. Petrini

  • Distribution and Dynamics of Chromatin Modification Induced by a Defined DNA Double-Strand Break

    Robert Shroff;Ayelet Arbel-Eden;Duane Pilch;Grzegorz Ira

  • In Situ Visualization of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair in Human Fibroblasts

    Benjamin E. Nelms;Richard S. Maser;James F. MacKay;Max G. Lagally

  • Loss of ATRX, genome instability, and an altered DNA damage response are hallmarks of the alternative lengthening of telomeres pathway.

    Courtney A. Lovejoy;Wendi Li;Steven Reisenweber;Supawat Thongthip

  • The DNA damage-dependent intra-S phase checkpoint is regulated by parallel pathways.

    Jacob Falck;John H.J. Petrini;Bret R. Williams;Jiri Lukas

  • Disruption of mRad50 causes embryonic stem cell lethality, abnormal embryonic development, and sensitivity to ionizing radiation

    Guangbin Luo;Michelle S. Yao;Carla F. Bender;Michael Mills

  • DNA damage-dependent nuclear dynamics of the Mre11 complex.

    Olga K. Mirzoeva;John H. J. Petrini

  • A DNA damage response pathway controlled by Tel1 and the Mre11 complex.

    Takehiko Usui;Takehiko Usui;Hideyuki Ogawa;Hideyuki Ogawa;John H.J Petrini

  • The telomeric protein TRF2 binds the ATM kinase and can inhibit the ATM-dependent DNA damage response.

    Jan Karlseder;Kristina Hoke;Olga K Mirzoeva;Christopher Bakkenist

  • The cellular response to DNA double-strand breaks: defining the sensors and mediators.

    John H.J Petrini;Travis H Stracker

  • The BRCA1-interacting helicase BRIP1 is deficient in Fanconi anemia.

    Orna Levran;Claire Attwooll;Rashida T Henry;Kelly L Milton

  • The Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 protein complex facilitates homologous recombination-based double-strand break repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Debra A. Bressan;Bonnie K. Baxter;John H. J. Petrini

  • The Mre11 complex and the metabolism of chromosome breaks: the importance of communicating and holding things together.

    Travis H. Stracker;Jan-Willem F. Theunissen;Monica Morales;John H.J. Petrini

  • Human Rad50 is physically associated with human Mre11: identification of a conserved multiprotein complex implicated in recombinational DNA repair.

    G. M. Dolganov;R. S. Maser;A. Novikov;L. Tosto

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry S. Taylor
Barry S. Taylor Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
William F. Morgan
William F. Morgan University of Maryland, Baltimore
Simon N. Powell
Simon N. Powell Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael B. Kastan
Michael B. Kastan Duke University
Peter M. J. Burgers
Peter M. J. Burgers Washington University in St. Louis
Johannes H. Schulte
Johannes H. Schulte Charité - University Medicine Berlin
David Roth
David Roth University of Miami
Simon J. Boulton
Simon J. Boulton The Francis Crick Institute
Titia de Lange
Titia de Lange Rockefeller University
James E. Haber
James E. Haber Brandeis University

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