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National Ranking
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Overview

Manuel O. Diaz is affiliated with Loyola University Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focused subfield in Molecular Biology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Recent publications by Manuel O. Diaz include the following papers:

  • "RNA binding induces an allosteric switch in Cyp33 to repress MLL1-mediated transcription" (2023), published in Science Advances
  • "New twists of a TAIL: novel insights into the histone binding properties of a highly conserved PHD finger cluster within the MLR family of H3K4 mono-methyltransferases" (2023), published in Nucleic Acids Research

The frequent co-authors of Manuel O. Diaz are:

  • Markus Blatter
  • Charlotte Meylan
  • Antoine Cléry
  • Roberto Giambruno
  • Yaroslav Nikolaev

The scholar's publications have appeared primarily in the following venues:

  • Science Advances
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Best Publications

  • Homozygous deletion of the alpha- and beta 1-interferon genes in human leukemia and derived cell lines

    M O Diaz;S Ziemin;M M Le Beau;P Pitha

  • Identification of a human gene (HCK) that encodes a protein-tyrosine kinase and is expressed in hemopoietic cells.

    N Quintrell;R Lebo;H Varmus;J M Bishop

  • The human met oncogene is related to the tyrosine kinase oncogenes

    Michael Dean;Morag Park;Michelle M. Le Beau;Terry S. Robins

  • Evidence for the involvement of GM-CSF and FMS in the deletion (5q) in myeloid disorders.

    MM Le Beau;CA Westbrook;MO Diaz;RA Larson

  • Deletions of interferon genes in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Diaz Mo;Rubin Cm;Harden A;Ziemin S

  • A method for the rapid sequence-independent amplification of microdissected chromosomal material.

    Stefan K. Bohlander;Rafael Espinosa;Michelle M. Le Beau;Janet D. Rowley

  • Molecular Analysis of Deletions of the Short Arm of Chromosome 9 in Human Gliomas

    Olufunmilayo I. Olopade;Robert B. Jenkins;David T. Ransom;Kathleen Malik

  • MLL repression domain interacts with histone deacetylases, the polycomb group proteins HPC2 and BMI-1, and the corepressor C-terminal-binding protein.

    Zhen-Biao Xia;Melanie Anderson;Manuel O. Diaz;Nancy J. Zeleznik-Le

  • Apoptosis in Proliferating, Senescent, and Immortalized Keratinocytes

    Vijaya Chaturvedi;Jian-Zhong Qin;Mitchell F. Denning;Divaker Choubey

  • Structure of the Human Type-I Interferon Gene Cluster Determined from a YAC Clone Contig

    Manuel O. Dı́az;Helen M. Pomykala;Stefan K. Bohlander;Emin Maltepe

  • Protein Interactions of the MLL PHD Fingers Modulate MLL Target Gene Regulation in Human Cells

    Keri Fair;Melanie Anderson;Elena Bulanova;Huaifeng Mi

  • Assignment of CSF-1 to 5q33.1: evidence for clustering of genes regulating hematopoiesis and for their involvement in the deletion of the long arm of chromosome 5 in myeloid disorders

    M J Pettenati;M M Le Beau;R S Lemons;E A Shima

  • Id-1 delays senescence but does not immortalize keratinocytes.

    Brian J. Nickoloff;Vijaya Chaturvedi;Patricia Bacon;Jian-Zhong Qin

  • Correlation of cytogenetic analysis and loss of heterozygosity studies in human diffuse astrocytomas and mixed oligo-astrocytomas.

    David T. Ransom;Steven R. Ritland;Cheryl A. Moertel;Richard J. Dahl

  • TAK1 is required for the survival of hematopoietic cells and hepatocytes in mice

    Minghui Tang;Xudong Wei;Yinshi Guo;Peter Breslin

  • Gene encoding the alpha chain of the T-cell receptor is moved immediately downstream of c-myc in a chromosomal 8;14 translocation in a cell line from a human T-cell leukemia

    E A Shima;M M Le Beau;T W McKeithan;J Minowada

  • Cloning of the chromosome translocation breakpoint junction of the t(14;19) in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

    Timothy W. McKeithan;Janet D. Rowley;Thomas B. Shows;Manuel O. Diaz

  • Cloning of cDNAs of the MLL gene that detect DNA rearrangements and altered RNA transcripts in human leukemic cells with 11q23 translocations.

    N R McCabe;R C Burnett;H J Gill;M J Thirman

  • Role of NF-κB in the Apoptotic-resistant Phenotype of Keratinocytes

    Jian-Zhong Qin;Vijaya Chaturvedi;Mitchell F. Denning;Divaker Choubey

  • Apoptotic Triggers Initiate Translocations within the MLL Gene Involving the Nonhomologous End Joining Repair System

    Christopher J. Betti;Michael J. Villalobos;Manuel O. Diaz;Andrew T. M. Vaughan

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet D. Rowley
Janet D. Rowley University of Chicago
Brian J. Nickoloff
Brian J. Nickoloff Loyola University Chicago
Timothy W. McKeithan
Timothy W. McKeithan City Of Hope National Medical Center
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Divaker Choubey
Divaker Choubey University of Cincinnati
Manolis Kogevinas
Manolis Kogevinas Pompeu Fabra University
Richard A. Larson
Richard A. Larson University of Chicago
Montserrat Garcia-Closas
Montserrat Garcia-Closas National Institutes of Health
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade University of Chicago
Harry A. Drabkin
Harry A. Drabkin Medical University of South Carolina

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