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Overview

Martin S. Taylor is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant number of publications addressing various subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Plant Science.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Taylor's frequent coauthors include:

  • Colin A. Semple
  • Lana Talmane
  • Juliet Luft
  • Núria López-Bigas
  • Sarah J. Aitken

Their work has been published repeatedly in several venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Research
  • Nature
  • Nature Genetics
  • Cell Systems

Recent publications by Martin S. Taylor include:

  • "Functional annotation of human long noncoding RNAs via molecular phenotyping", 2020, Genome Research
  • "Codon Usage and Splicing Jointly Influence mRNA Localization", 2020, Cell Systems
  • "Signatures of TOP1 transcription-associated mutagenesis in cancer and germline", 2022, Nature
  • "Cell-free DNA captures tumor heterogeneity and driver alterations in rapid autopsies with pre-treated metastatic cancer", 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Pervasive lesion segregation shapes cancer genome evolution", 2020, Nature

Taylor's research covers a range of scientific questions related to molecular phenotyping, mutagenesis associated with transcription, mRNA localization, tumor heterogeneity, and cancer genome evolution. Their contributions span experimental and computational methodologies related to RNA function, DNA repair, and cancer diagnostics.

Best Publications

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs

    Y. Okazaki;M. Furuno;T. Kasukawa;J. Adachi

  • A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

    Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

  • Genome-wide analysis of mammalian promoter architecture and evolution

    Piero Carninci;Albin Sandelin;Boris Lenhard;Boris Lenhard;Shintaro Katayama

  • Disruption of two novel genes by a translocation co-segregating with schizophrenia

    J. Kirsty Millar;Julie C. Wilson-Annan;Susan Anderson;Sheila Christie

  • Genome-wide genetic association of complex traits in heterogeneous stock mice

    William Valdar;Leah C Solberg;Leah C Solberg;Dominique Gauguier;Stephanie Burnett

  • Enzymatic removal of ribonucleotides from DNA is essential for Mammalian genome integrity and development

    Martin A.M. Reijns;Björn Rabe;Rachel E. Rigby;Pleasantine Mill

  • The transcriptional network that controls growth arrest and differentiation in a human myeloid leukemia cell line

    Harukazu Suzuki;Alistair R.R. Forrest;Erik Van Nimwegen;Carsten O. Daub

  • In vivo genome editing and organoid transplantation models of colorectal cancer and metastasis

    Jatin Roper;Jatin Roper;Tuomas Tammela;Naniye Malli Cetinbas;Adam Akkad

  • Conservation and divergence in Toll-like receptor 4-regulated gene expression in primary human versus mouse macrophages

    Kate Schroder;Katharine M Irvine;Martin S Taylor;Nilesh J Bokil

  • A High-Resolution Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genetic Map of the Mouse Genome

    Sagiv Shifman;Jordana Tzenova Bell;Richard R Copley;Martin S Taylor

  • Long interspersed element-1 protein expression is a hallmark of many human cancers

    Nemanja Rodić;Reema Sharma;Rajni Sharma;John Zampella

  • Glucose and Weight Control in Mice with a Designed Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase Inhibitor

    Brad P. Barnett;Yousang Hwang;Martin S. Taylor;Henriette Kirchner

  • CEP152 is a genome maintenance protein disrupted in Seckel syndrome

    Ersan Kalay;Gökhan Yigit;Yakup Aslan;Karen E Brown

  • Lagging-strand replication shapes the mutational landscape of the genome

    Martin A. M. Reijns;Harriet Kemp;James Ding;Sophie Marion de Procé

  • Variant detection sensitivity and biases in whole genome and exome sequencing

    Alison M Meynert;Morad Ansari;David R FitzPatrick;Martin S Taylor

  • Affinity proteomics reveals human host factors implicated in discrete stages of LINE-1 retrotransposition.

    Martin S. Taylor;John LaCava;Paolo Mita;Kelly R. Molloy

  • Characterization and comparative analysis of the EGLN gene family.

    Martin S Taylor

  • Clinicopathologic Features of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Harboring an NTRK Gene Fusion.

    Anna F. Farago;Martin S. Taylor;Robert C. Doebele;Viola W. Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Vikram Deshpande
Vikram Deshpande Harvard University
Colin A. Semple
Colin A. Semple University of Edinburgh
Jef D. Boeke
Jef D. Boeke New York University
Kathleen H. Burns
Kathleen H. Burns Harvard University
Cristina R. Ferrone
Cristina R. Ferrone Harvard University
Boris Lenhard
Boris Lenhard Imperial College London
Alistair R. R. Forrest
Alistair R. R. Forrest Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

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