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R. Daniel Camerini-Otero

R. Daniel Camerini-Otero

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Genetics

D-Index
69
Citations
16560
World Ranking
2353
National Ranking
1060

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

R. Daniel Camerini-Otero is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Plant Science.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics including DNA Repair Mechanisms, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Frequent publication venues for Camerini-Otero include Genes & Development, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Cell, and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

Their recent publications include:

  • Ensuring meiotic DNA break formation in the mouse pseudoautosomal region, 2020, Nature
  • Meiotic recombination mirrors patterns of germline replication in mice and humans, 2021, Cell
  • Cataloging Human PRDM9 Allelic Variation Using Long-Read Sequencing Reveals PRDM9 Population Specificity and Two Distinct Groupings of Related Alleles, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Rat PRDM9 shapes recombination landscapes, duration of meiosis, gametogenesis, and age of fertility, 2021, BMC Biology
  • Epigenetic Dysregulation of Mammalian Male Meiosis Caused by Interference of Recombination and Synapsis, 2021, Cells

Camerini-Otero has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably Kevin Brick, Florencia Pratto, Kwan-Wood Gabriel Lam, Gang Cheng, and Jeffrey M. Cloutier, indicating a consistent engagement with a close network of researchers within their field.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Genomic instability in mice lacking histone H2AX.

    Arkady Celeste;Simone Petersen;Peter J. Romanienko;Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo

  • The mouse Spo11 gene is required for meiotic chromosome synapsis.

    Peter J Romanienko;R.Daniel Camerini-Otero

  • DNA damage-induced G2-M checkpoint activation by histone H2AX and 53BP1.

    Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo;Hua Tang Chen;Arkady Celeste;Irene Ward

  • H2AX Is Required for Chromatin Remodeling and Inactivation of Sex Chromosomes in Male Mouse Meiosis

    Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo;Shantha K. Mahadevaiah;Arkady Celeste;Peter J. Romanienko

  • Genetic recombination is directed away from functional genomic elements in mice

    Kevin Brick;Fatima Smagulova;Pavel Khil;R. Daniel Camerini-Otero

  • The organization of histones and DNA in chromatin: Evidence for an arginine-rich histone kernel

    Rafael D. Camerini-Otero;Barbara Sollner-Webb;Gary Felsenfeld

  • Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals Novel Molecular Features of Mouse Recombination Hotspots

    Fatima Smagulova;Ivan V. Gregoretti;Kevin Brick;Pavel Khil

  • The mouse X chromosome is enriched for sex-biased genes not subject to selection by meiotic sex chromosome inactivation.

    Pavel P Khil;Natalya A Smirnova;Peter J Romanienko;Peter J Romanienko;R Daniel Camerini-Otero

  • Recombination initiation maps of individual human genomes

    Florencia Pratto;Kevin Brick;Pavel Khil;Fatima Smagulova

  • Over 1000 genes are involved in the DNA damage response of Escherichia coli.

    Pavel P. Khil;R. Daniel Camerini-Otero

  • Role of Nbs1 in the activation of the Atm kinase revealed in humanized mouse models

    Simone Difilippantonio;Arkady Celeste;Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo;Hua-Tang Chen

  • Mediation of CTCF transcriptional insulation by DEAD-box RNA-binding protein p68 and steroid receptor RNA activator SRA

    Hongjie Yao;Kevin Brick;Yvonne Evrard;Tiaojiang Xiao

  • Selective cleavage of human DNA: RecA-assisted restriction endonuclease (RARE) cleavage.

    Lance J. Ferrin;R. Daniel Camerini-Otero

  • Structure and expression of a mouse major histocompatibility antigen gene, H-2Ld

    G A Evans;D H Margulies;R D Camerini-Otero;K Ozato

  • Re-engineering the zinc fingers of PRDM9 reverses hybrid sterility in mice

    Benjamin Davies;Edouard Hatton;Nicolas Altemose;Nicolas Altemose;Julie G. Hussin

  • The Hop2 protein has a direct role in promoting interhomolog interactions during mouse meiosis

    Galina V. Petukhova;Peter J. Romanienko;R.Daniel Camerini-Otero

  • Chromatin structure as probed by nucleases and proteases: Evidence for the central role of hitones H3 and H4

    Barbara Sollner-Webb;Rafael D. Camerini-Otero;Gary Felsenfeld

  • Homologous DNA Pairing Promoted by a 20-Amino Acid Peptide Derived from RecA

    Oleg N. Voloshin;Lijiang Wang;R. Daniel Camerini-Otero

  • The Hop2 and Mnd1 proteins act in concert with Rad51 and Dmc1 in meiotic recombination

    Galina V. Petukhova;Roberto J. Pezza;Filip Vanevski;Mickael Ploquin

  • SPO11 is required for sex-body formation, and Spo11 heterozygosity rescues the prophase arrest of Atm-/- spermatocytes

    Marina A. Bellani;Peter J. Romanienko;Damian A. Cairatti;R. Daniel Camerini-Otero

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander V. Mazin
Alexander V. Mazin Drexel University
André Nussenzweig
André Nussenzweig National Institutes of Health
Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo
Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
Gary L. Gilliland
Gary L. Gilliland National Institute of Standards and Technology
Scott Keeney
Scott Keeney Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Gary Felsenfeld
Gary Felsenfeld National Institutes of Health
William M. Bonner
William M. Bonner National Institutes of Health
Katia Manova
Katia Manova Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michel C. Nussenzweig
Michel C. Nussenzweig Rockefeller University
Peter Donnelly
Peter Donnelly University of Oxford

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