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Rebecca J. Oakey is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with substantial contributions to medicine as well. Oakey's work encompasses a broad spectrum of main research fields and specialized subfields.

The primary fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these, their subfields of focus are Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Cancer Research.

Key topics covered in Oakey's research output are:

  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Oakey has published extensively in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and Endocrine Abstracts, each accounting for five publications. Other frequent venues include Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology and Nature Communications, both hosting two of Oakey's papers, and PLoS Genetics, also with two publications.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on gene regulation, imprinting, and mitochondrial function. Notable papers include:

  • "Intragenic CpG Islands and Their Impact on Gene Regulation" (2022) published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Intellectual disability-associated factor Zbtb11 cooperates with NRF-2/GABP to control mitochondrial function" (2020) in Nature Communications
  • "Imprinted Gene Expression and Function of the Dopa Decarboxylase Gene in the Developing Heart" (2021) in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Genomic imprinting: An epigenetic regulatory system" (2020) in PLoS Genetics
  • "Transcription of intragenic CpG islands influences spatiotemporal host gene pre-mRNA processing" (2020) in Nucleic Acids Research

Oakey has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Bertille Montibus (10 collaborations), Louise Izatt (7), Reiner Schulz (6), Dimitria Brempou (5), and Cynthia L. Andoniadou (5).

Best Publications

  • Genomic Imprinting in Mammals: Emerging Themes and Established Theories

    Andrew J Wood;Rebecca J Oakey

  • Transposable Elements Re-Wire and Fine-Tune the Transcriptome

    Michael Cowley;Rebecca J. Oakey

  • Localization of DNA sequences required for human centromere function through an analysis of rearranged Y chromosomes.

    Chris Tyler-Smith;Rebecca J. Oakey;Zoia Larin;Richard B. Fisher;Richard B. Fisher

  • G9a histone methyltransferase contributes to imprinting in the mouse placenta.

    Alexandre Wagschal;Heidi G. Sutherland;Kathryn Woodfine;Amandine Henckel

  • Regulation of alternative polyadenylation by genomic imprinting

    Andrew J. Wood;Reiner Schulz;Kathryn Woodfine;Katarzyna Koltowska

  • Y chromosome DNA haplotyping suggests that most European and Asian men are descended from one of two males.

    Rebecca Oakey;Chris Tyler-Smith

  • The Expression of Jagged1 in the Developing Mammalian Heart Correlates With Cardiovascular Disease in Alagille Syndrome

    K M Loomes;L A Underkoffler;J Morabito;S Gottlieb

  • Characterization of Notch receptor expression in the developing mammalian heart and liver

    Kathleen M. Loomes;Darren B. Taichman;Curtis L. Glover;Patrick T. Williams

  • Protection against De Novo Methylation Is Instrumental in Maintaining Parent-of-Origin Methylation Inherited from the Gametes

    Charlotte Proudhon;Rachel Duffié;Sophie Ajjan;Michael Cowley

  • The human TTP protein: sequence, alignment with related proteins, and chromosomal localization of the mouse and human genes

    Gregory A. Taylor;Wi S. Lai;Rebecca J. Oakey;Michael F. Seldin

  • A screen for retrotransposed imprinted genes reveals an association between X chromosome homology and maternal germ-line methylation.

    Andrew J Wood;Roland G Roberts;David Monk;Gudrun E Moore

  • MATERNALLY EXPRESSED PAB C-TERMINAL, a Novel Imprinted Gene in Arabidopsis, Encodes the Conserved C-Terminal Domain of Polyadenylate Binding Proteins

    Sushma Tiwari;Reiner Schulz;Yoko Ikeda;Lindsay Dytham

  • A survey of tissue-specific genomic imprinting in mammals

    Adam R. Prickett;Rebecca J. Oakey

  • Bile duct proliferation in liver-specific Jag1 conditional knockout mice: effects of gene dosage.

    Kathleen M. Loomes;Kathleen M. Loomes;Pierre Russo;Pierre Russo;Matthew Ryan;Matthew Ryan;Anthony Nelson

  • A linkage map of mouse chromosome 1 using an interspecific cross segregating for the gld autoimmunity mutation.

    Mark L. Watson;Peter D'Eustachio;Beverly A. Mock;Alfred D. Steinberg

  • A very large protein with diverse functional motifs is deficient in rjs (runty, jerky, sterile) mice

    Anne L. Lehman;Yoshimichi Nakatsu;Ada Ching;Roderick T. Bronson

  • Facial features in Alagille syndrome: Specific or cholestasis facies?

    Binita M. Kamath;Kathleen M. Loomes;Rebecca J. Oakey;Karan E.M. Emerick

  • Prx1 Controls Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Tenascin-C Expression and Is Upregulated With Prx2 in Pulmonary Vascular Disease

    Frederick S. Jones;Robyn Meech;David B. Edelman;Rebecca J. Oakey

  • Transcriptional profiles underlying parent-of-origin effects in seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Sushma Tiwari;Melissa Spielman;Reiner Schulz;Rebecca J Oakey

  • The role of imprinted genes in humans

    Gudrun E Moore;Rebecca Oakey

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy B. Spinner
Nancy B. Spinner Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Déborah Bourc'his
Déborah Bourc'his Institute Curie
Gudrun E. Moore
Gudrun E. Moore University College London
Ian D. Krantz
Ian D. Krantz Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
H. Scott Baldwin
H. Scott Baldwin Vanderbilt University
Michael F. Seldin
Michael F. Seldin University of California, Davis
robert feil
robert feil Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Timothy H. Bestor
Timothy H. Bestor Columbia University
Klaus H. Kaestner
Klaus H. Kaestner University of Pennsylvania
Rod J. Scott
Rod J. Scott University of Bath

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