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Overview

Sergio Moreno is affiliated with the University of Salamanca in Spain and specializes in research areas spanning biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology as well as medicine. Their work incorporates significant contributions to molecular biology with focus on subfields including immunology and allergy, organic chemistry, urology, and physiology.

The research topics commonly addressed by Sergio Moreno cover a range of molecular and cellular mechanisms including:

  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • RNA research and splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Erythrocyte function and pathophysiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • DNA repair mechanisms

Sergio Moreno has published research in multiple scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • mBio
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • World Allergy Organization Journal
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sergio Moreno highlight various aspects of cell biology and molecular regulation. These include:

  • RNA-Binding Protein Rnc1 Regulates Cell Length at Division and Acute Stress Response in Fission Yeast through Negative Feedback Modulation of the Stress-Activated Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway, 2020, mBio
  • Efficient terminal erythroid differentiation requires the APC/C cofactor Cdh1 to limit replicative stress in erythroblasts, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • The Greatwall-Endosulfine-PP2A/B55 pathway regulates entry into quiescence by enhancing translation of Elongator-tunable transcripts, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Effectiveness and safety of dupilumab in adults with moderate and severe atopic dermatitis in Colombia: Real-life experience, 2023, World Allergy Organization Journal
  • The Greatwall-Endosulfine Switch Accelerates Autophagic Flux during the Cell Divisions Leading to G1 Arrest and Entry into Quiescence in Fission Yeast, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Collaborations have been an important part of Sergio Moreno's research. Frequent co-authors include Rosa Aligué, M. Belén Suárez, Rafael López-San Segundo, Alicia Vázquez-Bolado, and Natalia García-Blanco.

Best Publications

  • Systematic functional analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans genome using RNAi

    Ravi S. Kamath;Andrew G. Fraser;Andrew G. Fraser;Yan Dong;Gino Poulin

  • Molecular genetic analysis of fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

    Sergio Moreno;Amar Klar;Paul Nurse

  • The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    V. Wood;R. Gwilliam;M.A. Rajandream;M. Lyne

  • Regulation of p34cdc2 protein kinase during mitosis.

    Sergio Moreno;Jacqueline Hayles;Paul Nurse

  • Phosphorylation at Thr167 is required for Schizosaccharomyces pombe P34cdc2 function

    K.L. Gould;S. Moreno;D.J. Owen;S. Sazer

  • Substrates for p34cdc2: In vivo veritas?

    Sergio Moreno;Paul Nurse

  • Regulation of progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle by the rum1+ gene

    Sergio Moreno;Paul Nurse

  • Replication checkpoint requires phosphorylation of the phosphatase Cdc25 by Cds1 or Chk1

    Yan Zeng;Kristi Chrispell Forbes;Zhiqi Wu;Sergio Moreno

  • Genomic Stability and Tumour Suppression by the APC/C Cofactor Cdh1

    Irene García-Higuera;Eusebio Manchado;Pierre Dubus;Marta Cañamero

  • Regulation of CDK/cyclin complexes during the cell cycle

    Manuel Arellano;Sergio Moreno

  • Conservation of Mitotic Controls in Fission and Budding Yeasts

    Paul Russell;Sergio Moreno;Steven I. Reed

  • Mammalian growth-associated H1 histone kinase: a homolog of cdc2+/CDC28 protein kinases controlling mitotic entry in yeast and frog cells.

    T A Langan;J Gautier;M Lohka;R Hollingsworth

  • Regulation of mitosis by cyclic accumulation of p80cdc25 mitotic inducer in fission yeast.

    Sergio Moreno;Paul Nurse;Paul Russell

  • Complementation of the mitotic activator, p80cdc25, by a human protein-tyrosine phosphatase.

    Kathleen L. Gould;Sergio Moreno;Nicholas K. Tonks;Paul Nurse

  • Targeting Mitotic Exit Leads to Tumor Regression In Vivo: Modulation by Cdk1, Mastl, and the PP2A/B55α,δ Phosphatase

    Eusebio Manchado;María Guillamot;Guillermo de Cárcer;Manuel Eguren

  • Fission yeast Tor2 promotes cell growth and represses cell differentiation

    Beatriz Álvarez;Sergio Moreno

  • Cross-Talk between Nucleotide Excision and Homologous Recombination DNA Repair Pathways in the Mechanism of Action of Antitumor Trabectedin

    Ana B. Herrero;Cristina Martín-Castellanos;Esther Marco;Federico Gago

  • Flp1, a fission yeast orthologue of the S. cerevisiae CDC14 gene, is not required for cyclin degradation or rum1p stabilisation at the end of mitosis

    Nathalie Cueille;Ekaterina Salimova;Veronica Esteban;Miguel Blanco

  • Cdh1/Hct1-APC Is Essential for the Survival of Postmitotic Neurons

    Angeles Almeida;Juan P. Bolaños;Sergio Moreno

  • Multiple functions of the noncanonical Wnt pathway.

    Eva Gómez-Orte;Beatriz Sáenz-Narciso;Sergio Moreno;Juan Cabello

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse The Francis Crick Institute
Keith T. Jones
Keith T. Jones University of Sussex
Richard Reinhardt
Richard Reinhardt Max Planck Society
Bart Barrell
Bart Barrell Wellcome Sanger Institute
Carol Churcher
Carol Churcher University of Cambridge
Karen Mungall
Karen Mungall BC Cancer Agency
Andrés Aguilera
Andrés Aguilera University of Seville
Sarah Hunt
Sarah Hunt European Bioinformatics Institute
Michael A. Quail
Michael A. Quail Wellcome Sanger Institute
Hans Lehrach
Hans Lehrach Max Planck Society

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