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Overview

Stephen J. Kron is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions in molecular biology, immunology, physiology, oncology, and epidemiology.

Their work focuses on several specific topics, including:

  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research

Stephen J. Kron has published extensively, with notable recent papers such as:

  • "Therapy-Induced Senescence: Opportunities to Improve Anticancer Therapy," 2021, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • "Polyphosphate degradation by Nudt3-Zn2+ mediates oxidative stress response," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "Subcellular localization of the J-protein Sis1 regulates the heat shock response," 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • "Small-molecule drug repurposing to target DNA damage repair and response pathways," 2020, Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • "Statins in Cancer Prevention and Therapy," 2023, Cancers

The scientist often collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including Donald J. Wolfgeher, Yue Liu, Joanna Pagacz, Amy C. Flor, and Seung Young Lee.

Stephen J. Kron frequently publishes in several venues, notably:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Cell Reports
  • Cancers

Best Publications

  • Fluorescent actin filaments move on myosin fixed to a glass surface

    Stephen J. Kron;James A. Spudich

  • Peptide chips for the quantitative evaluation of protein kinase activity.

    Benjamin T. Houseman;Joon H. Huh;Stephen J. Kron;Milan Mrksich

  • Binding of Chromatin-Modifying Activities to Phosphorylated Histone H2A at DNA Damage Sites

    Jessica A. Downs;Stéphane Allard;Olivier Jobin-Robitaille;Ali Javaheri

  • Myosin subfragment-1 is sufficient to move actin filaments in vitro.

    Yoko Yano Toyoshima;Stephen J. Kron;Elizabeth M. McNally;Kenneth R. Niebling

  • Myosin step size. Estimation from slow sliding movement of actin over low densities of heavy meromyosin.

    Taro Q.P. Uyeda;Stephen J. Kron;James A. Spudich

  • Assays for actin sliding movement over myosin-coated surfaces.

    Stephen J. Kron;Yoko Y. Toyoshima;Taro Q.P. Uyeda;James A. Spudich

  • Role of Dot1-Dependent Histone H3 Methylation in G1 and S Phase DNA Damage Checkpoint Functions of Rad9

    Robert Wysocki;Ali Javaheri;Stéphane Allard;Fei Sha

  • Histone H2AX Phosphorylation as a Predictor of Radiosensitivity and Target for Radiotherapy

    Neelam Taneja;Mandel Davis;John S. Choy;Michael A. Beckett

  • Symmetric cell division in pseudohyphae of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    S J Kron;C A Styles;G R Fink

  • Two novel targets of the MAP kinase Kss1 are negative regulators of invasive growth in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Jeanette Gowen Cook;Lee Bardwell;Stephen J. Kron;Jeremy Thorner

  • A novel mechanism of ion homeostasis and salt tolerance in yeast: the Hal4 and Hal5 protein kinases modulate the Trk1-Trk2 potassium transporter.

    Jose M. Mulet;Martin P. Leube;Stephen J. Kron;Gabino Rios

  • Therapy-induced senescence: opportunities to improve anti-cancer therapy

    Pataje G Prasanna;Deborah E Citrin;Jeffrey Hildesheim;Mansoor M Ahmed

  • Quantized velocities at low myosin densities in an in vitro motility

    Taro Q. P. Uyeda;Hans M. Warrick;Stephen J Kron;James A Spudich

  • Budding yeast morphogenesis: signalling, cytoskeleton and cell cycle

    Stephen J Kron;Neil Ar Gow

  • Epigenetic Modifications in Double-Strand Break DNA Damage Signaling and Repair

    Dorine Rossetto;Andrew W. Truman;Stephen J. Kron;Jacques Côté

  • The myosin step size: measurement of the unit displacement per ATP hydrolyzed in an in vitro assay

    Yoko Y. Toyoshima;Stephen J. Kron;James A. Spudich

  • Method for performing amplification of nucleic acid on supports

    Christopher P. Adams;Truett C. Boles;Andrew R. Muir;Stephen J. Kron

  • Nanoparticle formulations of cisplatin for cancer therapy

    Xiaopin Duan;Chunbai He;Stephen J. Kron;Wenbin Lin

  • Regulation of cation transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the salt tolerance gene HAL3.

    A Ferrando;S J Kron;G Rios;G R Fink

  • Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Bax Toxicity

    Marian H. Harris;Matthew G. Vander Heiden;Stephen J. Kron;Craig B. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph R. Weichselbaum
Ralph R. Weichselbaum University of Chicago
Steve S. Lee
Steve S. Lee University of California, Los Angeles
Sean P. Palecek
Sean P. Palecek University of Wisconsin–Madison
James A. Spudich
James A. Spudich Stanford University
Jacques Côté
Jacques Côté Université Laval
Lance D. Miller
Lance D. Miller Wake Forest University
Elizabeth M. McNally
Elizabeth M. McNally Northwestern University
Stephen B. H. Kent
Stephen B. H. Kent University of Chicago
Chrisostomos Prodromou
Chrisostomos Prodromou University of Sussex
Carl D. Langefeld
Carl D. Langefeld Wake Forest University

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