Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 11:00 am
Manuel Muñoz
University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Argentina
Invited by Sophie Polo
“RNA polymerase II abundance is controlled by DNA repair”
The seminar will take place in the Institut Jacques Monod seminar room (RB-18B). Buffon building, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris 13th.
Zoom link for remote attendees:
https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/86114422072?pwd=VzJ0c2pxcHl4OWppekx3MldlM2Y4QT09
Contact: sophie.polo@univ-paris-diderot.fr
Relevant publications from the speaker:
DNA Damage-Induced RNAPII Degradation and Its Consequences in Gene Expression.
Muñoz JC, Beckerman I, Choudhary R, Bouvier LA, Muñoz MJ. Genes (Basel). 2022 Oct 26;13(11):1951. doi: 10.3390/genes13111951.
GSK-3 is an RNA polymerase II phospho-CTD kinase.
Nieto Moreno N, Villafañez F, Giono LE, Cuenca C, Soria G, Muñoz MJ, Kornblihtt AR. Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 Jun 19;48(11):6068-6080. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa322.
Coupling between nucleotide excision repair and gene expression.
Cambindo Botto AE, Muñoz JC, Muñoz MJ. RNA Biol. 2018;15(7):845-848. doi: 10.1080/15476286.2018.1464354. Epub 2018 May 17.
Major Roles for Pyrimidine Dimers, Nucleotide Excision Repair, and ATR in the Alternative Splicing Response to UV Irradiation.
Muñoz MJ, Nieto Moreno N, Giono LE, Cambindo Botto AE, Dujardin G, Bastianello G, Lavore S, Torres-Méndez A, Menck CFM, Blencowe BJ, Irimia M, Foiani M, Kornblihtt AR. Cell Rep. 2017 Mar 21;18(12):2868-2879. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.02.066.
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