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Mateos-Gomez P, Kent T, Deng SK, McDevitt S, Kashkina E, Hoang TM, Pomerantz, R, and Sfeir A*. (2017) The helicase domain of Polθ counteracts RPA to promote alt-NHEJ. NSMB. Dec;24(12):1116-1123. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.3494.
Phillips A, Miller A, Tigano M, Dubois S, Crimmins H, Babin L, Piganeau M, Brune E*, and Sfeir, A*. (2017) Single-Molecule Analysis of mtDNA Replication Uncovers the Basis of the Common Deletion. Mol Cell. Jan 11. pii: S1097-2765(16)30852-8.
Pinzaru A, Hom R, Beal A, Phillips A, Ni E, Cardozo T, Nair N, Choi J, Wuttke D, Sfeir A*, and Lazzerini-Denchi E*. (2016) Telomere Replication Stress Induced by POT1 Inactivation Accelerates Tumorigenesis. Cell Reports. June 7. DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2016.43.
Lazzerini-Denchi E and Sfeir A*. (2016) Stop pulling my strings - what telomeres taught us about the DNA damage response. Nature Review Molecular Cell Biology. Jun;17(6):364-78. doi: 10.1038/nrm.2016.43
Tong A, Stern J, Sfeir A, Kartawinata M, de Lange T, Zhu X and Bryan T*. (2015) ATM and ATR Signaling Regulate the Recruitment of Human Telomerase to Telomeres. Cell Reports. Nov 24;13(8):1633-46
Sfeir, A*, Symington, L*. (2015) Microhomology-Mediated End Joining: A Back-up Survival Mechanism or Dedicated Pathway? Trends Biochem Sci. Sep 21. pii: S0968-0004(15)00158-9.
Mateos-Gomez PA, Gong F, Nair N, Miller KM, Lazzerini-Denchi E, Sfeir A*. (2015) Mammalian Polymerase Theta Promotes Alternative-NHEJ and Suppresses Recombination. Nature. Feb 12;518(7538):254-7.
Yeung F, Mateos-Gomez P, Pinzaru A, Ceccarini G, Kabir S, and Sfeir A*. (2013) Non-telomeric role for RAP1 in regulating metabolism and protecting against obesity. Cell Reports. S2211-1247(13)00249-0.