Mao Z., Jiang Y., Seluanov A., and Gorbunova V. (2008) DNA repair by homologous recombination, but not by nonhomologous end joining, is elevated in breast cancer cells. Submitted
Hine C., Seluanov A., and Gorbunova V. (2008) Use of Rad51 promoter for targeted anticancer therapy. Submitted
Mao Z., Bozzella M., Seluanov A., and Gorbunova V. (2008) Utilization of nonhomologous end joining and homologous recombination during cell cycle in normal human cells. Cell Cycle, In press
Seluanov A., Hine C., Bozzella M., Hall A., Sasahara T.H.C., Ribeiro A.A.C.M., Catania K.C., Presgraves D.C., and Gorbunova V. (2008) Distinct tumor suppressor mechanisms evolve in rodent species that differ in size and lifespan. Aging Cell, In press
Mao Z., Bozzella M., Seluanov A., and Gorbunova V. (2008) Nonhomologous end joining is a faster and more efficient pathway than homologous recombination in human cells. DNA Repair (Amst), In press
Gorbunova V., Bozzella M., Seluanov A. (2008) Rodents for comparative aging studies: from mice to beavers. Age, 30(2-3):111-119 (Invited review)
Gorbunova V., Seluanov A. (2008) Coevolution of telomerase activity and body mass in mammals: from mice to beavers. Mech. Aging. Dev., In press (Invited review)
Dion V., Lin Y., Price B.A., Fyffe S.L., Seluanov A., Gorbunova V., and Wilson J.H. (2008) Genome-wide demethylation promotes triplet repeat instability independently of homologous recombination. DNA Repair (Amst)., 7(2):313-20.
Seluanov A., Danek J., House N., and Gorbunova V. (2007) Changes in the level and distribution of Ku proteins during cellular senescence. DNA Repair (Amst), 6(12):1740-8
Gorbunova V., Seluanov A., Mao Z., and Hine C. (2007) Changes in DNA repair during aging. Nucleic Acids Res., 35(22):7466-74 (Invited review)
Mao Z., Seluanov A., Jiang Y., and V. Gorbunova (2007) TRF2 is required for repair of non-telomeric DNA double-strand breaks by homologous recombination. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, 104(32):13068-73.
Seluanov A., Chen Z., Hine C., Sasahara T.H.C., Ribeiro A.A.C.M., Catania K.C., Presgraves D.C., and V. Gorbunova (2007) Telomerase Activity Coevolves with Body Mass not Lifespan. Aging Cell, 6(1) pp.45-52
Shi X., Seluanov A., and V. Gorbunova V. (2006). Cell divisions are required for L1 retrotransposition. Mol. Cell. Biol.
Seluanov, A., Chen, Z., Hine, C., Sasahara, T.H.C., Ribeiro, A.A.C.M., Catania, K.C., Daven C. Presgraves, D.C., and V. Gorbunova. (2006). Telomerase Activity Coevolves with Body Mass not Lifespan. Aging Cell.
Gorbunova, V. and A. Seluanov. (2005.) Making ends meet in old age: DSB repair and aging. Mech. Aging. Dev 126(6-7): 621-628.
Seluanov, A., Mittelman, D., Pereira-Smith, O.M., Wilson, J.H., and V. Gorbunova. (2004). DNA repair by nonhomologous end joining becomes less efficient and more error-prone during cellular senescence. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA 101(20): 7624-7629.
Gorbunova, V., Seluanov, A., Mittelman, D. and J.H. Wilson. (2004). Genome-wide demethylation destabilizes CTG*CAG trinucleotide repeats in mammalian cells. Human Molecular Genetics 13(23): 2979-2989.
Gorbunova, V., and A. Seluanov. (2003). Telomerase as a growth promoting factor. Cell Cycle 2(6): 534-537.
Gorbunova, V., Seluanov, A., Dion, V., Sandor, Z., Meservy, J.L., and J.H. Wilson. (2003). Selectable system for monitoring the instability of CTG*CAG triplet repeats in mammalian cells. Mol. Cell Biol. 23(13): 4485-4493.
Gorbunova, V., Seluanov, A., and O.M. Pereira-Smith. (2003). Evidence that high telomerase activity may induce a senescent-like growth arrest in normal human fibroblasts. J. Biol. Chem. 278(9): 7692-7698.
Gorbunova V., Seluanov A., and O.M. Pereira-Smith. (2002). Expression of hTERT protects normal human fibroblasts from stress-induced apoptosis and necrosis but does not prevent stress-induced premature senescence. J. Biol. Chem. 277(41): 38540-38549.
Gorbunova V. and A. Seluanov. (2002). CLK-1 protein has DNA binding activity specific to OL region of mitochondrial DNA. FEBS Lett. 516(1-3): 279-284.
Seluanov, A., Gorbunova, V., Falcovitz, A., Sigal, A., Milyavsky, M., Zurer., I., Shohat, G., Goldfinger, N. and V. Rotter. (2001). Change of the death pathway in senescent human fibroblasts in response to DNA damage is caused by an inability to stabilize p53 Mol. Cell Biol. 21(5): 1552-1564.
Gorbunova, V., Avivi-Ragolski, N., Shalev, G., Kovalchuk, I., Abbo, S., Hohn, B. and A.A. Levy. (2000). A new hyperrecombinogenic mutant of nicotiana tabacum. Plant J. 24(5): 601-11.
Gorbunova, V. and A.A. Levy. (2000). Analysis of extrachromosomal Ac/Ds transposable elements Genetics 155(1): 349-359.
Gorbunova, V., Ramos, C., Hohn, B., and A.A. Levy. (2000). A nuclear protein that binds specifically to several maize transposons is not essential for Ds1 excision. Mol. Gen. Genet. 263(3): 492-497.
Gorbunova, V. and A.A. Levy. (1999). How plants make ends meet: DNA double-strand break repair Trends Plant Sci. 4(7): 263-269.
Gorbunova, V. and A.A. Levy. (1997). Nonhomologous DNA end joining in plant cells is associated with deletions and filler DNA insertions. Nucleic Acids Res. 25: 4650-4657.
Gorbunova, V. and A.A. Levy. (1997). Circularized Ac/Ds transposons: formation, structure and fate Genetics 145: 1161-1169.