Selected Publications

Miller KM, Rog O and Cooper JP. Semi-conservative DNA replication through telomeres requires Taz1. Nature 2006; 440: 824-828. PubMed

Tomita K and Cooper JP. The meiotic chromosomal bouquet: SUN collects flowers. Cell 2006; 125: 19-21. PubMed

Miller KM, Ferreira MG and Cooper JP. Taz1, Rap1 and Rif1 act both interdependently and independently to maintain telomeres. EMBO J 2005; 24: 3128-3135. PubMed PDF (UKPMC)

Ferreira MG and Cooper JP. Two modes of DNA double strand break repair are reciprocally regulated through the fission yeast cell cycle. Genes Dev 2004; 18: 2249-2254. PubMed Full text

Miller KM and Cooper JP. The telomere protein Taz1 is required to prevent and repair genomic DNA breaks. Molecular Cell 2003; 11: 303-313. PubMed

Primary Research Publications

2009

Germe T, Miller K, Cooper JP. A non-canonical function of topoisomerase II in disentangling dysfunctional telomeres. EMBO J 2009 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print]

Rog O, Miller KM, Ferreira MG, Cooper JP. Sumoylation of RecQ helicase controls the fate of dysfunctional telomeres. Mol Cell. 2009 Mar 13;33(5):559-69.

2008

Tomita K and Cooper JP. Fission yeast Ccq1 is telomerase recruiter and local checkpoint controller, Genes & Dev, 2008;22:3461-3474

2007

Tomita K, Cooper JP. The telomere bouquet controls the meiotic spindle. Cell 2007; 130(1):113-126

2006

Miller KM, Rog O, Cooper JP. Semi-conservative DNA replication through telomeres requires Taz1. Nature 2006; 440(7085):824-828

2005

Miller KM, Ferreira MG, Cooper JP. Taz1, Rap1 and Rif1 act both interdependently and independently to maintain telomeres. EMBO J 2005; 24(17):3128-3135

2004

Ferreira MG, Cooper JP. Two modes of DNA double-strand break repair are reciprocally regulated through the fission yeast cell cycle. Genes Dev 2004; 18(18):2249-2254

Tuzon CT, Borgstrom B, Weilguny D, Egel R, Cooper JP, Nielsen O. The fission yeast heterochromatin protein Rik1 is required for telomere clustering during meiosis. J Cell Biol 2004; 165(6):759-765

2003

Beernink HTH, Miller K, Deshpande A, Bucher P, Cooper JP. Telomere maintenance in fission yeast requires an Est1 ortholog. Curr Biol 2003; 13(7):575-580

Miller KM, Cooper JP. The telomere protein Taz1 is required to prevent and repair genomic DNA breaks. Mol Cell 2003; 11(2):303-313

Other Publications

Rog O, Cooper JP. Telomeres in drag: Dressing as DNA damage to engage telomerase. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2008;18(2):212-20

Karlseder J, Cooper JP. Of wombats and whales: telomere tales in Madrid - Conference on Telomeres and Telomerase. EMBO Rep 2007; 8(6):542-546

Tomita K, Cooper JP. The meiotic chromosomal bouquet: SUN collects flowers. Cell 2006; 125(1):19-21

Ferreira MG, Miller KM, Cooper JP. Indecent exposure: when telomeres become uncapped. Mol Cell 2004; 13(1):7-18