Fumiko Esashi

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University of Oxford
University Offices
Wellington Square
Oxford
OX1 2JD
United Kingdom

Scientific summary

Dr Esashi aims to elucidate molecular mechanisms of genome integrity control, specifically to shed light on the roles of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1), master regulators of cell division, in DNA double strand break (DSB) repair.

Fumiko Esashi other research projects

Career Development Fellowship
Funding period: 01 September 2007 to 31 August 2013

Career Development Fellowship
Funding period: 01 October 2009 to 30 September 2013

Recent publications


Interactions between human BRCA2 protein and the meiosis-specific recombinase DMC1

EMBO J.2007;26 :2915-2922

Stabilization of RAD51 nucleoprotein filaments by the C-terminal region of BRCA2

Nat Struct Mol Biol.2007;14 :468-474