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Xuetong Shen

Present Title & Affiliation

N/A

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1996 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, PHD, Molecular and Cell Biology
1993 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, MS, Molecular Biology
1991 Peking University, China, BS, Biophysics

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Department of Carcinogenesis, Division of Basic Science Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX, 9/2007-present

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

Member, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Smithville, TX, 2003-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Yu EY, Steinberg-Neifach O, Dandjinou AT, Kang F, Morrison AJ, Shen X, Lue NF. Regulation of telomere structure and functions by subunits of the INO80 chromatin remodeling complex. Mol Cell Biol 27(16):5639-49, 8/2007. PMCID: PMC1952117.
2. Keogh MC, Kim JA, Downey M, Fillingham J, Chowdhury D, Harrison JC, Onishi M, Datta N, Galicia S, Emili A, Lieberman J, Shen X, Buratowski S, Haber JE, Durocher D, Greenblatt JF, Krogan NJ. A phosphatase complex that dephosphorylates gammaH2AX regulates DNA damage checkpoint recovery. Nature 439(7075):497-501, 1/2006. PMID: 16299494.
3. Morrison AJ, Highland J, Krogan NJ, Arbel-Eden A, Greenblatt JF, Haber JE, Shen X. INO80 and gamma-H2AX interaction links ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling to DNA damage repair. Cell 119(6):767-75, 12/2004. PMID: 15607974.
4. Mizuguchi G, Shen X, Landry J, Wu WH, Sen S, Wu C. ATP-driven exchange of histone H2AZ variant catalyzed by SWR1 chromatin remodeling complex. Science 303(5656):343-8, 1/2004. PMID: 14645854.
5. Shen X, Ranallo R, Choi E, Wu C. Involvement of actin-related proteins in ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling. Mol Cell 12(1):147-55, 7/2003. PMID: 12887900.
6. Shen X, Xiao H, Ranallo R, Wu WH, Wu C. Modulation of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling complexes by inositol polyphosphates. Science 299(5603):112-4, 1/2003. PMID: 12434013.
7. Rottbauer W, Saurin AJ, Lickert H, Shen X, Burns CG, Wo ZG, Kemler R, Kingston R, Wu C, Fishman M. Reptin and pontin antagonistically regulate heart growth in zebrafish embryos. Cell 111(5):661-72, 11/2002. PMID: 12464178.
8. Shen X, Mizuguchi G, Hamiche A, Wu C. A chromatin remodelling complex involved in transcription and DNA processing. Nature 406(6795):541-4, 8/2000. PMID: 10952318.
9. Shen X, Gorovsky MA. Linker histone H1 regulates specific gene expression but not global transcription in vivo. Cell 86(3):475-83, 8/1996. PMID: 8756729.
10. Shen X, Yu L, Weir JW, Gorovsky MA. Linker histones are not essential and affect chromatin condensation in vivo. Cell 82(1):47-56, 7/1995. PMID: 7606784.

Last updated: 10/12/2009