Ataxia-telangiectasia: from a rare disorder to a paradigm for cell signalling and cancer

MF Lavin - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2008 - nature.com
First described over 80 years ago, ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) was defined as a clinical entity
50 years ago. Although not encountered by most clinicians, it is a paradigm for cancer …

The genetic defect in ataxia-telangiectasia

MF Lavin, Y Shiloh - Annual review of immunology, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The autosomal recessive human disorder ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) was first
described as a separate disease entity 40 years ago. It is a multisystem disease …

Actomyosin motor in the merozoite of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum: implications for red cell invasion

JC Pinder, RE Fowler, AR Dluzewski… - Journal of cell …, 1998 - journals.biologists.com
The genome of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, contains a myosin gene
sequence, which bears a close homology to one of the myosin genes found in another …

[HTML][HTML] The complexity of p53 stabilization and activation

MF Lavin, N Gueven - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2006 - nature.com
A number of proteins are activated by stress stimuli but none so spectacularly or with the
degree of complexity as the tumour suppressor p53 (human p53 gene or protein). Once …

'But now I feel I want to give it a try': formative assessment, self-esteem and a sense of competence

D Miller, F Lavin - The Curriculum Journal, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
It is accepted that formative assessment can lead to gains in attainment. Although claims
have also been made that these techniques bring benefits in terms of self-esteem and …

A single ataxia telangiectasia gene with a product similar to PI-3 kinase

K Savitsky, A Bar-Shira, S Gilad, G Rotman, Y Ziv… - Science, 1995 - science.org
A gene, ATM, that is mutated in the autosomal recessive disorder ataxia telangiectasia (AT)
was identified by positional cloning on chromosome 11q22-23. AT is characterized by …

Microtubules in Plasmodium falciparum merozoites and their importance for invasion of erythrocytes

RE Fowler, RE Fookes, F Lavin, LH Bannister… - Parasitology, 1998 - cambridge.org
Plasmodium falciparum merozoites have an array of 2–3 subpellicular microtubules,
designated f-MAST. We have previously shown that colchicine inhibits merozoite invasion of …

ATM activation by oxidative stress

Z Guo, S Kozlov, MF Lavin, MD Person, TT Paull - Science, 2010 - science.org
The ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) protein kinase is activated by DNA double-strand
breaks (DSBs) through the Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 (MRN) DNA repair complex and …

Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy versus open radical retropubic prostatectomy: early outcomes from a randomised controlled phase 3 study

JW Yaxley, GD Coughlin, SK Chambers, S Occhipinti… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The absence of trial data comparing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
and open radical retropubic prostatectomy is a crucial knowledge gap in uro-oncology. We …

ATM associates with and phosphorylates p53: mapping the region of interaction

KE Keating, S Kozlov, S Scott, M Gatei, K Hobson… - Nature …, 1998 - nature.com
The human genetic disorder ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) is characterized by
immunodeficiency, progressive cerebellar ataxia, radiosensitivity, cell cycle checkpoint …