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Publications

“The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel”

- Claude Bernard -

Research Articles

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(* These authors contributed equally to the work)

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  • Wong YYC, Wang Y, Tsui EHN and Yuen KWY^. Argonaute protein CSR-1 restricts localization of holocentromere protein HCP-3, the C. elegans CENP-A homolog. Journal of Cell Science, 2024. 137 (18): jcs261895. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261895.
     

  • Wang Y, Wong YYC, and Yuen KWY^. Aurora B/AIR-2 is required for sister centromere resolution and centromere protein deposition. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjae045.
     

  • Jiang L, Wang X, Zhang D, Yuen KWY^ and Tse YC^. RSU-1 regulates the integrity of dense bodies in muscle cells of aging Caenorhabditis elegans. iScience, 2024. 27(6):109854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109854.
     

  • Lin Z, Xie Y, Nong W, Ren X, Li R, Zhao Z, Hui JH and Yuen KWY^. Formation of artificial chromosomes in Caenorhabditis elegans and analyses of their segregation in mitosis, DNA sequence composition and holocentromere organization. Nucleic Acids Research, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab690Press release

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  • Lin Z and Yuen KWY^. RbAp46/48LIN-53 and HAT-1 are required for initial CENP-AHCP-3 deposition and de novo centromere formation in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Nucleic Acids Research, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab217.  Press release​​​

 

  • Iannucci A, Cannicci S^, Lin Z, Yuen KWY, Ciofi C, Stanyon R, Fratini S. Cytogenetic of Decapoda Brachyura: testing technical aspects for obtaining metaphase chromosomes in six mangrove crab species. Caryologia. 2020; 73(2):39-49.​​​

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  • Bao X, Liu Z, Zhang W, Gladysz K, Fung YME, Tian G, Xiong Y, Wong JWH^, Yuen KWY^, Li XD^.Glutarylation of Histone H4 Lysine 91 Regulates Chromatin Dynamics. Mol. Cell, 2019 Nov 21;76(4):660-675.e9. PubMed Abstract.

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  • Ling YH and Yuen KWY^. Point centromere activity requires an optimal level of centromeric non-coding RNA. Current Genetics. 2019. doi.org/10.1007/s00294-019-00988-6. Pubmed AbstractFull text. 

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  • Zhu J*, Cheng K* and Yuen KWY^. Histone H3K9 and H4 Acetylations and Transcription Facilitate the Initial CENP-AHCP−3 Deposition and De Novo Centromere Establishment in Caenorhabditis elegans Artificial Chromosomes. Epigenetics and Chromatin. 2018. 16:11. doi: 10.1186/s13072-018-0185-1. Pubmed Abstract. Full Text.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Zhang W, Yeung CHL, Wu L and Yuen KWY^. Bre1 is Required for Sister Chromatid Cohesion Establishment in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. eLife. 2017. 6. pii: e28231. doi: 10.7554/eLife.28231. Pubmed Abstract. Full Text.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Fung RSK, Jin B, He M, Yuen KWY and Wong AOL^. Grass Carp Follisatin: Molecular cloning, Functional characterization, Dopamine D1 regulation at Pituitary level, and implication in growth hormone regulation. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2017. doi:10.3389/fendo.2017.00211. 
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  • Fung RSK, Bai J, Yuen KWY, Wong AOL^. Activin/follistatin system in grass carp pituitary cells: - Regulation by local release of growth hormone and luteinizing hormone and its functional role in growth hormone synthesis and secretion. PLoS One. 2017. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179789. 
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  • Lai K, Li J, Chan C, Chan T, Yuen K, Chiu J. Transcriptiomic alterations in Daphnia magna embryos from mothers exposed to hypoxia. Aquatic Toxicology. 2016. 177:454-463. 
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  • Han XB, Yuen KWY and Wu SS. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers affect the reproduction and development, and alter the sex ratio of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environmental Pollution. 2013. 182:120-6. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.06.045 Full TextPubmed Abstract

 

  • Gassmann R*, Rechtsteiner A*, Yuen K*, Muroyama A, Egelhofer T, Gaydos L, Barron F, Maddox P, Essex A, Monen J, Ercan S, Lieb JD, Oegema K, Strome S, and Desai A. An Inverse Relationship to Germline Transcription Defines the C. elegans Holocentromere in Progeny. Nature. 2012. 484(7395):534-7 doi:10.1038/nature10973. Pubmed AbstractFull TextF1000 Prime Article Recommendation.

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  • Yuen K, Nabesima K, Oegema K, and Desai A. Rapid De Novo Centromere Formation Occurs Independently of Heterochromatin Protein 1 in C. elegans Embryos. Current Biology. 2011. 21(21):1800-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.09.016 Pubmed AbstractFull Text.

 

  • Ben-Aryoa S, Agmon N, Yuen K, Kwok T, McManus K, Kupiec M, and Hieter P. Proteasome Nuclear Activity Affects Chromosome Stability by Controlling the Turnover of DNA Repair Proteins. PLoS Genetics. 2010. 6(2):e1000852. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000852. Pubmed AbstractFull Text. PDF.

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  • Barber T*, McManus K*, Yuen K*, Reis M, Parmigiani G, Shen D, Barrett I, Nouhi Y, Spencer F, Markowitz S, Velculescu V, Kinzler K, Vogelstein B, Lengauer C, and Hieter P. Chromatid Cohesion Defects may Underlie Chromosome Instability in Human Colorectal Cancers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008. 105(9):3443-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712384105 Pubmed AbstractFull Text.

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  • Yuen K*, Warren C*, Chen O, Kwok T, Hieter P, and Spencer F. Systematic Genome Instability Screens in Yeast and their Potential Relevance to Cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2007. 104(10):3925-3930. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0610642104  Pubmed AbstractFull Text.

 

  • Measday V*, Baetz K*, Guzzo J, Yuen K, Kwok T, Sheikh B, Ding H, Ueta R, Hoac T, Cheng B, Pot I, Tong A, Yamaguchi-Iwai Y, Boone C, Hieter P, and Andrews B. Systematic Yeast Synthetic Lethal and Synthetic Dosage Lethal Screens Identify Genes Required for Chromosome Segregation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2005. 102(39):13956-61. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503504102. Pubmed AbstractFull Text.

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Reviews

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  • Zhu J, Guo Q, Choi M, Liang Z and Yuen KWY^. Centromeric and pericentric transcription and transcripts: their intricate relationships, regulation, and functions. Chromosoma, 2023. 132: 211-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00412-023-00801-x

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  • Wang Y, Wu L and Yuen KWY^. The roles of transcription, chromatin organisation and chromosomal processes in holocentromere establishment and maintenance. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.01.004

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  • Lin Z and Yuen KWY^. Construction and analysis of worm artificial chromosomes with de novo holocentromeres in Caenorhabditis elegans. Essays in Biochemistry. 2020, EBC20190067. 

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  • Wong CYY, Ling YH, Mak JKH, Zhu J and Yuen KWY^. Lessons from the extremes: Epigenetic and genetic regulation in point monocentromere and holocentromere establishment on artificial chromosomes.Experimental cell research, 2020. 390, 111974.

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  • Wong CYY, Lee BCH and Yuen KWY^ Epigenetic regulation of centromere function. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 2020; 77, 2899-2917.

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  • Ling YH*, Lin Z* and Yuen KWY^. Genetic and epigenetic effects on centromere establishment. Chromosoma, 2020. 129, 1-24. 

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  • Yuen K. Chromosome Instability (CIN), Aneuploidy and Cancer. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, 2010.  doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0022413. Abstract.​

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  • Yuen K, and Desai A. The Wages of CIN. Journal of Cell Biology, 2008. 180(4):661-3. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200801030. Pubmed AbstractFull Text.

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  • Yuen K*, Montpetit B*, and Hieter P. The kinetochore and cancer: what's the connection? Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2005. 17(6):576-82. doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2005.09.012. Pubmed AbstractFull Text.

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