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Publications

This includes all of Forsburg's pombe papers, in reverse chronological order. Papers from Susan's graduate and undergraduate work can be found on PubMed.

2010-2011
  • Ding, L. and Forsburg, S.L. (2011) Schizosaccharomyces pombe MCM binding protein (MCM-BP) antagonizes MCM helicase. J. Biol. Chem. in press doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.282541
  • Li, P.C., Chretien, L., Cote, J., Kelly, T.J., and Forsburg. S.L. (2011). S. pombe replication protein Cdc18 (Cdc6) interacts with Swi6 (HP1) heterochromatin protein: region specific effects and replication timing in the centromere. Cell cycle 10(2): p. 323-36. PMC 3025051
  • Sabatinos, S.A., and Forsburg, S. L. (2010). Molecular Genetics of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Methods Enzymol 470:759-95
  • Singh SK, Sabatinos S, Forsburg S, Bastia D. (2010) Regulation of replication termination by Reb1 protein-mediated action at a distance. Cell 142(6):868-78.
  • Dolan, W.P., Le, A.-H., Schmidt, H., Yuan, J.P, Green, M.D., and Forsburg, S.L. (2010) Fission yeast Hsk1 (Cdc7) kinase is required after replication initiation for induced mutagenesis and proper response to DNA alkylation damage. Genetics 185(1):39-53 PMC20176980
  • Nugent, R.L., Johnsson, A., Fleharty, B., Gogol, M., Xue-Franzén, Y., Seidel, C., Wright, A.P., Forsburg, S.L. (2010) Expression profiling of S. pombe acetyltransferase mutants identifies redundant pathways of gene regulation . BMC Genomics. 2010 Jan 22;11:59. PMC2823694

2005-2009
  • Luche, D.D., and Forsburg, S.L. (2009). Cell cycle synchrony for analysis of S. pombe DNA replication Meth. Mol. Biol 521:437-48.
  • Green, M.D., Sabatinos, S.A., and Forsburg, S.L. (2009). Microscopy Techniques to Examine DNA Replication in Fission Yeast Meth. Mol. Biol 521:463-82.
  • Sabatinos, S.A., and Forsburg, S.L. (2009). Measuring DNA content by flow cytometry in fission yeast Meth. Mol. Biol 521:449-61.
  • Gómez,, E.G., Nugent, R.L., Laría, S., and Forsburg, S.L. (2008) S. pombe histone acetyltransferase Mst1 (KAT5) is an essential protein required for damage response and chromosome segregation Genetics 179(2):757-71. PMC2429872
  • Bailis, J.M., Luche, D.D. Hunter, T., and Forsburg, S.L. (2008) MCM proteins interact with checkpoint and recombination proteins to promote S phase genome stability Mol. Cell. Biol. 28:1724-38. PMC2258774
  • Forsburg, S.L. (2008) The MCM helicase: at the interface of checkpoints and the replication fork. Bioch. Society Trans. 36:114-9.
  • Siam, R., Gómez, E.B., and Forsburg, S.L. (2007) S.pombe Rad4/Cut5 protein modification and chromatin association changes in DNA damage. DNA Cell Biol. 26:565-75.
  • Bailis, J.M and Forsburg, S.L. (2006). S. pombe DNA replication: pathways to cancer. In: Yeast as a Tool in Cancer Research, J. Nitiss and J. Heitman, eds. Dordrecht: Kluwer. pp. 1-35
  • Tabancay, A.P. and Forsburg, S. L. (2006). Eukaryotic DNA replication in the context of chromatin. Curr. Top. Dev. Bio. 76:129-184
  • Forsburg, S.L. and Rhind, N. (2006) Basic methods for fission yeast. Yeast, 23:173-183
  • Forsburg, S.L. (2005) The yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe: models for cell biology research. Gravit. Space Biol. Bull. 18:3-9
  • Huang, H.-K., Bailis, J.M., Leverson, J.D., Gómez, E.B., Forsburg, S.L. and Hunter, T. (2005) The chromosomal passenger protein Bir1p (Survivin) interacts with Pic1p (INCENP) and the replication initiation factor Psf2p in chromosome segregation. Mol. Cell Biol. 25:9000-15. PMC1265766
  • Gómez, E.B, Espinosa, J., and Forsburg, S.L. (2005) S. pombe mst2+ encodes a MYST-family histone acetyltransferase that negatively regulates telomere silencing. Mol. Cell Biol. 25:8887-903.. PMC1265769
  • Pankratz, D.G., and Forsburg, S.L. (2005) Meiotic S-phase damage activates recombination without check¬point arrest . Mol. Biol. Cell16:1651-1660. PMC1073649
  • Freeman-Cook, L L., Gómez, E.B., Spedale, E.J., Marlett, J., Forsburg, S.L., Pillus, L., and Laurenson, P. (2005) Conserved locus-specific silencing functions of S. pombe sir2+. Genetics169(3):1243-1260. PMC1449530
  • Sandler J., Forsburg, S.L., and Faulkner, J. (2005) Bioactive steroidal glycosides from the marine sponge Erylus lendenfeldi . Tetrahedron 61:1199-1206
  • Gómez, E.B., Angeles, V.T., and Forsburg, S.L. (2005) A novel screen for S. pombe replication mutants identifies new alleles of cut9+, rad4+, and psf2+. Genetics 169:77-89. PMC1448876

2000-2004
  • Forsburg, S.L. (2004). Cell Cycle: Control of Entry and Progression through S phase. In: Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry, W. Lennarz and M.D. Lane, eds. Oxford: Elsevier. Vol 1, pp.332-337
  • Siam, R., Dolan, W.P., and Forsburg, S.L. (2004) Choosing and using S. pombe plasmids. Methods 33:189-198.
  • Bailis, J. M. and Forsburg, S. L. (2004). S phase assembly of centromeric heterochromatin and cohe¬sion. Cell Cycle 3:416-418
  • Forsburg, S.L. (2004). Eukaryotic MCM proteins: beyond replication initiation. Mol. Micro. Biol. Rev. 68:109-131 .. PMC362110
  • Bailis, J.M. and Forsburg, S.L. (2004). MCM proteins: DNA damage, mutagenesis, and repair. Curr. Op. Gen. Dev. 14 :17-21
  • Gómez, E.B., and Forsburg, S.L. (2004) Analysis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe cell cycle. Methods Mol. Biol. 241 pp. 93-111
  • Dolan, W.P., Sherman, D.A., and Forsburg, S.L. (2004) S. pombe replication protein Cdc45/Sna41 requires Hsk1/Cdc7 and Rad4/Cut5 for chromatin binding. Chromosoma 113:145-156
  • Forsburg, S. L. 2003. Introduction of DNA into S. pombe cells. Curr Protoc Mol Biol Unit 13 17.
  • Forsburg, S. L. 2003. Growth and manipulation of S. pombe. Curr Protoc Mol Biol Unit 13 16.
  • Forsburg, S. L. 2003. S. pombe strain maintenance and media. Curr Protoc Mol Biol Unit 13 15.
  • Forsburg, S. L. 2003. Overview of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Curr Protoc Mol Biol Unit 13-14.
  • Bailis, J.M. and Forsburg, S.L. (2003). It's all in the timing: linking S phase to chromatin structure and chromosome dynamics. Cell Cycle 2:303-306
  • Bailis, J.M., Bernard, P., Antonelli, R., Allshire, R., and Forsburg, S.L. (2003) Hsk1-Dfp1 is required for heterochromatin mediated cohesion at centromeres. Nat. Cell Biol. 5:1111-1116 (cover).
  • Hodson, J.A., Bailis, J.M. and Forsburg, S.L. (2003) Efficient labeling of fission yeast S. pombe by thymidine and BUdR. Nucl. Acids Res. 31:e134. PMC275491
  • Catlett, M.G. and Forsburg, S.L. (2003). S. pombe Rdh54 (TID1) acts with Rhp54 (RAD54) to repair meiotic double strand breaks. Mol. Biol. Cell 14:4707-4720 w/ video online.. PMC266785
  • Snaith, H.A., Marlett, J., and Forsburg, S.L. (2003) Overproduction of Ibp1p, a novel Cdc25-related phosphatase, suppresses S. pombe hsk1 (cdc7). Curr.Genet. 44: 38-48
  • Bailis, J.M. and Forsburg, S.L. (2002). RNAi hushes the heterochromatin. Genome Biology 3:1035.1-1035.4. PMC151193
  • Gómez, E.B., Bailis, J.M., and Forsburg, S.L. (2002) Fission yeast enters a joyful new era. Genome Biology 3:4017.1-4017.3. PMC139370
  • Forsburg, S. L. (2002). Only connect: linking meiotic S phase to downstream events. Mol. Cell. 9:703-11
  • Gómez, E.B., Catlett, M.G., and Forsburg, S.L. (2002) Different in vivo phenotypes associated with ATPase motif mutations of S. pombe MCM proteins. Genetics, 160:1305-1318. PMC1462049
  • Leverson, J.D, Huang, H.-K., Forsburg, S.L. and Hunter, T. (2002) The Schizosaccharomyces pombe Aurora-Related Kinase (Ark1) interacts with the Inner Centromere Protein (INCENP) Pic1, and mediates chromosome segregation and cytokinesis. Mol. Biol. Cell 13:1132-1143. PMC102257
  • Wood, V., Gwilliam, R., Rajandream, M., Lyne, M., Lyne, R., et al. (2002). The genome sequence of the eukaryote fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Nature 415:871-880
  • Forsburg, S.L. (2001). Fission Yeast. In: 2002 Yearbook of Science and Technology. New York: McGraw Hill. pp. 108-110
  • Forsburg, S. L. (2001) The art and design of genetic screens: yeast. Nat. Rev. Genet. 2:659-68
  • Pasion, S.G. and Forsburg, S.L. (2001). Deconstructing a conserved protein family: the role of MCM proteins in eukaryotic DNA replication. In: Genetic Engineering, Principles and Methods, vol. 23 J. K. Setlow, ed. New York: Plenum Press. pp. 129-156
  • Forsburg, S.L. (2001). Yeast Plasmids. In: Encyclopedia of Genetics, S. Brenner and J. Miller, eds. Academic Press London. pp. 2162-2164
  • Huang, H.-K., Forsburg, S. L., John, U.P., O’Connell, M.J., and Hunter, T. (2001). Isolation and characterization of the Pin1/Ess1p homologue in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. J. Cell Sci. 114:3779-3788
  • Liang, D.T., and Forsburg, S.L. (2001). Characterization of S. pombe mcm7+ and cdc23+ (MCM10) and interactions with replication checkpoints Genetics 159: 471-486. PMC1461838
  • Forsburg, S.L. (2000). Themes and Variations: The Salk Cell Cycle Meeting. BBA (Reviews on Cancer) 1470: 13-16
  • Pasion, S.G., Gómez, E.B., and Forsburg, S.L. (2000) Dynamic chromosomes. Genome Biology 1:4020.1-4020.3. PMC138880
  • Snaith, H.A., Brown, G., and Forsburg, S.L. (2000) S. pombe Hsk1p is a potential Cds1p target required for genome integrity. Mol. Cell. Biol. 20:7922-7932. PMC86403
  • Forsburg, S.L. and Hodson, J.A. (2000) Mitotic replication initiation proteins are not required for S. pombe pre-meiotic S phase. Nat. Genet. 25:263-268
  • Bishop, D.T., Macdonald, H., Gould, K.L., and Forsburg, S.L. (2000) Isolation of an essential S. pombe gene, prp31+, linking splicing and meiosis. Nucl Acids Res. 28: 2214-2220. PMC102626

1993-1999
  • Forsburg, S.L. (1999). The Best Yeast? Trends Genet. 15:340-344
  • Pasion, S.G. and Forsburg, S.L. (1999) Nuclear localization of fission yeast Mcm2/Cdc19p requires MCM complex formation. Mol Biol. Cell 10: 4043-4057. PMC25742
  • Snaith, H.A. and Forsburg, S.L. (1999) Re-replication in fission yeast requires MCM proteins and other S phase genes. Genetics 152: 839-851. PMC1460649
  • Liang, D.T., Hodson, J.A. and Forsburg, S.L. (1999) Reduced dosage of a single fission yeast MCM protein causes genetic instability and S phase delay. J. Cell Sci. 112:559-567
  • Sherman, D. A. and Forsburg, S. L. (1998). S. pombe Mcm3p, an essential nuclear protein, associates tightly with Nda4p (Mcm5p). Nucl. Acids Res. 26:3955-3961. PMC147805
  • Sherman, D.A., Pasion, S.G., and Forsburg, S.L. (1998) Multiple domains of fission yeast Cdc19p (MCM2) are required for association with the core MCM complex. Mol. Biol. Cell 9:1833-1845. PMC25423
  • Gould, K.L. , Burns, C.G., Feoktistova, A., Hu, C.-P., Pasion, S.G., and Forsburg, S.L. (1998). Fission yeast cdc24+ encodes a novel replication factor required for chromosome integrity. Genetics 149:1221-1233. PMC1460225
  • Bezanilla, M., Forsburg, S.L., and Pollard, T.D. (1997) Identification of a second conventional myosin in S. pombe: Myp2p is conditionally required for cytokinesis. Mol. Biol. Cell 8: 2693-2705. PMC25737
  • Forsburg, S.L., Sherman, D.A., Ottilie, S., Yasuda, J.R., and Hodson, J.A. (1997). Mutational analysis of the S. pombe Cdc19p DNA replication protein. Genetics 147: 1025-1041. PMC1208231
  • Forsburg, S.L., and Sherman, D.A. (1997). General purpose tagging vectors for fission yeast. Gene 191: 191-195
  • Forsburg, S.L. (1996). Regulation of S phase in the yeast S. pombe. In: Eukaryotic DNA Replication, J.J. Blow, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press pp197-228
  • Ottilie, S., Miller, P.J., Johnson, D.I., Creasy, C.L., Sells, M.A., Bagrodia, S., Forsburg, S.L., and Chernoff, J. (1995). Fission yeast pak1+ encodes a protein kinase that interacts with Cdc42p and is in¬volved in the control of cell polarity. EMBO J. 14:5908-5919. PMC394709
  • Forsburg, S.L. and Nurse, P. (1994). The fission yeast cdc19+ gene encodes a member of the MCM family of replication proteins. J. Cell Sci. 107:2779-2788
  • Forsburg, S.L. (1994). Codon usage table for Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Yeast 10: 1045-1047
  • Forsburg, S.L. and Nurse, P. (1994). Analysis of the S. pombe cyclin puc1: evidence for a role in cell cycle exit. J. Cell Sci. 107: 601-613
  • Forsburg, S.L. (1994). In and out of the cell cycle. Current Biology 4: 828-830

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