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Genentech Inc: South San Francisco, CA, US

2006 to 2009 | Postdoctoral Fellow
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Jorge Torres

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

2004 to 2005 | Postdoctoral Fellow
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Jorge Torres

Princeton University: Princeton, NJ, US

1998 to 2004 | Gradaute Student Researcher
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Jorge Torres

University of California Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara, CA, US

1994 to 1998 | Undergraduate Researcher
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Jorge Torres

University of California San Francisco: San Francisco, CA, US

1997 to 1997 | Summer Undergraduate Researcher
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Jorge Torres

Education and qualifications (4)

Genentech Inc: South San Francisco, CA, US

2006-01 to 2009-07 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Tumor Biology and Angiogenesis)
Education
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Jorge Torres

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

2004-01 to 2005-12 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Pathology)
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Jorge Torres

Princeton University: Princeton, NJ, US

1998-09 to 2004-01 | Ph.D. (Molecular Biology)
Education
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Jorge Torres

University of California Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara, CA, US

1994-09 to 1998-06 | B.S. (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)
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Jorge Torres

Funding (7)

Investigating the Cell Division Machinery

2021-03 to 2026-02 | Award
National Institutes of Health (Md., Md., US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

R35GM139539

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Jorge Torres

Mechanisms and Regulation of Cell Division

2019-07 to 2023-06 | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

MCB1912837

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Jorge Torres

Novel Regulatory Factors of the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

2016-03-01 to 2021-02-28 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: grant.R01GM117475
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Jorge Torres via DimensionsWizard

Leukemia specific inhibitor 1 (Leusin-1) in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemias

2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30 | Grant
University of California - Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (Oakland, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

grant.CRR-15-380742

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Jorge Torres via DimensionsWizard

STARD9 inhibitors for the treatment of cancer

2013-07-01 to 2014-06-30 | Grant
University of California - Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (Oakland, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

grant.CRN-13-201428

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Jorge Torres via DimensionsWizard

Dissecting the Mechanisms of Cell Division

2013-01-01 to 2017-12-31 | Grant
Directorate for Biological Sciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: grant.1243645
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Jorge Torres via DimensionsWizard

Targeting pericentriolar matrix cohesion in cancer treatment

2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30 | Grant
University of California - Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (Oakland, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

grant.CRN-11-201227

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Jorge Torres via DimensionsWizard

Works (50 of 51)

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Cul3 substrate adaptor SPOP targets Nup153 for degradation

Molecular Biology of the Cell
2025-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Joseph Y. Ong; Mai Abdusamad; Ivan Ramirez; Ankur Gholkar; Xiaoxuan Zhang; Thomas V. Gimeno; Jorge Z. Torres; Matthew Welch
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DUSP12 promotes cell cycle progression and protects cells from cell death by regulating ZPR9

2025-01-14 | Preprint
Contributors: Mai Abdusamad; Xiao Guo; Ivan Ramirez; Erick F. Velasquez; Whitaker Cohn; Ankur A. Gholkar; Julian P. Whitelegge; Jorge Z. Torres
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Human REXO4 is Required for Cell Cycle Progression

2025-01-09 | Preprint
Contributors: Kevin M. Clutario; Mai Abdusamad; Ivan Ramirez; Kayla J. Rich; Ankur A. Gholkar; Julian Zaragoza; Jorge Z. Torres
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MI-181 Modulates Cilia Length and Restores Cilia Length in Cells with Defective Shortened Cilia

ACS Chemical Biology
2024-08-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Ankur A. Gholkar; Thomas V. Gimeno; Jalie E. Edgemon; Myung Shin Sim; Jorge Z. Torres
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Human Protein-l-isoaspartate O-Methyltransferase Domain-Containing Protein 1 (PCMTD1) Associates with Cullin-RING Ligase Proteins

Biochemistry
2022-05-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Rebeccah A. Warmack; Eric Z. Pang; Esther Peluso; Jonathan D. Lowenson; Joseph Y. Ong; Jorge Z. Torres; Steven G. Clarke
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Mapping Proximity Associations of Core Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Proteins

Journal of Proteome Research
2021-07-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Yenni A. Garcia; Erick F. Velasquez; Lucy W. Gao; Ankur A. Gholkar; Kevin M. Clutario; Keith Cheung; Taylor Williams-Hamilton; Julian P. Whitelegge; Jorge Z. Torres
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The myosin regulatory light chain Myl5 localizes to mitotic spindle poles and is required for proper cell division

Cytoskeleton
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Ivan Ramirez; Ankur A. Gholkar; Erick F. Velasquez; Xiao Guo; Bobby Tofig; Robert Damoiseaux; Jorge Z. Torres
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DUSP7 regulates the activity of ERK2 to promote proper chromosome alignment during cell division

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2021-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiao Guo; Ivan Ramirez; Yenni A. Garcia; Erick F. Velasquez; Ankur A. Gholkar; Whitaker Cohn; Julian P. Whitelegge; Bobby Tofig; Robert Damoiseaux; Jorge Z. Torres
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Phospho‐regulation of mitotic spindle assembly

Cytoskeleton
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Joseph Y. Ong; Michelle C. Bradley; Jorge Z. Torres
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Phase Separation in Cell Division.

Molecular cell
2020-08-28 | Journal article
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Jorge Torres

Regulation of Iron Homeostasis through Parkin-Mediated Lactoferrin Ubiquitylation.

Biochemistry
2020-08-06 | Journal article
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Jorge Torres

Chapter 9 - In Silico Repurposing of Cell Cycle Modulators for Cancer Treatment

In Silico Drug Design
2019 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-0-12-816125-8
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Jorge Torres

Fostering inclusion and diversity through research, teaching, mentoring, and outreach.

Molecular biology of the cell
2019-11-01 | Journal article
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Jorge Torres

Menin Associates With the Mitotic Spindle and Is Important for Cell Division

Endocrinology
2019-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Mark P Sawicki; Ankur A Gholkar; Jorge Z Torres
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Dissecting the mechanisms of cell division

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2019-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Joseph Y. Ong; Jorge Z. Torres
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E3 Ubiquitin Ligases in Cancer and Their Pharmacological Targeting

Ubiquitin Proteasome System - Current Insights into Mechanism Cellular Regulation and Disease
2019-06-19 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781838804909
Part of ISBN: 9781838804916
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Jorge Torres

Leukemia Cell Cycle Chemical Profiling Identifies the G2-Phase Leukemia Specific Inhibitor Leusin-1

ACS Chemical Biology
2019-05-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaoyu Xia; Yu-Chen Lo; Ankur A. Gholkar; Silvia Senese; Joseph Y. Ong; Erick F. Velasquez; Robert Damoiseaux; Jorge Z. Torres
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A molecular cascade modulates MAP1B and confers resistance to mTOR inhibition in human glioblastoma.

Neuro-oncology
2018-05-01 | Journal article
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Jorge Torres

Ensuring fidelity of chromosome segregation.

Molecular biology of the cell
2018-03-01 | Journal article
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Jorge Torres

Computational Cell Cycle Profiling of Cancer Cells for Prioritizing FDA-Approved Drugs with Repurposing Potential

Scientific Reports
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85029321876

Contributors: Lo, Y.-C.; Senese, S.; France, B.; Gholkar, A.A.; Damoiseaux, R.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Kaempferol increases levels of coenzyme Q in kidney cells and serves as a biosynthetic ring precursor

Free Radical Biology and Medicine
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85020528618

Contributors: Fernández-del-Río, L.; Nag, A.; Gutiérrez Casado, E.; Ariza, J.; Awad, A.M.; Joseph, A.I.; Kwon, O.; Verdin, E.; de Cabo, R.; Schneider, C. et al.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Microtubins: A novel class of small synthetic microtubule targeting drugs that inhibit cancer cell proliferation

Oncotarget
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85035352817

Contributors: Senese, S.; Lo, Y.-C.; Gholkar, A.A.; Li, C.-M.; Huang, Y.; Mottahedeh, J.; Kornblum, H.I.; Damoiseaux, R.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

NMR structure-based optimization of Staphylococcus aureus sortase A pyridazinone inhibitors

Chemical Biology and Drug Design
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85014524254

Contributors: Chan, A.H.; Yi, S.W.; Weiner, E.M.; Amer, B.R.; Sue, C.K.; Wereszczynski, J.; Dillen, C.A.; Senese, S.; Torres, J.Z.; McCammon, J.A. et al.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

3D Chemical Similarity Networks for Structure-Based Target Prediction and Scaffold Hopping

ACS Chemical Biology
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84983371979

Contributors: Lo, Y.-C.; Senese, S.; Damoiseaux, R.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Cystatin E/M suppresses tumor cell growth through cytoplasmic retention of NF-κB

Molecular and Cellular Biology
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84971444951

Contributors: Soh, H.; Venkatesan, N.; Veena, M.S.; Ravichandran, S.; Zinabadi, A.; Basak, S.K.; Parvatiyar, K.; Srivastava, M.; Liang, L.-J.; Gjertson, D.W. et al.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Fatostatin inhibits cancer cell proliferation by affecting mitotic microtubule spindle assembly and cell division

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84981335325

Contributors: Gholkar, A.A.; Cheung, K.; Williams, K.J.; Lo, Y.-C.; Hamideh, S.A.; Nnebe, C.; Khuu, C.; Bensinger, S.J.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

LAP-tagged stable cell lines for investigating protein function, spatiotemporal localization and protein interaction networks

Journal of Visualized Experiments
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85008625148

Contributors: Bradley, M.; Ramirez, I.; Cheung, K.; Gholkar, A.A.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Proteomic analysis of the mammalian katanin family of microtubule-severing enzymes defines Katanin p80 subunit B-like 1 (KATNBL1) as a regulator of mammalian Katanin microtubule-severing

Molecular and Cellular Proteomics
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84964743272

Contributors: Cheung, K.; Senese, S.; Kuang, J.; Bui, N.; Ongpipattanakul, C.; Gholkar, A.; Cohn, W.; Capri, J.; Whitelegge, J.P.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

The X-Linked-Intellectual-Disability-Associated Ubiquitin Ligase Mid2 Interacts with Astrin and Regulates Astrin Levels to Promote Cell Division

Cell Reports
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84955328759

Contributors: Gholkar, A.A.; Senese, S.; Lo, Y.-C.; Vides, E.; Contreras, E.; Hodara, E.; Capri, J.; Whitelegge, J.P.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Quantitative Methods in System-Based Drug Discovery

Complex Systems, Sustainability and Innovation
2016-12-14 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9789535128410
Part of ISBN: 9789535128427
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Jorge Torres

Computer-Aided Biosensor Design

Computer-aided Technologies - Applications in Engineering and Medicine
2016-12-07 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9789535127871
Part of ISBN: 9789535127888
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Jorge Torres

Chemical Similarity Networks for Drug Discovery

Special Topics in Drug Discovery
2016-11-30 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9789535127994
Part of ISBN: 9789535128007
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Jorge Torres

A LCMT1-PME-1 methylation equilibrium controls mitotic spindle size

Cell Cycle
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84943794122

Contributors: Xia, X.; Gholkar, A.; Senese, S.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

A unique insertion in STARD9's motor domain regulates its stability

Molecular Biology of the Cell
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84921830188

Contributors: Senese, S.; Cheung, K.; Lo, Y.-C.; Gholkar, A.A.; Xia, X.; Wohlschlegel, J.A.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Large-Scale Chemical Similarity Networks for Target Profiling of Compounds Identified in Cell-Based Chemical Screens

PLoS Computational Biology
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84926392822

Contributors: Lo, Y.-C.; Senese, S.; Li, C.-M.; Hu, Q.; Huang, Y.; Damoiseaux, R.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Structures of potent anticancer compounds bound to tubulin

Protein Science
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84946012049

Contributors: McNamara, D.E.; Senese, S.; Yeates, T.O.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Tctex1d2 associates with short-rib polydactyly syndrome proteins and is required for ciliogenesis

Cell Cycle
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84928024828

Contributors: Gholkar, A.A.; Senese, S.; Lo, Y.-C.; Capri, J.; Deardorff, W.J.; Dharmarajan, H.; Contreras, E.; Hodara, E.; Whitelegge, J.P.; Jackson, P.K. et al.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Chemical dissection of the cell cycle: Probes for cell biology and anti-cancer drug development

Cell Death and Disease
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84921853680

Contributors: Senese, S.; Lo, Y.C.; Huang, D.; Zangle, T.A.; Gholkar, A.A.; Robert, L.; Homet, B.; Ribas, A.; Summers, M.K.; Teitell, M.A. et al.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Dynamic and multi-pharmacophore modeling for designing Polo-box Domain inhibitors

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84904479807

Contributors: Sakkiah, S.; Senese, S.; Yang, Q.; Lee, K.W.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

P16 Protein and gigaxonin are associated with the ubiquitination of NFκB in cisplatin-induced senescence of cancer cells

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84918514971

Contributors: Veena, M.S.; Wilken, R.; Zheng, J.-Y.; Gholkar, A.; Venkatesan, N.; Vira, D.; Ahmed, S.; Basak, S.K.; Dalgard, C.L.; Ravichandran, S. et al.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Theoretical approaches to identify the potent scaffold for human sirtuin1 activator: Bayesian modeling and density functional theory

Medicinal Chemistry Research
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84895186390

Contributors: Sakkiah, S.; Arooj, M.; Lee, K.W.; Torres, J.Z.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

An essential requirement for the SCAP/SREBP signaling axis to protect cancer cells from lipotoxicity

Cancer Research
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84877731629

Contributors: Williams, K.J.; Argus, J.P.; Zhu, Y.; Wilks, M.Q.; Marbois, B.N.; York, A.G.; Kidani, Y.; Pourzia, A.L.; Akhavan, D.; Lisiero, D.N. et al.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

STARD9/Kif16a is a novel mitotic kinesin and antimitotic target.

Bioarchitecture
2012-01-01 | Journal article
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Jorge Torres

The STARD9/Kif16a kinesin associates with mitotic microtubules and regulates spindle pole assembly

Cell
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-83255162648

Contributors: Torres, J.Z.; Summers, M.K.; Peterson, D.; Brauer, M.J.; Lee, J.; Senese, S.; Gholkar, A.A.; Lo, Y.-C.; Lei, X.; Jung, K. et al.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

A specific form of phospho protein phosphatase 2 regulates anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome association with spindle poles

Molecular Biology of the Cell
2010 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-77949463117

Contributors: Torres, J.Z.; Ban, K.H.; Jackson, P.K.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

High-throughput generation of tagged stable cell lines for proteomic analysis

Proteomics
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-66449111040

Contributors: Torres, J.Z.; Miller, J.J.; Jackson, P.K.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

The END Network Couples Spindle Pole Assembly to Inhibition of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome in Early Mitosis

Developmental Cell
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-34250883286

Contributors: Ban, K.H.; Torres, J.Z.; Miller, J.J.; Mikhailov, A.; Nachury, M.V.; Tung, J.J.; Rieder, C.L.; Jackson, P.K.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

The S. cerevisiae Rrm3p DNA helicase moves with the replication fork and affects replication of all yeast chromosomes

Genes and Development
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33751237066

Contributors: Azvolinsky, A.; Dunaway, S.; Torres, J.Z.; Bessler, J.B.; Zakian, V.A.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Local chromatin structure at the ribosomal DNA causes replication fork pausing and genome instability in the absence of the S. cerevisiae DNA helicase Rrm3p

Genes and Development
2004 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-1642417690

Contributors: Torres, J.Z.; Bessler, J.B.; Zakian, V.A.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rrm3p DNA Helicase Promotes Genome Integrity by Preventing Replication Fork Stalling: Viability of rrm3 Cells Requires the Intra-S-Phase Checkpoint and Fork Restart Activities

Molecular and Cellular Biology
2004 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-1642309305

Contributors: Torres, J.Z.; Schnakenberg, S.L.; Zakian, V.A.
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Jorge Torres via Scopus - Elsevier
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