Dr Kazunori Tomita
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences
Heinz Wolff 226
- Email: kazunori.tomita@brunel.ac.uk
Schreglmann, SR., Goncalves, T., Grant‐Peters, M., Kia, DA., Soreq, L., Ryten, M., et al. (2023) 'Age‐related telomere attrition in the human putamen'. Aging Cell, 0 (ahead-of-print). pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 1474-9718 Open Access Link
Tomita, K., Cabreiro, F. and Bjedov, I. (2021) 'Increased fidelity of protein synthesis extends lifespan'. Cell Metabolism, 33 (11). pp. 2288 - 2300.e12. ISSN: 1550-4131 Open Access Link
Goncalves, T., Zoumpoulidou, G., Alvarez-Mendoza, C., Mancusi, C., Collopy, L., Strauss, S., et al. (2020) 'Selective Elimination of Osteosarcoma Cell Lines with Short Telomeres by Ataxia Telangiectasia and Rad3-Related Inhibitors'. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, 3 (6). pp. 1253 - 1264. ISSN: 2575-9108 Open Access Link
Balogh, E., Chandler, JC., Varga, M., Tahoun, M., Menyhárd, DK., Schay, G., et al. (2020) 'Pseudouridylation defect due to DKC1 and NOP10 mutations causes nephrotic syndrome with cataracts, hearing impairment, and enterocolitis'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (26). pp. 1 - 42. ISSN: 0027-8424 Open Access Link
Collopy, LC. and Tomita, K. (2019) 'Telomerase and immortalisation', in Pezzella, F., Tavassoli, M. and Kerr, D. (eds.) Oxford Textbook of Cancer Biology. Oxford University Press. , 1. pp. 209 - 220. ISBN 10: 0198779453. ISBN 13: 9780198779452.
Tomita, K. and Collopy, LC. (2018) 'Telomeres, Telomerase, and Cancer', in Boffetta, P. and Hainaut, P. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Cancer, 3rd edition. Academic Press. , 3. pp. 437 - 454. ISBN 10: 0128124849. ISBN 13: 9780128012383.
Tummala, H., Collopy, LC., Walne, AJ., Ellison, A., Cardoso, S., Aksu, T., et al. (2018) 'Homozygous OB-fold variants in telomere protein TPP1 are associated with dyskeratosis congenita–like phenotypes'. Blood, 132 (12). pp. 1349 - 1353. ISSN: 0006-4971 Open Access Link
Tomita, K. (2018) 'How long does telomerase extend telomeres? Regulation of telomerase release and telomere length homeostasis'. Current Genetics, 64 (6). pp. 1177 - 1181. ISSN: 0172-8083 Open Access Link
Collopy, LC., Ware, TL., Goncalves, T., Í Kongsstovu, S., Yang, Q., Amelina, H., et al. (2018) 'LARP7 family proteins have conserved function in telomerase assembly'. Nature Communications, 9 (1). pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Link
Armstrong, CA., Moiseeva, V., Collopy, LC., Pearson, SR., Ullah, TR., Xi, ST., et al. (2017) 'Fission yeast Ccq1 is a modulator of telomerase activity'. Nucleic Acids Research, 46 (2). pp. 704 - 716. ISSN: 0305-1048 Open Access Link
Moiseeva, V., Amelina, H., Collopy, LC., Armstrong, CA., Pearson, SR. and Tomita, K. (2017) 'The telomere bouquet facilitates meiotic prophase progression and exit in fission yeast'. Cell Discovery, 3 (1). pp. 17041. ISSN: 2056-5968 Open Access Link
Armstrong, CA. and Tomita, K. (2017) 'Fundamental mechanisms of telomerase action in yeasts and mammals: Understanding telomeres and telomerase in cancer cells'. Open Biology, 7 (3). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 2046-2441 Open Access Link
Amelina, H., Moiseeva, V., Collopy, LC., Pearson, SR., Armstrong, CA. and Tomita, K. (2016) 'Sequential and counter-selectable cassettes for fission yeast'. BMC Biotechnology, 16 (1). pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 1472-6750 Open Access Link
Gravells, P., Ahrabi, S., Vangala, RK., Tomita, K., Brash, JT., Brustle, LA., et al. (2015) 'Use of the HPRT gene to study nuclease-induced DNA double-strand break repair.'. Human molecular genetics, 24 (24). pp. 7097 - 7110. ISSN: 0964-6906 Open Access Link
Amelina, H., Subramaniam, S., Moiseeva, V., Armstrong, CA., Pearson, SR. and Tomita, K. (2015) 'Telomere protein Rap1 is a charge resistant scaffolding protein in chromosomal bouquet formation.'. BMC biology, 13 (1). pp. 37. ISSN: 1741-7007 Open Access Link
Fennell, A., Fernández-Álvarez, A., Tomita, K. and Cooper, JP. (2015) 'Telomeres and centromeres have interchangeable roles in promoting meiotic spindle formation.'. The Journal of cell biology, 208 (4). pp. 415 - 428. ISSN: 0021-9525 Open Access Link
Armstrong, CA., Pearson, SR., Amelina, H., Moiseeva, V. and Tomita, K. (2014) 'Telomerase activation after recruitment in fission yeast.'. Current Biology, 24 (17). pp. 2006 - 2011. ISSN: 0960-9822 Open Access Link
Gravells, P., Tomita, K., Booth, A., Poznansky, J. and Porter, ACG. (2013) 'Chemical genetic analyses of quantitative changes in Cdk1 activity during the human cell cycle'. Human Molecular Genetics, 22 (14). pp. 2842 - 2851. ISSN: 0964-6906
Tomita, K., Bez, C., Fennell, A. and Cooper, JP. (2013) 'A single internal telomere tract ensures meiotic spindle formation'. EMBO Reports, 14 (3). pp. 252 - 260. ISSN: 1469-221X
Tomita, K. and Cooper, JP. (2008) 'Fission yeast Ccq1 is telomerase recruiter and local checkpoint controller'. Genes and Development, 22 (24). pp. 3461 - 3474. ISSN: 0890-9369
Tomita, K. and Cooper, JP. (2007) 'The Telomere Bouquet Controls the Meiotic Spindle'. Cell, 130 (1). pp. 113 - 126. ISSN: 0092-8674