Kumari, D. and Usdin, K. Chromatin remodeling in the noncoding repeat expansion diseases. J Biol Chem. (284):7413-7417, 2009. [ Full Text / Abstract ]
Usdin, K. The biological effects of simple tandem repeats: lessons from the repeat expansion diseases. Genome Res . (18):1011-1019, 2008. [ Full Text / Abstract ]
Entezam, A. and Usdin, K. ATR protects the genome against CGG.CCG-repeat expansion in Fragile X premutation mice. Nucleic Acids Res (36): 1050-6, 2008. [ Full Text / Abstract ]
Biacsi, R., Kumari, D., and Usdin, K. SIRT1 inhibition alleviates gene silencing in Fragile X mental retardation syndrome. PLoS Genetics , 2008. (4):e1000017. [ Full Text / Abstract ]
Entezam, A., Biacsi, R., Orrison, B., Saha, T., Hoffman, G.E., Grabczyk, E., Nussbaum, R.L., Usdin, K. Regional FMRP deficits and large repeat expansions into the full mutation range in a new Fragile X premutation mouse model. Gene (395): 125-34, 2007. [ Full Text / Abstract ]
Greene, E., Mahishi, L., Entezam, A., Kumari, D., Usdin, K. Repeat-induced epigenetic changes in intron 1 of the frataxin gene and its consequences in Friedreich ataxia. Nucleic Acids Res (35): 3383-90, 2007. [ Full Text / Abstract ]
Mahishi, L. and Usdin, K. NF-Y, AP2, Nrf1 and Sp1 regulate the fragile X-related gene 2 (FXR2). Biochem J (400): 327-35, 2006. [ Full Text / Abstract ]
Greene, E., Entezam, A., Kumari, D. and Usdin, K. Ancient repeated DNA elements and the regulation of the human frataxin promoter. Genomics (85): 221-30, 2005. [ Full Text / Abstract ]
Handa, V., Goldwater, D., Stiles, D., Cam, M., Poy, G., Kumari, D. and Usdin, K. Long CGG-repeat tracts are toxic to human cells: implications for carriers of Fragile X premutation alleles. FEBS Lett (579): 2702-8, 2005. [ Full Text / Abstract ]
Handa, V., Yeh, H.J., McPhie, P. and Usdin, K. The AUUCU repeats responsible for spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 form unusual RNA hairpins. J Biol Chem (280): 29340-5, 2005. [ Full Text / Abstract ]
Handa, V., Saha, T. and Usdin, K. The fragile X syndrome repeats form RNA hairpins that do not activate the interferon-inducible protein kinase, PKR, but are cut by Dicer. Nucleic Acids Res (31): 6243-8, 2003. [ Full Text / Abstract ]