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List of works by Magnar Bjørås

3CAPS - a structural AP-site analogue as a tool to investigate DNA base excision repair

scientific article published on 4 January 2016

8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (Ogg1) controls hepatic gluconeogenesis

scientific article published on 28 November 2017

A chemical-genetic screen to unravel the genetic network of CDC28/CDK1 links ubiquitin and Rad6-Bre1 to cell cycle progression

scientific article published on 31 October 2011

A general role of the DNA glycosylase Nth1 in the abasic sites cleavage step of base excision repair in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

scientific article published on 27 September 2004

A new Schizosaccharomyces pombe base excision repair mutant, nth1, reveals overlapping pathways for repair of DNA base damage

scientific article published in April 2003

A new family of proteins related to the HEAT-like repeat DNA glycosylases with affinity for branched DNA structures

scientific article

A new protein superfamily includes two novel 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylases from Bacillus cereus, AlkC and AlkD.

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AP endonuclease independent repair of abasic sites in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

scientific article published on November 13, 2011

Accumulation of 8-oxoguanine in liver DNA during hyperoxic resuscitation of newborn mice

scientific article published in November 2009

Autophagy contributes to therapy-induced degradation of the PML/RARA oncoprotein

scientific article published on 23 June 2010

Bacteriocins (meningocins) in Norwegian isolates of Neisseria meningitidis: possible role in the course of a meningococcal epidemic

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Base Excision Repair

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

Base excision of oxidative purine and pyrimidine DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a DNA glycosylase with sequence similarity to endonuclease III from Escherichia coli

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Base excision repair activities in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures exposed to oxygen and glucose deprivation

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Base excision repair activities required for yeast to attain a full chronological life span

scientific article published in April 2003

Base removers and strand scissors: different strategies employed in base excision and strand incision at modified base residues in DNA.

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Biochemical characterization and DNA repair pathway interactions of Mag1-mediated base excision repair in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

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Biochemical mapping of human NEIL1 DNA glycosylase and AP lyase activities

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Caenorhabditis elegans NDX-4 is a MutT-type enzyme that contributes to genomic stability

scientific article published on 15 December 2010

Calprotectin (S100A8/S100A9) and myeloperoxidase: co-regulators of formation of reactive oxygen species

scientific article published on 20 January 2010

Catalytically impaired hMYH and NEIL1 mutant proteins identified in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma

scientific article published on 14 May 2009

Cdc28 kinase activity regulates the basal transcription machinery at a subset of genes

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Cell-cycle regulation, intracellular sorting and induced overexpression of the human NTH1 DNA glycosylase involved in removal of formamidopyrimidine residues from DNA

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Characterization of human cytomegalovirus uracil DNA glycosylase (UL114) and its interaction with polymerase processivity factor (UL44).

scientific article published on 17 May 2008

Characterization of the chitinolytic machinery of Enterococcus faecalis V583 and high-resolution structure of its oxidative CBM33 enzyme

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Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a gene for an alkylbase DNA glycosylase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae; a homologue to the bacterial alkA gene.

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Cloning and expression of a neuronal rat brain glutamate transporter

scientific article published in February 1996

Cloning and expression of a rat brain L-glutamate transporter

scientific article (publication date: 3 December 1992)

Comparative analysis of 8-oxoG:C, 8-oxoG:A, A:C and C:C DNA repair in extracts from wild type or 8-oxoG DNA glycosylase deficient mammalian and bacterial cells

scientific article published in June 2003

Crystal structure and MD simulation of mouse EndoV reveal wedge motif plasticity in this inosine-specific endonuclease

scientific article published on 25 April 2016

DNA base repair--recognition and initiation of catalysis

scientific article published on 03 July 2009

DNA binding kinetics of two response regulators, PlnC and PlnD, from the bacteriocin regulon of Lactobacillus plantarum C11.

scientific article published on 11 June 2009

DNA damage induced by 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2[5H]-furanone (MX) in HL-60 cells and purified DNA in vitro

scientific article published on April 1997

Differential expression of two glial glutamate transporters in the rat brain: an in situ hybridization study

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Dissection of the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn)-albumin interface using mutagenesis and anti-FcRn albumin-blocking antibodies

scientific article published on 24 April 2014

Dynamic relocalization of hOGG1 during the cell cycle is disrupted in cells harbouring the hOGG1-Cys326 polymorphic variant

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Effects of Chemical-Induced DNA Damage on Male Germ Cells

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Endonuclease V cleaves at inosines in RNA

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Endonuclease VIII-like 3 (Neil3) DNA glycosylase promotes neurogenesis induced by hypoxia-ischemia

scientific article published on 7 November 2011

Enhanced base excision repair capacity in carotid atherosclerosis may protect nuclear DNA but not mitochondrial DNA.

scientific article published on 2 July 2016

Erratum: Cloning and expression of a rat brain L-glutamate transporter

scientific article published in Nature

Excision of the doubly methylated base N4,5-dimethylcytosine from DNA by Escherichia coli Nei and Fpg proteins

scientific article published in June 2018

Expression and purification of NEIL3, a human DNA glycosylase homolog

scientific article

Expression patterns of Neil3 during embryonic brain development and neoplasia

scientific article published on 9 May 2009

Extending serum half-life of albumin by engineering neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) binding

scientific article

Four novel mutations identified in Norwegian patients result in intermittent maple syrup urine disease when combined with the R301C mutation.

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Fumarylacetoacetate inhibits the initial step of the base excision repair pathway: implication for the pathogenesis of tyrosinemia type I

scientific article published on November 9, 2012

Genetic interactions of DNA repair pathways in the pathogen Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 18 May 2007

Genetic variants in the DNA repair gene NEIL3 and the risk of myocardial infarction in a nested case-control study. The HUNT Study

scientific article published on 2 February 2015

Genome instability in Maple Syrup Urine Disease correlates with impaired mitochondrial biogenesis

scientific article published on 9 May 2014

Genotype-phenotype analysis of S326C OGG1 polymorphism: a risk factor for oxidative pathologies

scientific article published on 28 May 2013

Ginsenoside Rd promotes glutamate clearance by up-regulating glial glutamate transporter GLT-1 via PI3K/AKT and ERK1/2 pathways

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Glycosylated Chromogranin A in Heart Failure: Implications for Processing and Cardiomyocyte Calcium Homeostasis

scientific article published on February 2017

Hallmarks of Processivity in Glycoside Hydrolases from Crystallographic and Computational Studies of the Serratia marcescens Chitinases

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Hippocampal Adult Neurogenesis Is Maintained by Neil3-Dependent Repair of Oxidative DNA Lesions in Neural Progenitor Cells

scientific article published on September 6, 2012

Human ABH3 structure and key residues for oxidative demethylation to reverse DNA/RNA damage

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Human DNA glycosylases of the bacterial Fpg/MutM superfamily: an alternative pathway for the repair of 8-oxoguanine and other oxidation products in DNA

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Human NEIL1 localizes with the centrosomes and condensed chromosomes during mitosis

scientific article published on 6 June 2007

Human NEIL3 is mainly a monofunctional DNA glycosylase removing spiroimindiohydantoin and guanidinohydantoin

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Human OGG1 undergoes serine phosphorylation and associates with the nuclear matrix and mitotic chromatin in vivo

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Human OXR1 maintains mitochondrial DNA integrity and counteracts hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress by regulating antioxidant pathways involving p21.

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Human and bacterial oxidative demethylases repair alkylation damage in both RNA and DNA

scientific article (publication date: 20 February 2003)

Identification and characterization of novel mutations in the human gene encoding the catalytic subunit Calpha of protein kinase A (PKA).

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Impaired base excision repair and accumulation of oxidative base lesions in CD4+ T cells of HIV-infected patients

scientific article published on 10 February 2005

Impaired oxidative stress response characterizes HUWE1-promoted X-linked intellectual disability

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

Incision at hypoxanthine residues in DNA by a mammalian homologue of the Escherichia coli antimutator enzyme endonuclease V

scientific journal article

Increased nuclear DNA damage precedes mitochondrial dysfunction in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Huntington's disease patients.

scientific article published on 29 June 2018

Increased removal of 3-alkyladenine reduces the frequencies of hprt mutations induced by methyl- and ethylmethanesulfonate in Chinese hamster fibroblast cells.

scientific article published on May 1994

Inducible expression of the GLT-1 glutamate transporter in a CHO cell line selected for low endogenous glutamate uptake

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Inosine in DNA and RNA.

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Integrative whole-genome sequence analysis reveals roles of regulatory mutations in BCL6 and BCL2 in follicular lymphoma

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Lack of the DNA glycosylases MYH and OGG1 in the cancer prone double mutant mouse does not increase mitochondrial DNA mutagenesis

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Limited repair of 8-hydroxy-7,8-dihydroguanine residues in human testicular cells

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Loss of Neil3, the major DNA glycosylase activity for removal of hydantoins in single stranded DNA, reduces cellular proliferation and sensitizes cells to genotoxic stress

scientific article published on January 7, 2013

Metabolism and DNA repair shape a specific modification pattern in mitochondrial DNA.

scientific article published on 8 September 2017

Methylpurine DNA glycosylase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus

scientific article published on October 2002

Mitochondrial DNA Damage Level Determines Neural Stem Cell Differentiation Fate

scientific article published on June 29, 2011

Mitochondrial DNA Integrity Is Essential For Mitochondrial Maturation During Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Mitochondrial DNA damage and repair during ischemia-reperfusion injury of the heart

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Modeling the impact of mitochondrial DNA damage in forebrain neurons and beyond

scientific article published on 25 February 2011

Modulation of DNA glycosylase activities in mesenchymal stem cells.

scientific article published on 25 May 2009

Mutually exclusive RNA secondary structures regulate translation initiation of DinQ in Escherichia coli

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N-Acetylcysteine Amide Exerts Possible Neuroprotective Effects in Newborn Pigs after Perinatal Asphyxia

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NEIL3-Dependent Regulation of Cardiac Fibroblast Proliferation Prevents Myocardial Rupture

scientific article published on January 2017

Neil1 is a genetic modifier of somatic and germline CAG trinucleotide repeat instability in R6/1 mice

scientific article published on 21 August 2012

Neil3-dependent base excision repair regulates lipid metabolism and prevents atherosclerosis in Apoe-deficient mice

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

New functions of XPC in the protection of human skin cells from oxidative damage

scientific article

Novel Deletion Mutation Identified in a Patient with Late-Onset Combined Methylmalonic Acidemia and Homocystinuria, cblC Type

scientific article published on April 12, 2013

OGG1 initiates age-dependent CAG trinucleotide expansion in somatic cells

scientific article published on 22 April 2007

Overexpression of the LexA-regulated tisAB RNA in E. coli inhibits SOS functions; implications for regulation of the SOS response

scientific article

Oxygenation of the newborn: a molecular approach

scientific article published in June 2012

PGM3 mutations cause a congenital disorder of glycosylation with severe immunodeficiency and skeletal dysplasia

scientific article

PML regulates neuroprotective innate immunity and neuroblast commitment in a hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy model

scientific article published on 28 July 2016

Product inhibition and magnesium modulate the dual reaction mode of hOgg1.

scientific article published in March 2005

Publisher Correction: Impaired oxidative stress response characterizes HUWE1-promoted X-linked intellectual disability.

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Purification and properties of the alkylation repair DNA glycosylase encoded the MAG gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

scientific article published in April 1995

Reciprocal "flipping" underlies substrate recognition and catalytic activation by the human 8-oxo-guanine DNA glycosylase

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Reconstitution of the base excision repair pathway for 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine with purified human proteins

scientific article published in May 2002

Reduced expression of DNA glycosylases in post-hypoxic newborn pigs undergoing therapeutic hypothermia

scientific article published on 29 September 2010

Regulation of Human Endonuclease V Activity and Relocalization to Cytoplasmic Stress Granules

scientific article published on 29 August 2016

Release from quiescence stimulates the expression of human NEIL3 under the control of the Ras dependent ERK–MAP kinase pathway

scientific article published on February 23, 2012

Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ofd2 is a nuclear 2-oxoglutarate and iron dependent dioxygenase interacting with histones

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Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a mutated AP endonuclease 1.

scientific article published on 28 December 2010

Sculpting of DNA at Abasic Sites by DNA Glycosylase Homolog Mag2

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Secretoneurin is a novel prognostic cardiovascular biomarker associated with cardiomyocyte calcium handling

scientific article published in February 2015

Separation-of-Function Mutants Unravel the Dual-Reaction Mode of Human 8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase

scientific article published on January 12, 2011

Single transmembrane peptide DinQ modulates membrane-dependent activities

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Stress Resilience of Spermatozoa and Blood Mononuclear Cells without Prion Protein

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Structural Basis of DNA Loop Recognition by Endonuclease V

scientific article published on January 11, 2013

Structural basis for incision at deaminated adenines in DNA and RNA by endonuclease V.

scientific article published on 28 March 2015

Structural insight into repair of alkylated DNA by a new superfamily of DNA glycosylases comprising HEAT-like repeats

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Structure and function of the human sperm-specific isoform of protein kinase A (PKA) catalytic subunit Cα2

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Structure-based mutagenesis reveals the albumin-binding site of the neonatal Fc receptor

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Structures of endonuclease V with DNA reveal initiation of deaminated adenine repair

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Substrate specificities of bacterial and human AlkB proteins

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Susceptibility to infections, without concomitant hyper-IgE, reported in 1976, is caused by hypomorphic mutation in the phosphoglucomutase 3 (PGM3) gene

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Synergistic Actions of Ogg1 and Mutyh DNA Glycosylases Modulate Anxiety-like Behavior in Mice

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

TORC1 Inhibits GSK3-Mediated Elo2 Phosphorylation to Regulate Very Long Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis and Autophagy

scientific article published in February 2017

TORC1 inhibits GSK3-mediated Elo2 phosphorylation to regulate very long chain fatty acid synthesis and autophagy

scientific article

The Bacillus subtilis counterpart of the mammalian 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase has hypoxanthine and 1,N6-ethenoadenine as preferred substrates

scientific article published on 16 January 2004

The Chromatin Remodeling Factor SMARCB1 Forms a Complex with Human Cytomegalovirus Proteins UL114 and UL44

scientific article published on March 27, 2012

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologues of endonuclease III from Escherichia coli, Ntg1 and Ntg2, are both required for efficient repair of spontaneous and induced oxidative DNA damage in yeast

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The Schizosaccharomyces pombe AlkB homolog Abh1 exhibits AP lyase activity but no demethylase activity

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The ada operon of Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes two DNA methyltransferases for inducible repair of DNA alkylation damage

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The arsenic-based cure of acute promyelocytic leukemia promotes cytoplasmic sequestration of PML and PML/RARA through inhibition of PML body recycling

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The capacity to remove 8-oxoG is enhanced in newborn neural stem/progenitor cells and decreases in juvenile mice and upon cell differentiation

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The distribution of DNA damage is defined by region-specific susceptibility to DNA damage formation rather than repair differences

scientific article published on 27 March 2014

The human base excision repair enzyme SMUG1 directly interacts with DKC1 and contributes to RNA quality control

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The human homolog of Escherichia coli endonuclease V is a nucleolar protein with affinity for branched DNA structures

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The outer membrane secretin PilQ from Neisseria meningitidis binds DNA.

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Tiling array analysis of UV treated Escherichia coli predicts novel differentially expressed small peptides

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Tiling array study of MNNG treated Escherichia coli reveals a widespread transcriptional response

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

Transcriptome analysis of human OXR1 depleted cells reveals its role in regulating the p53 signaling pathway

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Up-regulation of myocardial DNA base excision repair activities in experimental heart failure

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Uracil-DNA Glycosylase UNG Promotes Tet-mediated DNA Demethylation

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WRN interacts physically and functionally with the recombination mediator protein RAD52

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Widespread distribution of DNA glycosylases removing oxidative DNA lesions in human and rodent brains

scientific article published on 22 July 2008

Ythdf2-mediated m6A mRNA clearance modulates neural development in mice.

scientific article published on 31 May 2018