Alan E. Tomkinson

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• Reduced DNA repair capacity by lymphocytes in response to PM2.5 and wood smoke exposure predicts risk for lung cancer and COPD

  Environmental Research · 2026-05-17

• Molecular basis of nick ligation in the nucleosome by DNA Ligase IIIα

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026-04-06

• The zinc finger of DNA ligase 3α binds to nucleosomes via an arginine anchor

  Nature Communications · 2025-11-21 · 5 citations

• End Processing in NHEJ by Polymerase λ and PNKP is coordinated during short-range synapsisPreprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-05-27 · 2 citations

• Joining of DNA breaks- interplay between DNA ligases and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerases

  DNA repair · 2025-05-01 · 4 citations

• The zinc finger of DNA Ligase 3α binds to nucleosomes via an arginine anchorPreprint

  Research Square · 2025-03-10

• XRCC1 mediates PARP1- and PAR-dependent recruitment of PARP2 to DNA damage sites

  Nucleic Acids Research · 2025-02-08 · 14 citations

• Global screening of base excision repair in nucleosome core particles

  DNA repair · 2024-10-19 · 10 citations

• Inactive Parp2 causes Tp53-dependent lethal anemia by blocking replication-associated nick ligation in erythroblasts

  Molecular Cell · 2024-10-01 · 21 citations

• Redundant but essential functions of PARP1 and PARP2 in DNA ligase I-independent DNA replication

  Nucleic Acids Research · 2024-08-06 · 6 citations