Kristin Eckert
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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500 University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033 - kae4@psu.edu
- 717-531-4065
Research Summary
Mechanisms of human cell mutagenesis and repetitive DNA replication in relation to genome evolution.
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Most Recent Publications
Replication of [AT/TA]<sub>25</sub> Microsatellite Sequences by Human DNA Polymerase δ Holoenzymes Is Dependent on dNTP and RPA Levels
Kara G. Pytko, Rachel L. Dannenberg, Kristin A. Eckert, Mark Hedglin, 2024, Biochemistry
Accurate sequencing of DNA motifs able to form alternative (non-B) structures
Matthias H. Weissensteiner, Marzia A. Cremona, Wilfried M. Guiblet, Nicholas Stoler, Robert S. Harris, Monika Cechova, Kristin A. Eckert, Francesca Chiaromonte, Yi Fei Huang, Kateryna D. Makova, 2023, Genome Research on p. 907-923
Special Issue “DNA Replication/Repair, and the DNA Damage Response in Human Disease”
Dong Zhang, Kristin A. Eckert, Marietta Y.W.T. Lee, 2023, Genes
Nontraditional Roles of DNA Polymerase Eta Support Genome Duplication and Stability
Kristin A. Eckert, 2023, Genes
Variation in G-quadruplex sequence and topology differentially impacts human DNA polymerase fidelity
Mary Elizabeth Stein, Suzanne E. Hile, Matthias H. Weissensteiner, Marietta Lee, Sufang Zhang, Eduard Kejnovský, Iva Kejnovská, Kateryna D. Makova, Kristin A. Eckert, 2022, DNA Repair
Impact of g-quadruplexes and chronic inflammation on genome instability: Additive effects during carcinogenesis
Mary Elizabeth Stein, Kristin A. Eckert, 2021, Genes
Overexpression of oncogenic H-Ras in hTERTimmortalized and SV40-transformed human cells targets replicative and specialized DNA polymerases for depletion
Wei Chung Tsao, Raquel Buj, Katherine M. Aird, Julia M. Sidorova, Kristin A. Eckert, 2021, PLoS One
Selection and thermostability suggest G-quadruplexes are novel functional elements of the human genome
Wilfried M. Guiblet, Michael DeGiorgio, Michael , Xiaoheng Cheng, Francesca Chiaromonte, Kristin A. Eckert, Yi Fei Huang, Kateryna D. Makova, 2021, Genome Research on p. 1136-1149
Non-B DNA: A major contributor to small-and large-scale variation in nucleotide substitution frequencies across the genome
Wilfried Guiblet, Marzia Cremona, Robert Harris, Di Chen, Kristin A. Eckert, Francesca Chiaromonte, Yi Fei Huang, Kateryna D. Makova, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research on p. 1497--1516
Sequence and Nuclease Requirements for Breakage and Healing of a Structure-Forming (AT)n Sequence within Fragile Site FRA16D
Simran Kaushal, Charles E. Wollmuth, Kohal Das, Suzanne E. Hile, Samantha B. Regan, Ryan P. Barnes, Alice Haouzi, Soo Mi Lee, Nealia C.M. House, Michael Guyumdzhyan, Kristin A. Eckert, Catherine H. Freudenreich, 2019, Cell Reports on p. 1151-1164.e5
Most-Cited Papers
Interplay between DNA repair and inflammation, and the link to cancer
Dawit Kidane, Wook Jin Chae, Jennifer Czochor, Kristin A. Eckert, Peter M. Glazer, Alfred L.M. Bothwell, Joann B. Sweasy, 2014, Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology on p. 116-139
Human PrimPol is a highly error-prone polymerase regulated by single-stranded DNA binding proteins
Thomas A. Guilliam, Stanislaw K. Jozwiakowski, Aaron Ehlinger, Ryan P. Barnes, Sean G. Rudd, Laura J. Bailey, J. Mark Skehel, Kristin A. Eckert, Walter J. Chazin, Aidan J. Doherty, 2015, Nucleic Acids Research on p. 1056-1068
Non-B DNA: A major contributor to small-and large-scale variation in nucleotide substitution frequencies across the genome
Wilfried Guiblet, Marzia Cremona, Robert Harris, Di Chen, Kristin A. Eckert, Francesca Chiaromonte, Yi Fei Huang, Kateryna D. Makova, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research on p. 1497--1516
Accurate typing of short tandem repeats from genome-wide sequencing data and its applications
Arkarachai Fungtammasan, Guruprasad Ananda, Suzanne E. Hile, Marcia Shu Wei Su, Chen Sun, Robert Harris, Paul Medvedev, Kristin Eckert, Kateryna D. Makova, 2015, Genome Research on p. 736-749
Genome-wide Identification of Structure-Forming Repeats as Principal Sites of Fork Collapse upon ATR Inhibition
Nishita Shastri, Yu Chen Tsai, Suzanne Hile, Deondre Jordan, Barrett Powell, Jessica Chen, Dillon Maloney, Marei Dose, Yancy Lo, Theonie Anastassiadis, Osvaldo Rivera, Taehyong Kim, Sharvin Shah, Piyush Borole, Kanika Asija, Xiang Wang, Kevin D. Smith, Darren Finn, Jonathan Schug, Rafael Casellas, Liliya A. Yatsunyk, Kristin A. Eckert, Eric J. Brown, 2018, Molecular Cell on p. 222-238.e11
Long-read sequencing technology indicates genome-wide effects of non-B DNA on polymerization speed and error rate
Wilfried M. Guiblet, Marzia A. Cremona, Monika Cechova, Robert S. Harris, Iva Kejnovská, Eduard Kejnovsky, Kristin Eckert, Francesca Chiaromonte, Kateryna D. Makova, 2018, Genome Research on p. 1767-1778
DNA polymerases eta and kappa exchange with the polymerase delta holoenzyme to complete common fragile site synthesis
Ryan P. Barnes, Suzanne E. Hile, Marietta Y. Lee, Kristin A. Eckert, 2017, DNA Repair on p. 1-11
Sequence and Nuclease Requirements for Breakage and Healing of a Structure-Forming (AT)n Sequence within Fragile Site FRA16D
Simran Kaushal, Charles E. Wollmuth, Kohal Das, Suzanne E. Hile, Samantha B. Regan, Ryan P. Barnes, Alice Haouzi, Soo Mi Lee, Nealia C.M. House, Michael Guyumdzhyan, Kristin A. Eckert, Catherine H. Freudenreich, 2019, Cell Reports on p. 1151-1164.e5
DNA polymerase eta prevents tumor cell-cycle arrest and cell death during recovery from replication stress
Ryan P. Barnes, Wei Chung Tsao, George Lucian Moldovan, Kristin A. Eckert, 2018, Cancer Research on p. 6549-6560
Detours to replication: Functions of specialized DNA polymerases during oncogene-induced replication stress
Wei Chung Tsao, Kristin A. Eckert, 2018, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
News Articles Featuring Kristin Eckert
Apr 17, 2023
Structured Nucleic Acids Day, Robert Simpson and Sons Lecture set for April 18
A half-day symposium on structured (noncanonical) nucleic acids will be held on Tuesday, April 18, in Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library, Penn State University Park.
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Feb 04, 2021
Unusual DNA folding increases the rates of mutations
DNA sequences that can fold into shapes other than the classic double helix tend to have higher mutation rates than other regions in the human genome. New research by a team of Penn State scientists shows that the elevated mutation rate in these sequences plays a major role in determining regional variation in mutation rates across the genome.
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