Publications
Paillé A, Charton R, Dholandre Q, Conconi A (2021) The Efficiency of Global Genome‐Nucleotide Excision Repair is Linked to the Fraction of Open rRNA Gene Chromatin, in Yeast. Photochem Photobiol Special Issue
Paillé A, Charton R, Muguet A, Griesenbeck J, Smerdon MJ, Conconi A (2019) Analyses of rRNA gene chromatin in cell cycle arrested Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. Data in Brief 104083 DOI
Charton R, Muguet A, Griesenbeck J, Smerdon MJ, Conconi A (2019) In yeast cells arrested at the early S-phase by hydroxyurea, rRNA gene promoters and chromatin are poised for transcription while rRNA synthesis is compromised. Mutat Res 815, 20-29 Pubmed
Conconi A and Bell B (2017) The long and short of a DNA-damage response. Nature News & Views 545, 165-166 Pubmed
Guintini L, Tremblay M, Toussaint M, D’Amours A, Wellinger RE, Wellinger RJ, Conconi A (2017) Repair of UV-induced DNA lesions in natural Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomeres is moderated by Sir2 and Sir3, and inhibited by yKu–Sir4 interaction. Nucl Acids Res 45, 4577-4589 Pubmed
Peyresaubes F, Zeledon C, Guintini L, Charton R, Muguet A, Conconi A (2016) RNA polymerase-I dependent transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair of UV induced DNA lesions at transcription termination sites, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Photochem Photobiol 93, 363–374 Pubmed
Conconi A (2015) Preface. DNA Repair 36, v-vi Pubmed
Guintini L, Charton R, Peyresaubes F, Thoma F, Conconi A (2015) Nucleosome positioning, nucleotide excision repair and photoreactivation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. DNA Repair 36, 98-104 Pubmed
Charton R, Guintini L, Peyresaubes F, Conconi A (2015) Repair of UV induced DNA lesions in ribosomal gene chromatin and the role of “Odd” RNA polymerases (I and III). DNA Repair 36, 49-58 Pubmed
Peyresaubes F, D’Amours A, Leduc F, Grégoire MC, Boissonneault G, Conconi A (2015) Immuno-capture of UVDE generated 3’-OH ends at UV photoproducts. DNA Repair 36, 156-161 ScienceDirect
Tremblay M, Charton R, Wittner M, Levasseur G, Griesenbeck J, Conconi A (2014) UV light-induced DNA lesions cause dissociation of yeast RNA polymerases-I and establishment of a specialized chromatin structure at rRNA genes. Nucl Acids Res 42, 380-395 Pubmed
Grisenbeck J, Wittner M, Charton R and Conconi A (2012) Chromatin Endogenous cleavage and psoralen crosslinking assays to analyze rRNA gene chromatin in vivo. In: Transcriptional Regulation: Methods and Protocols. Methods Mol Biol 809, 291-301 Humana press NY Pubmed
Pelloux J, Tremblay M, Wellinger RJ and Conconi A (2012) UV induced DNA damage and DNA repair in ribosomal genes chromatin. In: Transcriptional Regulation: Methods and Protocols. Methods Mol Biol 809, 303-320 Humana press NY Pubmed
Toussaint M, Wellinger RJ and Conconi A (2010) Differential participation of homologous recombination and nucleotide excision repair in yeast survival to ultraviolet light radiation. Mutat Res 698, 52-59 Pubmed
Tremblay M, Toussaint M, D’Amours A and Conconi A (2009) Nucleotide excision repair and photolyase repair of UV photoproducts in nucleosomes; assessing the existence of nucleosome and non-nucleosome rDNA chromatin in vivo. Biochem Cell Biol 87, 337-346 Pubmed
Tremblay M, Teng Y, Paquette M, Waters R and Conconi A (2008) Complementary roles of yeast Rad4p and Rad34p in nucleotide excision repair of active and inactive rRNA gene chromatin. Mol Cell Biol 28, 7504-7513 Pubmed
Catala M, Tremblay M, Samson E, Conconi A and Abu Elela S (2008) Deletion of Rnt1p alters the proportion of open versus closed rRNA gene repeats in yeast. Mol Cell Biol 28, 619-629 Pubmed
Conconi A (2007) Yeast as a model system to study DNA damage and DNA repair. In: Sourcebook of Models for Biomedical Research, pp. 445-453 (ed. P.M. Conn), Humana Press, Totowa NJ.
Toussaint M and Conconi A (2006) High-throughput and sensitive assay to measure yeast cell growth: a bench protocol for testing genotoxic agents. NATURE Prot 1, 1922-1928 Nature Protocol
Toussaint M, Levasseur G, Gervais-Bird J, Wellinger RJ, Abou Elela S and Conconi A (2006) A high throughput method to measure the sensitivity of yeast cells to genotoxic agents in liquid cultures. Mutat Res 606, 92-105 Pubmed
Conconi A*, Paquette M, Bespalov V, Fahy D and Smerdon MJ (2005) Repair-independent chromatin assembly onto active ribosomal genes in yeast after UV irradiation. Mol Cell Biol 25, 9773-9783 (* corresponding author) Pubmed
Fahy D, Conconi A and Smerdon MJ (2005) Rapid changes in transcription and chromatin structure of ribosomal genes in yeast during growth phase transitions. Exp Cell Res 305, 365-373 Pubmed
Toussaint M, Levasseur G, Tremblay M, Paquette M and Conconi A (2005) Psoralen photo-crosslinking: a tool to study the structure of rDNA chromatin. Biochem Cell Biol 83, 449-459 (review) Pubmed
Conconi A (2005) The yeast rDNA locus: a model system to study DNA repair in chromatin. DNA Repair 4, 897-908 Pubmed
Conconi A and Wellinger RJ (2003) A New link for a Linker Histone. Mol Cell 11, 1421-1423 Pubmed