faculty
Bonita Brewer
bbrewer@gs.washington.eduUniversity of Washington,
Gene Expression, Cell Cycle & Chromosome Biology
Genetics, Genomics & Evolution
Choreography of eukaryotic DNA replication
Faculty Contact Information
Building: South Foege
Room: S041C
Box: 355065
Phone: 206-685-4966
Lab Information
Location: University of Washington
Building: South Foege
Room: S041
Box: 355065
Phone: 206-543-9447
Alt Phone: 206-543-9446
http://fangman-brewer.gs.washington.edu/
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Permanent
Research Summary
DNA replication is undeniably important for life and, as a consequence, cells have evolved mechanisms to monitor replication fidelity and to coordinate completion of replication with other cell cycle events. Using yeast as a model organism, we study how cells choreograph the duplication of their chromosomes, and how defects in initiation of DNA replication contribute to genetic disorders such as the human Meier-Gorlin Syndrome and the mouse chaos3 cancer phenotype. We also are exploring how errors at replication forks contribute to segmental copy number variants that improve fitness.