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Michael E. Dresser, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Member, Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology Research Program Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma   Health Sciences Center

Recent Publications
Dresser ME. Chromosome mechanics and meiotic engine maintenance. PLoS Genet 4:e1000210, 2008. [Abstract]

Conrad MN, Lee CY, Chao G, Shinohara M, Kosaka H, Shinohara A, Conchello JA, Dresser ME. Rapid telomere movement in meiotic prophase is promoted by NDJ1, MPS3, and CSM4 and is modulated by recombination. Cell 133:1175-1187, 2008. [Abstract]

Conrad MN, Lee CY, Wilkerson JL, Dresser ME. MPS3 mediates meiotic bouquet formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:8863-8868, 2007. [Abstract]

Selected Publications
Conchello JA, Dresser ME. Extended depth-of-focus microscopy via constrained deconvolution. J Biomed Optics 12:1-7, 2007.

Kateneva AV, Konovchenko AA, Guacci V, Dresser ME. Recombination protein Tid1p controls resolution of cohesin-dependent linkages in meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Cell Biol 171:241-253, 2005. [Abstract]

Ren Q, Yang H, Rosinski M, Conrad MN, Dresser ME, Guacci V, Zhang Z. Mutation of the cohesin related gene PDS5 causes cell death with predominant apoptotic features in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during early meiosis. Mutat Res 570:163-173, 2005. [Abstract]

Trelles-Sticken E, Dresser ME, and Scherthan H. Meiotic telomere protein Ndj1p is required for meiosis-specific telomere distribution, bouquet formation and efficient homologue pairing. J.Cell Biol. 151: 95-106, 2000. [Abstract]

Conrad MN, Dominguez AM, and Dresser ME. Ndj1p, a meiotic telomere protein required for normal chromosome synapsis and segregation in yeast. Science 276: 1252-1255, 1997. [Abstract]