Ruben Petreaca

Associate Professor

Office
Science & Engineering Building, Room 110A (Research Lab 110B)

Research Interests:

Understanding how DNA damage is repaired in eukaryotic cells. Loss of efficient DNA damage repair causes accumulation of mutations which is a hallmark of cancer cells. He is uses yeast for these studies which is a great eukaryotic model system.


F-box DNA Helicase 1 (FBH1) Contributes to the Destabilization of DNA Damage Repair Machinery in Human Cancers.
Watson AJ, Shaffer ML, Bouley RA, Petreaca RC
Cancers (Basel)

Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) Mutations in Cancer Cells.
Rasheed S, Bouley RA, Yoder RJ, Petreaca RC
Int J Mol Sci

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