• Synergistic Actions of Ogg1 and Mutyh DNA Glycosylases Modulate Anxiety-like Behavior in Mice 

      Bjørge, Monica Dahl; Hildrestrand, Gunn Annette; Scheffler, Katja; Suganthan, Rajikala; Rolseth, Veslemøy; Kusnierczyk, Anna; Rowe, Alexander D.; Vågbø, Cathrine Broberg; Vetlesen, Susanne; Eide, Lars; Slupphaug, Geir; Yusaku, Nakabeppu; Timothy, Bredy; Klungland, Arne; Bjørås, Magnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Ogg1 and Mutyh DNA glycosylases cooperate to prevent mutations caused by 8-oxoG, a major premutagenic DNA lesion associated with cognitive decline. We have examined behavior and cognitive function in mice deficient of these ...
    • The DNA dioxygenase ALKBH2 protects Arabidopsis thaliana against methylation damage 

      Meza, Trine Johansen; Moen, Marivi; Vågbø, Cathrine Broberg; Krokan, Hans Einar; Klungland, Arne; Grini, Paul Eivind; Falnes, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The Escherichia coli AlkB protein (EcAlkB) is a DNA repair enzyme which reverses methylation damage such as 1-methyladenine (1-meA) and 3-methylcytosine (3-meC). The mammalian AlkB homologues ALKBH2 and ALKBH3 display ...
    • The human methyltransferase ZCCHC4 catalyses N6-methyladenosine modification of 28S ribosomal RNA 

      Pinto, Rita; Vågbø, Cathrine Broberg; Jakobsson, Magnus; Yeji, Kim; Baltissen, Marijke P; O'Donohue, Marie-Francoise; Guzman, Ulises H; Malecki, Jedrzej Mieczyslaw; Wu, Jie; Kirpekar, Finn; Olsen, Jesper V; Gleizes, Pierre-Emmanuel; Vermeulen, Michiel; Leidel, Sebastian A.; Slupphaug, Geir; Falnes, Pål Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      RNA methylations are essential both for RNA structure and function, and are introduced by a number of distinct methyltransferases (MTases). In recent years, N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification of eukaryotic mRNA has been ...
    • UNG-initiated base excision repair is the major repair route for 5-fluorouracil in DNA, but 5-fluorouracil cytotoxicity depends mainly on RNA incorporation 

      Pettersen, Henrik Sahlin; Visnes, Torkild; Vågbø, Cathrine Broberg; Svaasand, Eva K; Doseth, Berit; Slupphaug, Geir; Kavli, Bodil Merete; Krokan, Hans Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Cytotoxicity of 5-fluorouracil (FU) and 5-fluoro-2′-deoxyuridine (FdUrd) due to DNA fragmentation during DNA repair has been proposed as an alternative to effects from thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibition or RNA incorporation. ...