Antonio Conconi, Université de Sherbrooke

Research

Cell biology Genetic toxicology Molecular biology Molecular genetics

Latest papers

Psoralen Crosslinking-Chromatin Endogenous Cleavage Assay to Examine Histone DNA Interactions of Active and Inactive rRNA Genes.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
Distinctive Participation of Transcription-Coupled and Global Genome Nucleotide Excision Repair of Pyrimidine Dimers in the Transcribed Strand of Yeast rRNA Genes.
Biochemistry · 2023 · senior author
The Efficiency of Global Genome-Nucleotide Excision Repair is Linked to the Fraction of Open rRNA Gene Chromatin, in Yeast.
Photochemistry and photobiology · 2022 · senior author

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Establishing a unique methodology to decode the proteome of purified chromosome regions before and after UV-induced DNA damage, and during DNA repair
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Replacement for Microbial Growth Assay Cluster
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$143,350
Nucleotide excision repair of UV induced DNA damage and chromatin structure in the model organism S. cerevisiae
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$168,000

All 6 grants and awards

24 publications.

01

Psoralen Crosslinking-Chromatin Endogenous Cleavage Assay to Examine Histone DNA Interactions of Active and Inactive rRNA Genes.

Muguet A, Gardrat T, Conconi A, Paillé A

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2025

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4486-7_8 PMID: 40257561

02

Distinctive Participation of Transcription-Coupled and Global Genome Nucleotide Excision Repair of Pyrimidine Dimers in the Transcribed Strand of Yeast rRNA Genes.

Paillé A, Peyresaubes F, Gardrat T, Zeledon C, Conconi A

Biochemistry2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00128 PMID: 37347542

03

The Efficiency of Global Genome-Nucleotide Excision Repair is Linked to the Fraction of Open rRNA Gene Chromatin, in Yeast.

Paillé A, Charton R, Dholandre Q, Conconi A

Photochemistry and photobiology2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/php.13580 PMID: 34921417

04

Transcription of ncRNAs promotes repair of UV induced DNA lesions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae subtelomeres.

Guintini L, Paillé A, Graf M, Luke B, Wellinger RJ, Conconi A

PLoS genetics2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010167 PMID: 35486666

05

Analyses of rRNA gene chromatin in cell cycle arrested Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells.

Paillé A, Charton R, Muguet A, Griesenbeck J, Smerdon MJ, Conconi A

Data in brief2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104083 PMID: 31294051

06

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.

Charton R, Muguet A, Griesenbeck J, Smerdon MJ, Conconi A

Mutation research2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2019.04.003 PMID: 31063901

07

Molecular biology: The long and short of a DNA-damage response.

Conconi A, Bell B

Nature2017First author

DOI: 10.1038/nature22488 PMID: 28445467

08

Repair of UV-induced DNA lesions in natural Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomeres is moderated by Sir2 and Sir3, and inhibited by yKu-Sir4 interaction.

Guintini L, Tremblay M, Toussaint M, D'Amours A, Wellinger RE, Wellinger RJ, Conconi A

Nucleic acids research2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx123 PMID: 28334768

09

RNA Polymerase-I-Dependent Transcription-coupled Nucleotide Excision Repair of UV-Induced DNA Lesions at Transcription Termination Sites, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Peyresaubes F, Zeledon C, Guintini L, Charton R, Muguet A, Conconi A

Photochemistry and photobiology2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/php.12690 PMID: 27935059

10

Preface.

Conconi A

DNA repair2015First author

DOI: 10.1016/s1568-7864(15)00227-x PMID: 26691771

Establishing a unique methodology to decode the proteome of purified chromosome regions before and after UV-induced DNA damage, and during DNA repair

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Conconi, Antonio AM

Keywords: Cell biology; Genetic toxicology; Molecular biology; Molecular genetics

$25,000

Replacement for Microbial Growth Assay Cluster

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: AbouElela, Sherif

$143,350

Nucleotide excision repair of UV induced DNA damage and chromatin structure in the model organism S. cerevisiae

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Conconi, Antonio

$168,000

Chromatin structure & DNA repair: in vivo studies of Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER)

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Conconi, Antonio

$130,000

Chromatin structure & DNA repair: roles of chromatin modifications during nucleotide excision repair (NER) in yeast

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Conconi, Antonio

$105,000

The chromatin structure in the coding region of genes: in vivo studies with a model yeast gene

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Conconi, Antonio

$75,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Microbiologie et d'infectiologie
Biochimie
Microbiology

Co-authors at Université de Sherbrooke, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Sherif Abou Elela

Microbiology

1 shared papers, latest 2008

Brendan Bell

Microbiologie et d'infectiologie

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Guylain Boissonneault

Biochimie

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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