Stockholm University
The Wenner-Gren Institute
Developmental Biology
Svante Arrheniusväg 20B, room E329
106 91 Stockholm
Sweden
Email:stefan.astrom@devbio.su.se
Phone: 0046 8 16 15 66
Fax: 0046 8 61 26 127
www.yeastgenome.org
www.genolevures.org
Selected publications
Barsoum, E., Rajaei, N. &Åström S. U. (2011) RAS/cAMP and the transcription factor Msn2 regulate mating and mating-type switching in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. Eukaryotic cell, 10, 1545-1552.
Tsaponina, O., Barsoum, E., Åström S. U.& Chabes A. (2011) Ixr1 is required for the expression of the ribonucleotidereductase Rnr1 and maintenance of dNTP pools. PLOS Genetics, 7, e1002061
Barsoum, E., Martinez, P. &Åström S. U. (2010) alpha3, a transposable element that promotes host sexual reproduction. Genes Dev. 24, 33-44.
Barsoum, E., Sjöstrand, J. O. O. &Åström S. U. (2010) Ume6 is required for the MATa/MATalpha-cellular identity and transcriptional silencing in Kluyveromyces lactis. Genetics, 193, 1-13.
Carter, S. D.,Vigašová, D., Chen, J., Chovanec, M. &Åström S. U. (2009) Nej1 Recruits the Srs2 Helicase to DNA Double Strand Breaks and Supports Repair by a Single Strand Annealing-like Mechanism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.106, 12037-12042.