Dr Ramsay Mcfarlane
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences (Medical & Molecular Genetics)
Affiliations
Contact info
Location: Brambell, Room 405
Phone: 2360
Email: r.macfarlane@bangor.ac.uk
Position: Senior Lecturer / Research Group Leader / Deputy Head of School – Research
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5-azacytidine treatment of the fission yeast leads to cytotxicity and cell cycle arrest.
Taylor, E. M., Mcfarlane, R. & Price, C., 1996, In: Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 253, 1-2, p. 128-137Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel cohort of cancer-testis biomarker genes revealed through meta-analysis of clinical data sets
Sammut, S. J., Feichtinger, J., Stuart, N. S., Wakeman, J., Larcombe, L. & Mcfarlane, R. J., 6 May 2014, In: Oncoscience. 1, 5, p. 349-359Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A role for recombination in centromere function.
Mcfarlane, R. J., McFarlane, R. J. & Humphrey, T. C., 1 May 2010, In: Trends in Genetics. 26, 5, p. 209-213Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biological roles of translin and translin-associated factor-X: RNA metabolism comes to the fore.
Mcfarlane, R. J., Jaendling, A. & McFarlane, R. J., 15 Jul 2010, In: Biochemical Journal. 429, 2, p. 225-234Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brachyury identifies a class of enteroendocrine cells in normal human intestinal crypts and colorectal cancer
Jezkova, J., Williams, J. S., Pinto, F., Sammut, S. J., Williams, G. T., Gollins, S., Mcfarlane, R. J., Reis, R. M. & Wakeman, J., 5 Feb 2016, In: Oncotarget. 2016, 7, p. 11478-11486Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brachyury regulates proliferation of cancer cells via a p27Kip1-dependent pathway
Mcfarlane, R. J., Gollins, S. W., Wakeman, J., Jezkova, J., Williams, J. S., Jones-Hutchins, F., Sammut, S. J., Gollins, S., Cree, I., Coupland, S., McFarlane, R. J. & Wakeman, J. A., 21 May 2014, In: Oncotarget. 5, 11, p. 3813-3822Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brachyury: Strategies for Drugging an Intractable Cancer Therapeutic Target
Robinson, H., McFarlane, R. J. & Wakeman, J. A., Apr 2020, In: Trends in cancer. 6, 4, p. 271-273 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cancer germline gene activation: Friend or foe?
Mcfarlane, R. J., McFarlane, R. J., Feichtinger, J. & Larcombe, L., 23 Jun 2014, In: Cell Cycle. 13, 14, p. 2151-2152Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cancer/Testis Antigens and Colorectal Cancer
Sammut, S. J., Wakeman, J., Mcfarlane, R. J., Sammut, J., Wakeman, J. A., Stuart, N. & McFarlane, R. J., 13 Jun 2013, In: Journal of Genetic Syndromes and Gene Therapy. 4, 5, p. 149Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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CancerEST: a web-based tool for automatic meta-analysis of public EST data
Mcfarlane, R. J., Feichtinger, J., McFarlane, R. J. & Larcombe, L. D., 27 Feb 2014, In: Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation. 2014Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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CancerMA: a web-based tool for automatic meta-analysis of public cancer microarray data.
Feichtinger, J., Mcfarlane, R. & Larcombe, L., 15 Dec 2012, In: Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation. 2012, bas055.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterisation of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad4/cut5 mutant phenotypes: dissection of DNA replication and G2 checkpoint control function.
Mcfarlane, R., Carr, A. M. & Price, C., 1 Jul 1997, In: Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 255, 3, p. 332-340Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparative proteomic analysis reveals differential expression of Hsp25 following the directed differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells.
Wakeman, J., Mcfarlane, R. J., Battersby, A., Jones, R. D., Lilley, K. S., McFarlane, R. J., Braig, H. R., Allen, N. D. & Wakeman, J. A., 1 Feb 2007, In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research. 1773, 2, p. 147-156Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differential activation of M26-containing meiotic recombination hot spots in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Mcfarlane, R. J., Pryce, D. W., Lorenz, A., Smirnova, J. B., Loidl, J. & McFarlane, R. J., 1 May 2005, In: Genetics. 170, 1, p. 95-106Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Functional characterisation of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe homologue of the leukaemia-associated translocation breakpoint binding protein translin and its binding partner, TRAX.
Mcfarlane, R. J., Jaendling, A., Ramayah, S., Pryce, D. W. & McFarlane, R. J., 1 Feb 2008, In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research. 1783, 2, p. 203-213Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Germline/meiotic genes in cancer: new dimensions
Mcfarlane, R. J., McFarlane, R. J., Feichtinger, J. & Larcombe, L., 19 Mar 2015, In: Cell Cycle. 14, 6, p. 791-792Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Homologous chromosome pairing in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Mcfarlane, R. J., Wells, J. L., Pryce, D. W. & McFarlane, R. J., 15 Oct 2006, In: Yeast. 23, 13, p. 977-989Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human germ/stem cell-specific gene TEX19 influences cancer cell proliferation and cancer prognosis
Planells Palop, V., Hazazi, A., Feichtinger, J., Jezkova, J., Thallinger, G. G., Alsiwiehri, N., Almutairi, M., Parry, L., Wakeman, J. & Mcfarlane, R., 26 Apr 2017, In: Molecular Cancer. 16, 1, p. 1-18 84.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Identification of a class of human cancer germline genes with transcriptional silencing refractory to the hypomethylating drug 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine
Almatrafi, A., Feichtinger, J., Vernon, E. G., Escobar, N. G., Wakeman, J. A., Larcombe, L. D. & McFarlane, R. J., 10 Nov 2014, In: Oncoscience. 1, 11, p. 745-750 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Linear element-independent meiotic recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Mcfarlane, R. J., Wells, J. L., Pryce, D. W., Estreicher, A., Loidl, J. & McFarlane, R. J., 1 Nov 2006, In: Genetics. 174, 3, p. 1105-1114Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Meiosis-like functions in oncogenesis: a new view of cancer.
Mcfarlane, R. & Wakeman, J., Nov 2017, In: Cancer Research. 77, 21, p. 5712-5716Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Meiotic gene activation in somatic and germ cell tumours
Mcfarlane, R. & Feichtinger, J., Jul 2019, In: Andrology. 7, 4, p. 415-427 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Meta-analysis of cancer microarray data sets reveals a germ line expression profile in ovarian cancers: new biomarkers and potential drug targets
Mcfarlane, R. J. & McFarlane, R., 15 Aug 2015, In: Clinical Cancer Research. 21, 16Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Meta-analysis of clinical data using human meiotic genes identifies a novel cohort of highly restricted cancer-specific marker genes.
Stuart, N. S., Wakeman, J., Mcfarlane, R. J., Feichtinger, J., Aldeailej, I., Anderson, R., Almutairi, M., Almatrafi, A., Alsiwiehri, N., Griffiths, K., Stuart, N., Wakeman, J. A., Larcombe, L. & McFarlane, R. J., 13 Aug 2012, In: Oncotarget. 3, 8, p. 843-853Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Meta-analysis of expression of l(3)mbt tumor-associated germline genes supports the model that a soma-to-germline transition is a hallmark of human cancers
Mcfarlane, R. J., Feichtinger, J., Larcombe, L. & McFarlane, [. V., 15 May 2014, In: International Journal of Cancer. 134, 10, p. 2359-2365Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modification of bacterial artificial chromosomes through chi-stimulated homologous recombination and its application in zebrafish transgenesis.
Jessen, J. R., Meng, A., Mcfarlane, R., Paw, B. H., Zon, L. I., Smith, G. R. & Lin, S., 1998, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 95, 9, p. 5121 5126 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Molecular mechanisms of intramolecular recombination-dependent recircularization of linearized plasmid DNA in Escherichia coli: requirements for ruvA, ruvB, recG, recF and recR gene products.
Mcfarlane, R. & Saunders, J. R., 1996, In: Gene. 177, 1-2, p. 209-216Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Psc3 cohesion of Schizosaccharomyces pombe: cell cycle analysis and identification of three distinct isoforms
Ilyushik, E., Pryce, D., Walerych, D., Riddell, T., Wakeman, J. A., McInerny, C. J. & Mcfarlane, R., Jul 2005, In: Biological Chemistry. 386, 7, p. 613-621Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recombination at DNA replication fork barriers is not universal and is differentially regulated by Swi1
Pryce, D. W., Ramayah, S., Jaendling, A. & Mcfarlane, R., 24 Mar 2009, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 106, 12, p. 4770-4775Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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S-pombe meiotic linear elements contain proteins related to synaptonemal complex components
Lorenz, A., Wells, J. L., Pryce, D., Novatchkova, M., Eisenhaber, F., Mcfarlane, R. J. & Loidl, J., 28 Jun 2004, In: Journal of Cell Science. 117, 15, p. 3343-3351Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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SUMOylation is required for normal development of linear elements and wild-type meiotic recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Mcfarlane, R. J., Spirek, M., Estreicher, A., Csaszar, E., Wells, J., McFarlane, R. J., Watts, F. Z. & Loidl, J., 1 Feb 2010, In: Chromosoma. 119, 1, p. 59-72Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Meiotic Recombination Hotspots of Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Pryce, D. & Mcfarlane, R. J., 1 Jan 2009, In: Meiosis. 5, p. 1-13Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The genetics of the repaor of 5-azacytidine-mediated DNA damage in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Hegde, V., Mcfarlane, R., Taylor, E. M. & Price, C., 1 Jun 1996, In: Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 251, 4, p. 483-492Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The immortal strand hypothesis: still non-randomly segregating opinion.
Wakeman, J., Hmadcha, A., Soria, B. & Mcfarlane, R., 23 Mar 2012, In: Biomolecular Concepts. 3, 3, p. 203-211Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The many facets of the Tim-Tipin protein families' roles in chromosome biology.
Mcfarlane, R. J., McFarlane, R. J., Mian, S. & Dalgaard, J. Z., 15 Feb 2010, In: Cell Cycle. 9, 4, p. 700-705Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The unique centromeric chromatin structure of Schizosaccharomyces pombe is maintained during meiosis.
Mcfarlane, R. J., Smirnova, J. B. & McFarlane, R. J., 31 May 2002, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277, 22, p. 19817-19822Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Translin and Trax differentially regulate telomere-associated transcript homeostasis
Gomez Escobar, N., Almobadel, N., Alzahrani, O., Feichtinger, J., Planells Palop, V., Alshehri, Z., Thallinger, G. G., Wakeman, J. & Mcfarlane, R., 10 May 2016, In: Oncotarget. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Translin facilitates RNA polymerase II dissociation and suppresses genome instability during RNase H2- and Dicer-deficiency
Gomez Escobar, N., Alsaiari, A., Alahmadi, H. A. S., Alzahrani, O., Vernon, E., Althagafi, H., Almobadel, N., Pryce, D., Wakeman, J. & Mcfarlane, R., 17 Jun 2022, In: PLOS Genetics. 18, 6, e1010267.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Translin-Trax: Considerations for Oncological Therapeutic Targeting
McFarlane, R. J. & Wakeman, J. A., Jun 2020, In: Trends in Cancer. 6, 6, p. 450-453 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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tRNA genes in eukaryotic genome organization and reorganization.
Mcfarlane, R. J., McFarlane, R. J. & Whitehall, S. K., 1 Oct 2009, In: Cell Cycle. 8, 19, p. 3102-3106Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review