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Yiqun Gui Shellman

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-DERM General Operations
Phone303/724-4034
    Other Positions
    TitleDirector-Faculty
    InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
    DepartmentSOM-DERM General Operations


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    R01AR074420     (SHELLMAN, YIQUN G)Apr 13, 2020 - Mar 31, 2025
    NIH
    Study of melanocyte lineage through SASH1 and associated proteins
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R03AR064555     (SHELLMAN, YIQUN G)Apr 1, 2014 - Mar 31, 2017
    NIH
    The role of SASH1 in skin pigmentation
    Role: Principal Investigator
    I01BX000141     (SHELLMAN, YIQUN G)Jul 1, 2009 - Jun 30, 2025
    NIH
    Melanoma Resistance to Apoptosis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Clements CM, Shellman SX, Shellman MH, Shellman YG. TBM Hunter: Identify and Score Canonical, Extended, and Unconventional Tankyrase-Binding Motifs in Any Protein. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Nov 30; 24(23). PMID: 38069287.
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    2. Lambert KA, Clements CM, Mukherjee N, Pacheco TR, Shellman SX, Henen MA, V?geli B, Goldstein NB, Birlea S, Hintzsche J, Tan AC, Zhao R, Norris DA, Robinson WA, Wang Y, VanTreeck JG, Shellman YG. SASH1 interacts with TNKS2 and promotes human melanocyte stem cell maintenance. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 27. PMID: 37808724.
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    3. Clements CM, Henen MA, V?geli B, Shellman YG. The Structural Dynamics, Complexity of Interactions, and Functions in Cancer of Multi-SAM Containing Proteins. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jun 01; 15(11). PMID: 37296980.
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    4. Clements CM, V?geli B, Shellman YG, Henen MA. Solution NMR backbone assignment of the SASH1 SLy proteins associated disordered region (SPIDER). Biomol NMR Assign. 2023 06; 17(1):151-157. PMID: 37155029.
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    5. Clements CM, V?geli B, Shellman YG, Henen MA. SAM1 domain of SASH1 harbors distinctive structural heterogeneity. J Struct Biol. 2022 12; 214(4):107914. PMID: 36341956.
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    6. Mukherjee N, Dart CR, Amato CM, Honig-Frand A, Lambert JR, Lambert KA, Robinson WA, Tobin RP, McCarter MD, Couts KL, Fujita M, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Expression Differences in BCL2 Family Members between Uveal and Cutaneous Melanomas Account for Varying Sensitivity to BH3 Mimetics. J Invest Dermatol. 2022 07; 142(7):1912-1922.e7. PMID: 34942200.
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    7. Dart CR, Mukherjee N, Amato CM, Goulding A, MacBeth M, Van Gulick R, Couts KL, Lambert JR, Norris DA, Robinson WA, Shellman YG. A Novel Regimen for Treating Melanoma: MCL1 Inhibitors and Azacitidine. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 Jul 30; 14(8). PMID: 34451846.
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    8. Mukherjee N, Lambert KA, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Enrichment of Melanoma Stem-Like Cells via Sphere Assays. Methods Mol Biol. 2021; 2265:185-199. PMID: 33704715.
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    9. Goldstein NB, Steel A, Barbulescu CC, Koster MI, Wright MJ, Jones KL, Gao B, Ward B, Woessner B, Trottier Z, Pakieser J, Hu J, Lambert KA, Shellman YG, Fujita M, Robinson WA, Roop DR, Norris DA, Birlea SA. Melanocyte Precursors in the Hair Follicle Bulge of Repigmented Vitiligo Skin Are Controlled by RHO-GTPase, KCTD10, and CTNNB1 Signaling. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 03; 141(3):638-647.e13. PMID: 32800877.
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    10. Mukherjee N, Amato CM, Skees J, Todd KJ, Lambert KA, Robinson WA, Van Gulick R, Weight RM, Dart CR, Tobin RP, McCarter MD, Fujita M, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Simultaneously Inhibiting BCL2 and MCL1 Is a Therapeutic Option for Patients with Advanced Melanoma. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Aug 05; 12(8). PMID: 32764384.
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    11. Amato CM, Hintzsche JD, Wells K, Applegate A, Gorden NT, Vorwald VM, Tobin RP, Nassar K, Shellman YG, Kim J, Medina TM, Rioth M, Lewis KD, McCarter MD, Gonzalez R, Tan AC, Robinson WA. Pre-Treatment Mutational and Transcriptomic Landscape of Responding Metastatic Melanoma Patients to Anti-PD1 Immunotherapy. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jul 17; 12(7). PMID: 32708981.
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    12. Iwanaga R, Truong BT, Hsu JY, Lambert KA, Vyas R, Orlicky D, Shellman YG, Tan AC, Ceol C, Artinger KB. Loss of prdm1a accelerates melanoma onset and progression. Mol Carcinog. 2020 09; 59(9):1052-1063. PMID: 32562448.
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    13. Mukherjee N, Skees J, Todd KJ, West DA, Lambert KA, Robinson WA, Amato CM, Couts KL, Van Gulick R, MacBeth M, Nassar K, Tan AC, Zhai Z, Fujita M, Bagby SM, Dart CR, Lambert JR, Norris DA, Shellman YG. MCL1 inhibitors S63845/MIK665 plus Navitoclax synergistically kill difficult-to-treat melanoma cells. Cell Death Dis. 2020 06 08; 11(6):443. PMID: 32513939.
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    14. Shellman MH, Shellman YG. Human against Machine? Machine Learning Identifies MicroRNA Ratios as Biomarkers for?Melanoma. J Invest Dermatol. 2020 01; 140(1):18-20. PMID: 31864430.
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    15. Filipp FV, Birlea S, Bosenberg MW, Brash D, Cassidy PB, Chen S, D'Orazio JA, Fujita M, Goh BK, Herlyn M, Indra AK, Larue L, Leachman SA, Le Poole C, Liu-Smith F, Manga P, Montoliu L, Norris DA, Shellman Y, Smalley KSM, Spritz RA, Sturm RA, Swetter SM, Terzian T, Wakamatsu K, Weber JS, Box NF. Frontiers in pigment cell and melanoma research. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2018 11; 31(6):728-735. PMID: 30281213.
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    16. Mukherjee N, Strosnider A, Vagher B, Lambert KA, Slaven S, Robinson WA, Amato CM, Couts KL, Bemis JGT, Turner JA, Norris DA, Shellman YG. BH3 mimetics induce apoptosis independent of DRP-1 in melanoma. Cell Death Dis. 2018 09 05; 9(9):907. PMID: 30185782.
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    17. Couts KL, Bemis J, Turner JA, Bagby SM, Murphy D, Christiansen J, Hintzsche JD, Le A, Pitts TM, Wells K, Applegate A, Amato C, Multani P, Chow-Maneval E, Tentler JJ, Shellman YG, Rioth MJ, Tan AC, Gonzalez R, Medina T, Doebele RC, Robinson WA. ALK Inhibitor Response in Melanomas Expressing EML4-ALK Fusions and Alternate ALK Isoforms. Mol Cancer Ther. 2018 01; 17(1):222-231. PMID: 29054983.
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    18. Goldstein NB, Koster MI, Jones KL, Gao B, Hoaglin LG, Robinson SE, Wright MJ, Birlea SI, Luman A, Lambert KA, Shellman YG, Fujita M, Robinson WA, Roop DR, Norris DA, Birlea SA. Repigmentation of Human Vitiligo Skin by NBUVB Is Controlled by Transcription of GLI1 and Activation of the ?-Catenin Pathway in the Hair Follicle Bulge Stem Cells. J Invest Dermatol. 2018 03; 138(3):657-668. PMID: 29054607.
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    19. Mukherjee N, Lu Y, Almeida A, Lambert K, Shiau CW, Su JC, Luo Y, Fujita M, Robinson WA, Robinson SE, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Use of a MCL-1 inhibitor alone to de-bulk melanoma and in combination to kill melanoma initiating cells. Oncotarget. 2017 Jul 18; 8(29):46801-46817. PMID: 27086916.
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    20. Hintzsche JD, Gorden NT, Amato CM, Kim J, Wuensch KE, Robinson SE, Applegate AJ, Couts KL, Medina TM, Wells KR, Wisell JA, McCarter MD, Box NF, Shellman YG, Gonzalez RC, Lewis KD, Tentler JJ, Tan AC, Robinson WA. Whole-exome sequencing identifies recurrent SF3B1 R625 mutation and comutation of NF1 and KIT in mucosal melanoma. Melanoma Res. 2017 06; 27(3):189-199. PMID: 28296713.
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    21. Zhai Z, Liu W, Kaur M, Luo Y, Domenico J, Samson JM, Shellman YG, Norris DA, Dinarello CA, Spritz RA, Fujita M. NLRP1 promotes tumor growth by enhancing inflammasome activation and suppressing apoptosis in metastatic melanoma. Oncogene. 2017 07 06; 36(27):3820-3830. PMID: 28263976.
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    22. Mukherjee N, Almeida A, Partyka KA, Lu Y, Schwan JV, Lambert K, Rogers M, Robinson WA, Robinson SE, Applegate AJ, Amato CM, Luo Y, Fujita M, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Combining a GSI and BCL-2 inhibitor to overcome melanoma's resistance to current treatments. Oncotarget. 2016 Dec 20; 7(51):84594-84607. PMID: 27829238.
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    23. Chen X, Gui X, Zhang L, Huang F, Zhong H, Pang Z, Wang S, Tang L, Fu L, Peng Y, Shellman Y. Maternal anti-HBVs suppress the immune response of infants to hepatitis B vaccine. J Viral Hepat. 2016 12; 23(12):955-960. PMID: 27469237.
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    24. Hintzsche J, Kim J, Yadav V, Amato C, Robinson SE, Seelenfreund E, Shellman Y, Wisell J, Applegate A, McCarter M, Box N, Tentler J, De S, Robinson WA, Tan AC. IMPACT: a whole-exome sequencing analysis pipeline for integrating molecular profiles with actionable therapeutics in clinical samples. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2016 07; 23(4):721-30. PMID: 27026619.
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    25. Shellman YG, Lambert KA, Brauweiler A, Fain P, Spritz RA, Martini M, Janssen KP, Box NF, Terzian T, Rewers M, Horvath A, Stratakis CA, Robinson WA, Robinson SE, Norris DA, Artinger KB, Pacheco TR. SASH1 Is Involved in an Autosomal Dominant Lentiginous Phenotype. J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Dec; 135(12):3192-3194. PMID: 26203640.
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    26. Mukherjee N, Schwan JV, Fujita M, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Alternative Treatments For Melanoma: Targeting BCL-2 Family Members to De-Bulk and Kill Cancer Stem Cells. J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Sep; 135(9):2155-2161. PMID: 25947358.
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    27. Mukherjee N, Reuland SN, Lu Y, Luo Y, Lambert K, Fujita M, Robinson WA, Robinson SE, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Combining a BCL2 inhibitor with the retinoid derivative fenretinide targets melanoma cells including melanoma initiating cells. J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Mar; 135(3):842-850. PMID: 25350317.
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    28. Bennett PE, Bemis L, Norris DA, Shellman YG. miR in melanoma development: miRNAs and acquired hallmarks of cancer in melanoma. Physiol Genomics. 2013 Nov 15; 45(22):1049-59. PMID: 24046283.
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    29. Baldea I, Costin GE, Shellman Y, Kechris K, Olteanu ED, Filip A, Cosgarea MR, Norris DA, Birlea SA. Biphasic pro-melanogenic and pro-apoptotic effects of all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) on human melanocytes: time-course study. J Dermatol Sci. 2013 Nov; 72(2):168-76. PMID: 23867358.
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    30. Deng H, Liu J, Deng Y, Han G, Shellman YG, Robinson SE, Tentler JJ, Robinson WA, Norris DA, Wang XJ, Zhang Q. CtBP1 is expressed in melanoma and represses the transcription of p16INK4a and Brca1. J Invest Dermatol. 2013 May; 133(5):1294-301. PMID: 23303449.
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    31. Reuland SN, Smith SM, Bemis LT, Goldstein NB, Almeida AR, Partyka KA, Marquez VE, Zhang Q, Norris DA, Shellman YG. MicroRNA-26a is strongly downregulated in melanoma and induces cell death through repression of silencer of death domains (SODD). J Invest Dermatol. 2013 May; 133(5):1286-93. PMID: 23190898.
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    32. Smith SM, Wunder MB, Norris DA, Shellman YG. A simple protocol for using a LDH-based cytotoxicity assay to assess the effects of death and growth inhibition at the same time. PLoS One. 2011; 6(11):e26908. PMID: 22125603.
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    33. Reuland SN, Goldstein NB, Partyka KA, Smith S, Luo Y, Fujita M, Gonzalez R, Lewis K, Norris DA, Shellman YG. ABT-737 synergizes with Bortezomib to kill melanoma cells. Biol Open. 2012 Feb 15; 1(2):92-100. PMID: 23213401.
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    34. Reuland SN, Goldstein NB, Partyka KA, Cooper DA, Fujita M, Norris DA, Shellman YG. The combination of BH3-mimetic ABT-737 with the alkylating agent temozolomide induces strong synergistic killing of melanoma cells independent of p53. PLoS One. 2011; 6(8):e24294. PMID: 21897876.
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    35. Tanaka A, Jensen JD, Prado R, Riemann H, Shellman YG, Norris DA, Chin L, Yee C, Fujita M. Whole recombinant yeast vaccine induces antitumor immunity and improves survival in a genetically engineered mouse model of melanoma. Gene Ther. 2011 Aug; 18(8):827-34. PMID: 21390072.
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    36. Kabuyama Y, Litman ES, Templeton PD, Metzner SI, Witze ES, Argast GM, Langer SJ, Polvinen K, Shellman Y, Chan D, Shabb JB, Fitzpatrick JE, Resing KA, Sousa MC, Ahn NG. A mediator of Rho-dependent invasion moonlights as a methionine salvage enzyme. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2009 Oct; 8(10):2308-20. PMID: 19620624.
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    37. Miller LA, Goldstein NB, Johannes WU, Walton CH, Fujita M, Norris DA, Shellman YG. BH3 mimetic ABT-737 and a proteasome inhibitor synergistically kill melanomas through Noxa-dependent apoptosis. J Invest Dermatol. 2009 Apr; 129(4):964-71. PMID: 18987671.
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    38. Goldstein NB, Johannes WU, Gadeliya AV, Green MR, Fujita M, Norris DA, Shellman YG. Active N-Ras and B-Raf inhibit anoikis by downregulating Bim expression in melanocytic cells. J Invest Dermatol. 2009 Feb; 129(2):432-7. PMID: 18668139.
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    39. Bemis LT, Chen R, Amato CM, Classen EH, Robinson SE, Coffey DG, Erickson PF, Shellman YG, Robinson WA. MicroRNA-137 targets microphthalmia-associated transcription factor in melanoma cell lines. Cancer Res. 2008 Mar 01; 68(5):1362-8. PMID: 18316599.
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    40. Anwar A, Gu M, Brady S, Qamar L, Behbakht K, Shellman YG, Agarwal R, Norris DA, Horwitz LD, Fujita M. Photoprotective effects of bucillamine against UV-induced damage in an SKH-1 hairless mouse model. Photochem Photobiol. 2008 Mar-Apr; 84(2):477-83. PMID: 18266821.
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    41. Shellman YG, Howe WR, Miller LA, Goldstein NB, Pacheco TR, Mahajan RL, LaRue SM, Norris DA. Hyperthermia induces endoplasmic reticulum-mediated apoptosis in melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer cells. J Invest Dermatol. 2008 Apr; 128(4):949-56. PMID: 17989736.
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    42. Riemann H, Takao J, Shellman YG, Hines WA, Edwards CK, Franzusoff A, Norris DA, Fujita M. Generation of a prophylactic melanoma vaccine using whole recombinant yeast expressing MART-1. Exp Dermatol. 2007 Oct; 16(10):814-22. PMID: 17845213.
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    43. Shellman YG, Makela M, Norris DA. Induction of secreted matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity in human melanoma cells by extracellular matrix proteins and cytokines. Melanoma Res. 2006 Jun; 16(3):207-11. PMID: 16718267.
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    44. Ruth MC, Xu Y, Maxwell IH, Ahn NG, Norris DA, Shellman YG. RhoC promotes human melanoma invasion in a PI3K/Akt-dependent pathway. J Invest Dermatol. 2006 Apr; 126(4):862-8. PMID: 16470169.
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    45. Ribble D, Goldstein NB, Norris DA, Shellman YG. A simple technique for quantifying apoptosis in 96-well plates. BMC Biotechnol. 2005 May 10; 5:12. PMID: 15885144.
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    46. Shellman YG, Ribble D, Miller L, Gendall J, Vanbuskirk K, Kelly D, Norris DA, Dellavalle RP. Lovastatin-induced apoptosis in human melanoma cell lines. Melanoma Res. 2005 Apr; 15(2):83-9. PMID: 15846140.
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    47. Marr DG, Poser I, Shellman YG, Bosserhoff AK, Norris DA. Ultraviolet radiation induces release of MIA: a new mechanism for UVR-induced progression of melanoma. Int J Oncol. 2004 Jul; 25(1):105-11. PMID: 15201995.
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    48. Shellman YG, Ribble D, Yi M, Pacheco T, Hensley M, Finch D, Kreith F, Mahajan RL, Norris DA. Fast response temperature measurement and highly reproducible heating methods for 96-well plates. Biotechniques. 2004 Jun; 36(6):968-72, 974-6. PMID: 15211747.
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    49. Bernard K, Litman E, Fitzpatrick JL, Shellman YG, Argast G, Polvinen K, Everett AD, Fukasawa K, Norris DA, Ahn NG, Resing KA. Functional proteomic analysis of melanoma progression. Cancer Res. 2003 Oct 15; 63(20):6716-25. PMID: 14583466.
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    50. Shellman YG, Park YL, Marr DG, Casper K, Xu Y, Fujita M, Swerlick R, Norris DA. Release of vascular endothelial growth factor from a human melanoma cell line, WM35, is induced by hypoxia but not ultraviolet radiation and is potentiated by activated Ras mutation. J Invest Dermatol. 2003 Oct; 121(4):910-7. PMID: 14632212.
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    51. Urquhart JL, Meech SJ, Marr DG, Shellman YG, Duke RC, Norris DA. Regulation of Fas-mediated apoptosis by N-ras in melanoma. J Invest Dermatol. 2002 Sep; 119(3):556-61. PMID: 12230495.
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    52. Shellman YG, Chapman JT, Fujita M, Norris DA, Maxwell IH. Expression of activated N-ras in a primary melanoma cell line counteracts growth inhibition by transforming growth factor-beta. J Invest Dermatol. 2000 Jun; 114(6):1200-4. PMID: 10844567.
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    53. Oshiro G, Owens JC, Shellman Y, Sclafani RA, Li JJ. Cell cycle control of Cdc7p kinase activity through regulation of Dbf4p stability. Mol Cell Biol. 1999 Jul; 19(7):4888-96. PMID: 10373538.
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    54. Shellman YG, Svee E, Sclafani RA, Langan TA. Identification and characterization of individual cyclin-dependent kinase complexes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast. 1999 Mar 15; 15(4):295-309. PMID: 10206189.
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    55. Shellman YG, Schauer IE, Oshiro G, Dohrmann P, Sclafani RA. Oligomers of the Cdc7/Dbf4 protein kinase exist in the yeast cell. Mol Gen Genet. 1998 Sep; 259(4):429-36. PMID: 9790600.
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