UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center : JCCC Member Directory

Siavash Kurdistani, M.D.

Affiliation(s):

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry

Associate Director, JCCC Gene Regulation Program Area

Contact Information:

Phone:	(310) 794-5194
Email:	skurdistani@mednet.ucla.edu

Scientific Interest(s):

Dr. Siavash Kurdistani's research focuses on genomic studies of chromatin biology.

Selected Cancer-Related Publications:

Kurdistani SK. Histone modifications as markers of cancer prognosis: a cellular view. Br J Cancer. 2007; 97(1): 1-5.

Seligson DB, Horvath S, Shi T, Yu H, Tze S, Grunstein M, Kurdistani SK. Global histone modification patterns predict risk of prostate cancer recurrence. Nature. 2005; 435(7046): 1262-6.

Millar CB, Kurdistani SK, Grunstein M. Acetylation of yeast histone H4 lysine 16: a switch for protein interactions in heterochromatin and euchromatin. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2004; 69: 193-200.

Robyr D, Kurdistani SK, Grunstein M. Analysis of genome-wide histone acetylation state and enzyme binding using DNA microarrays. Methods Enzymol. 2004; 376: 289-304.

Kurdistani SK, Grunstein M. Histone acetylation and deacetylation in yeast. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2003; 4(4): 276-84.

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