NAME: A-Lien Lu
DEPT: Biochemistry
ORGANIZATION: University of Maryland, Baltimore
ADDREsS: 108 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
TELEPHONE No: (410)706-4356
FAX No: (410) 706-1787
E MAIL ADDRESS: aluchang@umaryland.edu
TITLE: Professor

TOTAL GRANTS: 2
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS: 43
MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS: Frontiers in Bioscience, Taiwania

SUBJECT(S) OF RESEARCH: DNA repair, oxidative damage, cell cycle checkpoint, carcinogenesis
DISCIPLINE(S): Biochemistry, Molecular biology
ORGAN SYSTEMS: Bacteria, yeast, humans
TISSUES:
CELL(S): human HeLa cells, breast cancer cells, lung cancer cells, colon cancer cells
MOLECULE(S): MutY, MutM, MutT, MutS, SSB, beta-subunit of DNA polymerase III, human MutY homolog (hMYH), hMSH2, hMSH6, hAPE1, PCNA, RPA
TECHNIQUE(S): protein expression and purification, molecular cloning, enzyme assays, cell culture, protein-protein interaction, PCR, Western blotting, Southern blotting, Northern blotting, site-directed mutagenesis, immunofluorescent staining