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• Anderson, C.M., Korkin, D., Smith, D.L., Makovets, S., Seidel, J.J., Sali, A. and E.H. Blackburn. Tel2 mediates activation and localization of ATM/Tel1 kinase to sites of DNA damage. GenesDev 22 (7):854-9 (2008). PMCID: PMC2279195
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•  Anderson, C. and E.H. Blackburn. Mec1 function in the DNA damage response does not require its interaction with Tel2. Cell Cycle. 7 (23): 3695-8 (2008). [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 19029808 [PubMed - in process]
• Kiefer, A, Lin, J, Blackburn, E, and Epel, E. Dietary Restraint and Telomere Length in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women. Psychosomatic Medicine. Psychosom Med. 2008 70 (8):845-9. PMID: 18923062 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• Li, S, Makovets, S, Matsuguchi, T, Blethrow, JD, Shokat, KM, and E.H. Blackburn. Cdk1- dependent phosphorylation of Cdc13 coordinates telomere elongation during cell-cycle progression. Cell. 136: 50-61 (2009). PMCID: PMC2642970.
• O’Donovan, A., Lin, J., Wolkowitz, O., Dhabhar, F.S., Tillie, J.M., Blackburn, E., and Epel, E. Pessimism correlates with leukocyte telomere shortness and elevated interleukin-6 in postmenopausal women. Brain Behav Immun. 23(4):446-449. PMID: 19111922 [PubMed - in process]
• Epel, ES, Merkin, SS, Cawthon, R, Blackburn, EH, Adler, NE, Pletcher ,MJ and Seeman, TE. The Rate of Leukocyte Telomere Shortening Predicts Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly Men. Aging. 1: 81- 88. (2009)

Invited reviews, chapters and articles

• Yao, M.-C., E. Blackburn and J.G. Gall. Amplification of the rRNA genes in Tetrahymena. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 43: 1293–1296 (1979).
• Gall, J.G., M.-C. Yao, E.H. Blackburn, R.C. Findly and M. Wild. The extrachromosomal ribosomal DNA of Tetrahymena and Paramecium. In Specific Eukaryotic Genes, pp. 229–305, (Eds. J. Engberg, H. Klenow and V. Leick) Munksgaard, Copenhagen (1979).
• Blackburn, E.H. Characterization and species differences of rDNA: protozoans. In The Cell Nucleus, Vol. X, pp. 145–170 (Eds., H. Busch and L. Rothblum) Academic Press, New York (1982).
• Blackburn, E.H., M.L. Budarf, P.B. Challoner, J.M. Cherry, E.A. Howard, A.L. Katzen, W.-C. Pan 36 and T. Ryan. DNA termini in ciliate macronuclei. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 47: 1195–1207 (1983).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomeres: Do the ends justify the means? Cell 37: 7–8 (1984).
• Blackburn, E.H. and J.W. Szostak. The molecular structure of centomeres and telomeres. Ann. Rev. Biochem. 53: 163–194 (1984).
• Blackburn, E.H. Artificial chromosomes in yeast. Trends in Genetics 1: 8–12 (1985).
• Blackburn, E.H., P. Challoner, M. Cherry, E. Howard, T. Ryan and E. Spangler. Genomic rearrangements in macronuclear development of Tetrahymena. In Genome Rearrangement, UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology New Series, Vol. 20: 191–203 (1985).
• Blackburn, E.H. Structure and formation of telomeres in holotrichous ciliates. In Molecular approaches to the study of protozoan cells. (Ed. K.W. Jeon), Vol. 99: International Review of Cytology, pp. 29–47 (1986).
• Blackburn, E.H. Molecular structure of telomeres in lower eukaryotes. In Molecular Developmental Biology, (Ed., L. Bogorad), Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, pp. 69–82 (1986).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomeres. In The Molecular Biology of Ciliated Protozoa, (Editor, J.G. Gall) Academic Press, Inc., pp. 155–178 (1986).
• Blackburn, E.H. and K.M. Karrer. Genomic reorganization in ciliated protozoans. Ann. Rev. Genet. 20: 501–521 (1986).
• Blackburn, E.H., D. Larson, C. Greider, P. Challoner, E. Spangler, P. Yaeger and E. Orias. Developmentally controlled telomere formation and genomic rearrangement in Tetrahymena. Molecular Approaches to Developmental Biology, UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology New Series, Vol. 20, pp. 293–302 (1987).
• Blackburn, E.H. Nonchromosomal genes. Book review: In Nature, 237: pp. 307 (1987).
• Blackburn, E.H. Developmentally controlled DNA excision in ciliates. Trends in Genetics 3(9): 235–236 (1987).
• E. Henderson, D. Larson, W. Melton, J. Shampay, E. Spangler, C. Greider, T. Ryan, and E. Blackburn. Structure, synthesis, and regulation of telomeres. In Cancer Cells 6/Eukaryotic DNA Replication, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Vol 6: pp. 453–461 (1988).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomeres sans frontieres. News and Views article in Nature 343: 122 (1990).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomeres: Structure and Synthesis. Mini-review in J. Biol. Chem. 265: 5919– 5921 (1990).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomeres and their Synthesis. Perspective in Science, 249: 489–490 (1990).
• Blackburn, E.H. Structure and Function of telomeres. Review Article in Nature 350: 569–573 (1991).
• Blackburn, E.H. Copy editing - what's the U's? News and Views article in Nature 346: 609 (1990).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomeres. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 16: 378–381 (1991).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomerases. Ann. Rev. Biochemistry. 61: 113–129 (1992). 37
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomeres and Their Synthesis. The Harvey Lectures. Series 86: pp. 1–18 (1992)
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomerases. In "Reverse Transcriptase". Editors, S. Goff and A.M. Skalka. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Ch. 18 (1993).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomerase. In " The RNA World". Editors, R.F. Gesteland and J.F. Atkins. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Ch. 22 (1993).
• Lee, M.S., R.C. Gallagher, J. Bradley and E.H. Blackburn. In Vivo and In Vitro studies of telomeres and telomerase. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology, 58: 707–718 (1993).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomeres: No end in sight. Cell, 77:621–623 (1994).
• Blackburn, E.H. Developmentally programmed healing of chromosomes. In "Telomeres". Editors, C. Greider and E. Blackburn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 193–218 (1995).
• Kapler, G.M., D.L. Dobbs and E.H. Blackburn. DNA Replication in Tetrahymena. In "DNA Replication in Eukaryotic Cells". Editor, M.L. DePamphilis. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 915–932 (1996).
• Greider, C.W. and E.H. Blackburn. E.H. Telomeres, telomerase and cancer. Scientific American 274:80–85 (1996).
• Blackburn, E., A. Bhattacharyya, D. Gilley, K. Kirk, A. Krauskopf, M. McEachern, J. Prescott and T. Ware. The telomere and telomerase: how do they interact? In “Telomeres and Telomerase” John Wiley & Sons. (Ciba Foundation Symposium 211) p.2–19 (1997).
• Blackburn, E.H. The Telomere and Telomerase: Nucleic Acid-Protein Complexes Acting in a Telomere Homeostasis System. Biochemistry (Moscow) 62:1196–1201 (1997).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomerase RNA Structure and Function. In "RNA Structure and Function". Editors, R.W. Simons and M. Grunberg-Manago. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 669– 693 (1998).
• Hiraoka, Y., E. Henderson and E.H. Blackburn. Not so peculiar: fission yeast telomere repeats. TIBS 23:126 (1998).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomerase. In "The RNA World, Second Edition". Editors, R.F. Gesteland and J.F. Atkins. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 609–635 (1999).
• Blackburn, E., D. Gilley, T. Ware, A. Bhattacharyya, K. Kirk and H. Wang. Studying the Telomerase RNA in Tetrahymena. In “Methods in Cell Biology: Tetrahymena thermophila”. Editors, D. Asai and J. Forney. Academic Press, 417–432 (1999).
• Blackburn, E.H. The telomere and telomerase: how do they interact? Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine. 66(5 & 6): 292–300 (1999).
• Prescott, J. and E.H. Blackburn. Telomerase: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 9: 368–373 (1999).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomeres and telomerase. Keio Journal of Medicine 49(2): 59-65 (2000).
• McEachern, M.J., A. Krauskopf, and E.H. Blackburn. Telomeres and their control. Annual Review of Genetics. 34: 331-358 (2000). 38
• Blackburn, E.H. The end of the (DNA) line. Nature Structural Biology. 10: 847-850 (2000).
• Blackburn, E.H., S. Chan, J. Chang, T.B. Fulton, A. Krauskopf, M.J. McEachern, J. Prescott, et al. Molecular manifestations and molecular determinants of telomere capping. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology: Biological Responses to DNA Damage. Vol. LXV 253-263 (2000).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomere states and cell fates. Nature 408 (6808): 53-56 (2000).
• Blackburn, E.H. Switching and signaling at the telomere. Cell. 106: 661-673 (2001).
• Prescott, J. and E.H. Blackburn. Telomeres and telomerase. In Wiley Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, New York. 5: 3110-3114 (2001).
• Chan, S. and E.H. Blackburn. New ways not to make ends meet: telomerase, DNA damage proteins and heterochromatin. Oncogene 21: 553-563 (2002).
• Chan, S.R.W.L. and E.H. Blackburn. Telomeres and telomerase. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 359: 109-121 (2004). (First appeared online December 1, 2003)
• Greider, C.W. and E.H. Blackburn. Tracking telomerase. Cell. S116: S83-S86 (2004).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomeres and telomerase: their mechanisms of action and the effects of altering their functions. FEBS Letters 579:859-862 (2005).
• Blackburn, E.H. Telomerase and Cancer: Kirk A. Landon--AACR prize for basic cancer research lecture. Mol Cancer Res. 3:477-82 (2005).
• Blackburn, E.H. Cell biology: Shaggy mouse tales. Nature 436:922-923 (2005).
• Blackburn, E.H. A History of Telomere Biology. In “Telomeres, Second Edition”. Editors, T. de Lange, V. Lundblad and E.H. Blackburn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1-20 (2006).
• Blackburn, E.H. A personal account of the discovery of telomerase. In "Telomeres, Second Edition". Editors, T. de Lange, V. Lundblad and E.H. Blackburn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 551-563 (2006).
• Blackburn, E.H., Greider, C.W., and Szostak, J.W. Telomeres and telomerase: the path from maize, Tetrahymena and yeast to human cancer and aging. Nature Medicine 12:1133-1138 (2006).
• Li, S. and Blackburn, E.H. Expression and Suppression of Human Telomerase RNA. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Vol. LXXI, pages 211-215. (2006).
• Lin, J, Epel, E and Blackburn EH. Telomeres and Telomerase in Human Health and Disease. Research and Perspectives in Neuroscience, Fondation Ipsen, Springer Press. (2007)