Frank DiMeo
Eric Alani
Professor
Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Contact Information
459 Biotechnology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
p:
(607) 254-4811
Eric Alani
Professor
Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Expertise
Genetics; biochemistry; molecular biology
Current Research Interest
Mismatch repair; DNA replication and recombination; meiotic crossing over; hereditary form of colon cancer
Distinction
Carpenter Award Winner, Cornell University
Selected Publications
Kim, Yoori, Christopher M. Furman, Carol M. Manhart, Eric Alani, and Ilya J. Finkelstein. “Intrinsically Disordered Regions Regulate both Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Activities of the MutLα Mismatch Repair Complex.” Nucleic Acids Research 47, no. 4 (2019): 1823-1835.
Manhart, Carol M., Xiaodan Ni, Martin A. White, Joaquin Ortega, Jennifer A. Surtees, and Eric Alani. “The Mismatch Repair and Meiotic Recombination Endonuclease Mlh1-Mlh3 is Activated by Polymer Formation and can Cleave DNA Substrates in Trans.” PLoS Biology 15 (2017): e2001164.