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Manuel Valenzuela, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
Department of Biomedical Sciences

(615) 327-6253
WBS, Room 4234
1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
Nashville, TN  37208

mvalenzuela@mmc.edu

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Professional Education
Ph.D. degree, Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
 
Research Interests
Dr. Valenzuela's laboratory is interested in the general area of DNA replication. Current studies are focused on gaining a better understanding about abnormal cell growth by studying the global activation of initiation sites for DNA replication in human cancer cell using DNA microarray technology.
 
Selected Publications

Hu L, Xu X, Valenzuela MS.  Initiation sites for human DNA replication at a putative ribulose-5-phosphate 3-epimerase gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004;320:648-55.

Hu L, Xu X, Valenzuela MS.  Identification of novel initiation sites for human DNA replication around ARSH1, a previously characterized yeast replicator. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004; 313:1058-64.