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Desmond C. Okafor

Baylor UniversityORCID 0009-0002-3320-6307Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Cell BiologyDNA repairPeer-reviewedNov 1, 2025

MCM8/9 and FANCD2 interact within a shared pathway in response to replication stress caused by DNA crosslinks

Rashini Y. Baragama Arachchi, Desmond C. Okafor, Andrew J. Snyder, Michael A. Trakselis

This study shows MCM8/9 interacts with FANCD2 during ICL repair, functions in the same pathway, and their loss is epistatic with no additive DNA damage.

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