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Bigot, Nicolas, Day, Matthew, Baldock, Robbie A, Watts, Felicity Z, Oliver, Antony W and Pearl, Laurence H (2019) Phosphorylation-mediated interactions with TOPBP1 couple 53BP1 and 9-1-1 to control the G1 DNA damage checkpoint. eLIfe, 8. a44353 1-28. ISSN 2050-084X

Lu, Wei-Ting, Hawley, Ben R, Skalka, George L, Baldock, Robert A, Smith, Ewan M, Bader, Aldo S, Malewicz, M, Watts, Felicity Z, Wilczynska, Ania and Bushell, Martin (2018) Drosha drives the formation of DNA:RNA hybrids around DNA break sites to facilitate DNA repair. Nature Communications, 9 (532). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2041-1723

Watts, Felicity Z (2016) Repair of DNA double-strand breaks in heterochromatin. Biomolecules, 6 (4). p. 47. ISSN 2218-273X

Jongjitwimol, Jirapas, Baldock, Robert A, Morley, Simon J and Watts, Felicity Z (2016) Sumoylation of eIF4A2 affects stress granule formation. Journal of Cell Science, 129 (12). pp. 2407-2415. ISSN 0021-9533

Densham, Ruth M, Garvin, Alexander J, Stone, Helen R, Strachan, Joanna, Baldock, Robert A, Daza-Martin, Manuel, Fletcher, Alice, Blair-Reed, Sarah, Beesley, James, Johal, Balraj, Pearl, Laurence H, Neely, Robert, Keep, Nicholas H, Watts, Felicity Z and Morris, Joanna R (2016) Human BRCA1-BARD1 ubiquitin ligase activity counters chromatin barriers to DNA resection. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 23 (7). pp. 647-655. ISSN 1545-9993

Baldock, Robert A, Day, Matthew, Wilkinson, Oliver J, Cloney, Ross, Jeggo, Penelope A, Oliver, Antony W, Watts, Felicity Z and Pearl, Laurence H (2015) ATM localization and heterochromatin repair depend on Direct Interaction of the 53BP1-BRCT2 domain with γH2AX. Cell Reports, 13 (10). pp. 2081-2089. ISSN 2211-1247

Watts, Felicity Z, Baldock, Robert, Jongjitwimol, Jirapas and Morley, Simon J (2014) Weighing up the possibilities: controlling translation by ubiquitylation and sumoylation. Translation, 2 (2). e959366-1. ISSN 2169-074X

Garg, Mansi, Gurung, Resham L, Mansoubi, Sahar, Ahmed, Jubed O, Davé, Anoushka, Watts, Felicity Z and Bianchi, Alessandro (2014) Tpz1TPP1 SUMOylation reveals evolutionary conservation of SUMO-dependent Stn1 telomere association. EMBO Reports, 15 (8). pp. 871-877. ISSN 1469-3178

Jongjitwimol, Jirapas, Feng, Min, Zhou, Lihong, Wilkinson, Oliver, Small, Lauren, Baldock, Robert, Taylor, Deborah L, Smith, Duncan, Bowler, Lucas, Morley, Simon J and Watts, Felicity (2014) The S. pombe translation initiation factor eIF4G is sumoylated and associates with the SUMO protease Ulp2. PLoS ONE, 9 (5). e94182. ISSN 1932-6203

Watts, Felicity Z (2013) Starting and stopping SUMOylation. What regulates the regulator? Chromosoma, 122 (6). pp. 451-463. ISSN 0009-5915

Watts, Felicity Z and Hoffmann, Eva (2011) SUMO meets meiosis: an encounter at the synaptonemal complex: SUMO chains and sumoylated proteins suggest that heterogeneous and complex interactions lie at the centre of the synaptonemal complex. BioEssays, 33. pp. 529-33. ISSN 0265-9247

Boyd, Lara K, Mercer, Brenda, Thompson, Darren, Main, Ewan and Watts, Felicity W (2010) Characterisation of the SUMO-like domains of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rad60. PLoS ONE, 5 (9). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1932-6203

Watts, Felicity Z and Brissett, Nigel C (2010) Linking up and interacting with BRCT domains. DNA Repair, 9 (2). pp. 103-8. ISSN 1568-7864

Spirek, Mario, Estreicher, Anna, Csaszar, Edina, Wells, Jennifer, McFarlane, Ramsay J, Watts, Felicity Z and Loidl, Josef (2010) Sumoylation is required for normal development of linear element and wild-type meiotic recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Chromosoma, 9 (11). pp. 59-72. ISSN 0009-5915

Spirek, M, Estredicher, A, Csaszar, E, Wells, J, McFarlane, Ramsay J, Watts, Felicity and Loidl, J (2010) SUMOylation is required for normal development of linear elements and wild-type meiotic recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Chromosoma, 119 (1). pp. 59-72. ISSN 1432-0886 (Electronic)

Skilton, Andrew, Outwin, Emily, Mercer, Brenda, Ho, J C Y and Watts, Felicity (2009) SUMO chain formation is required for response to replication arrest in S. pombe. PLoS ONE, 4 (8). e6750. ISSN 1932-6203

Kilkenny, Mairi L, Doré, Andrew S, Roe, S Mark, Nestoras, Konstantinos, Ho, Jenny C Y, Watts, Felicity Z and Pearl, Laurence H (2008) Structural and functional analysis of the Crb2-BRCT2 domain reveals distinct roles in checkpoint signalling. Genes & Development, 22 (15). pp. 2034-47. ISSN 0890-9369

Kilkenney, M L, Dore, A, Roe, S M, Nestoras, K, Ho, J, Watts, F Z and Pearl, L (2008) Structural and functional analysis of the Crb2-BRCT2 domain reveals distinct roles in checkpoint signaling and DNA damage repair. Genes & Development, 22 (15). pp. 2034-2047. ISSN 0890-9369

Watts, Felicity, Skilton, Andrew, Ho, J C, Boyd, Lara Katrina, Trickey, M A, Gardner, Lisa and Ogi, Francois-Xavier (2007) The role of Schizosaccharomyces pombe SUMO ligases in genome stability. Biochemical Society Transactions, 35 (6). pp. 1379-1384. ISSN 0300-5127

Watts, Felicity (2007) The role of SUMO in chromosome segregation. Chromosoma, 116 (1). pp. 15-20. ISSN 1432-0886

Frampton, Jonathan, Irmisch, Anja, Green, Catherine M, Neiss, Andrea, Trickey, Michelle, Ulrich, Helle D, Furuya, Kanji, Watts, Felicity, Carr, Antony M and Lehmann, Alan R (2006) Postreplication Repair and PCNA Modification in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 17 (7). pp. 2976-2985. ISSN 1059-1524

Watts, Felicity (2006) Sumoylation of PCNA: Wrestling with recombination at stalled replication forks. DNA Repair, 5 (3). pp. 399-403. ISSN 1568-7864

Shin, Jin, Choi, Eun Shik, Kim, Hyun Soo, Ho, J C, Watts, Felicity Z, Park, Sang D and Jang, Yeun Kyu (2005) SUMO modification is involved in the maintenance of heterochromatin stability in fission yeast. Molecular Cell, 19 (6). pp. 817-828. ISSN 1097-2765

Sergeant, John, Taylor, Elaine, Palecek, Jan, Fousteri, Maria, Andrews, Emily, Sweeney, Sara, Shinagawa, Hideo, Watts, Felicity and Lehmann, Alan (2005) Composition and Architecture of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rad18 (Smc5-6) Complex. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 25 (1). pp. 172-184. ISSN 0270-7306

Andrews, Emily A, Palecek, Jan, Sergeant, John, Taylor, Elaine, Lehmann, Alan R and Watts, Felicity Z (2005) Nse2, a component of the Smc5-6 complex, is a SUMO ligase required for the response to DNA damage. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 25 (1). pp. 185-196. ISSN 0270-7306

Zhou, Lihong and Watts, Felicity (2005) Nep1, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe deneddylating enzyme. Biochemical Journal, 389 (Pt 2). pp. 307-314. ISSN 0264-6021

Spink, K, Ho, J C, Tanaka, K, Watts, Felicity and Chambers, Anna (2005) The telomere-binding protein Taz1p as a target for modification by a SUMO-1 homologue in fission yeast. Biochemical Genetics, 43 (3-4). pp. 103-17. ISSN 0006-2928

Watts, Felicity (2004) SUMO modification of proteins other than transcription factors. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 15 (2). pp. 211-220. ISSN 10849521

Ho, J C and Watts, Felicity (2003) Characterisation of SUMO conjugating enzyme mutants in Schizosaccharomyces pombe identifies a dominant negative allele which severely reduces SUMO conjugation. Biochemical Journal, 21. ISSN 0264-6021

Hinks, J, Roe, Mark, Ho, J C, Watts, Felicity, Phelan, J, McAllister, M and Pearl, Laurence (2003) Expression, purification and preliminary X-ray analysis of the BRCT domain from Rhp9/Crb2. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, 59 (Pt 7). 1230-1233.. ISSN 0907-4449

Taylor, Deborah, Ho, Jenny, Oliver, Alejandro and Watts, Felicity (2002) Cell-cycle-dependent localisation of Ulp1, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe Pmt3 (SUMO)-specific protease. Journal of Cell Science, 115 (6). pp. 1113-1122. ISSN 0021-9533

Ho, J C, Warr, N J, Shimizu, H and Watts, Felicity (2001) SUMO modification of Rad22, the Schizosaccharomyces pombe homologue of the recombination protein Rad52. Nucleic Acids Research, 29 (20). pp. 4179-4186. ISSN 1362-4962

May, K M, Watts, F Z, Jones, N and Hyams, J S (1997) Type II myosin involved in cytokinesis in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 38 (4). pp. 385-396. ISSN 08861544

Albury, Mary S, Dudley, Penelope, Watts, Felicity Z and Moore, Anthony L (1996) Targeting the plant alternative oxidase protein to i Schizosaccharomyces pombe mitochondria confers cyanide-insensitive respiration. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 271 (29). pp. 17062-17066. ISSN 0021-9258

Tavassoli, Manoochehr, Shayeghi, Maryam, Nasim, Anwar and Watts, Felicity Z (1995) Cloning and characterisation of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad32 gene: A gene required for repair of double strand break and recombination. Nucleic Acids Research, 23 (3). pp. 383-388. ISSN 03051048

Lehmann, A R, Walicka, M, Griffths, D J, Murray, J M, Watts, F Z, McCready, S and Carr, A M (1995) The rad18 Gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Defines a New Subgroup of the SMC Superfamily Involved in DNA Repair. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 15 (12). pp. 7067-7080. ISSN 0270-7306

Watts, Felicity Z, Butt, Neil, Layfied, Philip, Machuka, Jesse, Burke, Julian F and Moore, Anthony L (1994) Floral expression of a gene encoding an E2-related ubiquitin-conjugating protein from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology, 26 (1). pp. 445-451. ISSN 01674412

Murray, J M, Tavassoli, M, Al-Harithy, R, Sheldrick, K S, Lehmann, A R, Carr, A M and Watts, F Z (1994) Structural and functional conservation of the human homolog of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad2 gene, which is required for chromosome segregation and recovery from DNA damage. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 14 (7). pp. 4878-4888. ISSN 0270-7306

Moore, Anthony L, Wood, Carlton K and Watts, Felicity Z (1994) Protein import into plant mitochondria. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, 45. pp. 545-575. ISSN 1040-2519

Mather, K, Watts, F Z, Carroll, M, Whitehead, P, Swash, M, Cairn, N and Burke, J (1993) Antibody to an abnormal protein in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identifies Lewy body-like inclusions in ALS and Lewy bodies in Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience Letters, 160 (1). pp. 13-16. ISSN 03043940

Doe, Claudette L, Murray, Johanne M, Shayeghi, Maryam, Hoskins, Marie, Lehmann, Alan R, Carr, Antony M and Watts, Felicity Z (1993) Cloning and characterisation of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad8 gene, a member of the SNF2 helicase family. Nucleic Acids Research, 21 (25). pp. 5964-5971. ISSN 0305-1048

Carr, Antony M, Sheldrick, Katherine S, Murray, Johanne M, Al-Harithy, Rowyda, Watts, Felicity Z and Lehmann, Alan R (1993) Evolutionary conservation of excision repair in Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Evidence for a family of sequences related to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD2 gene. Nucleic Acids Research, 21 (6). pp. 1345-1349. ISSN 0305-1048

Moore, Anthony L, Walters, Andrew J, Thorpe, Julian, Thorpe, Julian, Fricaud, Anne-Catherine and Watts, Felicity Z (1992) Schizosaccharomyces pombe mitochondria: morphological, respiratory and protein import characteristics. Yeast, 8 (11). pp. 923-933. ISSN 0749503X

Watts, Felicity Z, Walters, Andrew J and Moore, Anthony L (1992) Characterisation of PHSP1, a cDNA encoding a mitochondrial HSP70 from Pisum sativum. Plant Molecular Biology, 18 (1). pp. 23-32. ISSN 01674412

Murray, Johanne M, Doe, Claudette L, Schenk, Paul, Carr, Antony M, Lehmann, Alan R and Watts, Felicity Z (1992) Cloning and characterisation of the S.pombe rad15 gene, a homologue to the S.cerevisiae RAD3 and human ERCC2 genes. Nucleic Acids Research, 20 (11). pp. 2673-2678. ISSN 03051048

Fenech, M, Carr, A M, Murray, J, Watts, F Z and Lehmann, A R (1991) Cloning and characterization of the rad4 gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe; a gene showing short regions of sequence similarity to the human XRCC1 gene. Nucleic Acids Research, 19 (24). pp. 6737-6741. ISSN 0305-1048

Lehmann, A R, Carr, A M, Watts, F Z and Murray, J M (1991) DNA repair in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 250 (1-2). pp. 205-210. ISSN 0027-5107

Murray, Johanne M, Carr, Antony M, Lehmann, Alan R and Watts, Felicity Z (1991) Cloning and characterisation of the rad9 DNA repair gene from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Nucleic Acids Research, 19 (13). pp. 3525-3531. ISSN 0305-1048

Broughton, Bernard C, Berbet, Nik, Murray, Johanne, Watts, Felicity Z, Koken, Marcel H M, Lehmann, Alan R and Carr, Antony M (1991) Assignment of ten DNA repair genes from Schizosaccharomyces pombe to chromosomal NotI restriction fragments. Molecular and General Genetics MGG, 228 (3). pp. 470-472. ISSN 0026-8925

Powell, M J and Watts, F Z (1990) Isolation of a gene encoding a mitochondrial HSP70 protein from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Gene, 95 (1). pp. 105-110. ISSN 03781119

Watts, F Z and Moore, A L (1989) Nucleotide sequence of a full length cDNA clone encoding a polyubiquitin gene from Pisum sativum. Nucleic Acids Research, 17 (23). ISSN 03051048

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Watts, Felicity (2004) SUMO proteases in sumoylation. In: Wilson, Van G (ed.) Sumoylation: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Taylor & Francis, Inc. ISBN 9780954523282