Former Graduate Students

Luciano De Haro (1999-2003)

• Ph.D. in Molecular Biology
• Thesis Title: Characterization of the ER71 Gene and Protein
• Publications

1. De Haro, L. and Janknecht, R. (2002). Functional analysis of the transcription factor ER71 and its activation of the matrix metalloproteinase-1 promoter. Nucleic Acids Res. 30, 2972-2979.
2. De Haro, L. and Janknecht, R. (2005). Cloning of the murine ER71 gene (Etsrp71) and initial characterization of its promoter. Genomics 85, 493-502.
3. Knebel, J.*, De Haro, L.* and Janknecht, R. (2006). Repression of transcription by TSGA/Jmjd1a, a novel interaction partner of the ETS protein ER71. J. Cell. Biochem., in press. *Both authors contributed equally to this work.

Basem Goueli (2000-2003)

• Ph.D. in Biochemistry
• Thesis Title: Regulation of the Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Gene
• Publications

1. Bosc, D. G., Goueli, B. S. and Janknecht, R. (2001). HER2/Neu-mediated activation of the ETS transcription factor ER81 and its target gene MMP-1. Oncogene 20, 6215-6224.
2. Goueli, B. S. and Janknecht, R. (2003). Regulation of telomerase reverse transcriptase gene activity by upstream stimulatory factor. Oncogene 22, 8042-8047.
3. Goueli, B. S. and Janknecht, R. (2004). Upregulation of the catalytic telomerase subunit by the transcription factor ER81 and oncogenic HER2/Neu, Ras, or Raf. Mol. Cell. Biol. 24, 25-35.