Publications:
Mostoslavsky, R., Chua, K.F., Lombard, D.B., Pang, W.W., Fischer M.R., Gellon, L., Murphy, M.M., Mills, K.D., Patel, P., Cheng, H-L., Bronson, r., Frendeway, D., Auerbach, W., Valenzuela, D., Karow, M., Mulligan, R., Demple, B., Yancopoulos, G.D., and Alt, F.W. Genomic instability and aging-like phenotype in the absence of mammalian Sirt6. In Press. Cell.
Mills, K.D., Ferguson, D.O., Essers, J., Eckersdorff., M, Kanaar, R., and Alt, F.W. Rad54 and DNA Ligase IV Cooperate to Maintain Mammalian Chromatid Stability (2004) Genes Dev. 18(11): 1283-1292.
Couedel, C., Mills, K.D., Barchi, M., Shen, L., Oishen, A., Johnson, R.D., Nussenzweig, A., Essers, J., Kannar, R., Li, G.C., Alt, F.W., and Jasin, M. Collaboration of homologous recombination and nonhomologous end-joining factors to the survival and integrity of mice and cells. (2004). Genes Dev. 18(11): 1293-1304.
Mills, K.D., Ferguson, D.O., and Alt, F.W. The Role of DNA Breaks in Genomic Instability and Tumorigenesis. (2003) Immunological Reviews 194: 77-95.
Zhu, C**., Mills, K.D.**., Ferguson, D.O**., Lee, C., Manis, J., Fleming, J., Gao, Y., Morton, C.C., and Alt., F.W. (2002). Unrepaired DNA Breaks in p53-Deficient Cells Lead to Oncogenic Gene Amplification Subsequent to Translocations. Cell 109: 811-821.
Mills, K. Silencing, Heterochromatin, and DNA Double Strand Break Repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (2000) Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Mills, K.D.**., Sinclair, D.A**., and Guarente, L. (1999). MEC1-dependent redistribution of the Sir3 silencing protein from telomeres to DNA double-strand breaks. Cell 97: 609-620.
Sinclair, D.A., Mills, K., and Guarente, L. (1998). Molecular mechanisms of yeast aging. Trends Biochem 23: 131-134.
Sinclair, D.A., Mills, K, and Guarente, L. (1998). Aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 51: 134-162.
Sinclair, D.A., Mills, K., and Guarente, L. (1997). Accelerated Aging and Nucleolar Fragmentation in Yeast sgs1 mutants. Science 277: 1313-1316.
Kennedy, B.K., Gotta, M., Sinclair, D.A., Mills, K., McNabb, D.S., Murthy, M., Pak, S.M., Laroche, T., Gasser, S.M., and Guarente, L. (1997). Redistribution of silencing proteins from telomeres to the nucleolus is associated with extension of life span in S. cerevisiae. Cell 89: 381-391