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• Biographical Information
• Current Projects
• Contact Information

Biographical Information

Khalsa College, Armitsar, India
1957, B.S.,

Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
1961, M.S., Genetics and Bioemetry

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1967, Ph.D., Genetics

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Current Projects

Recent Publications

Vig, B.K. and Henderson, A (1998) Aneuploidy in Indian mun tjac is limited to the Y2 chromosome. Mutagenesis 12:33-37

Faulkner, N., Vig, B.K.,Echeverri, C., Wordeman, L., and Vallee, R. (1998) Localization of motor proteins and associated complexes to active but not inactive centromeres. Human Molecular Genetics 7: 671-677.

Vig, B.K. (1998) Recognition of mammalian centromeres by anti-dynein and anti-dynactin components. Mutagenesis 13:391-396.

Vig, B.K. (1998) Centromere: A candidate for facelift. Molecular and Environmental Mutagenesis 32:197-200.

Vig, B.K. and Willcourt, M (1998) Decondensation of pericentric heterochromatin alters the sequence of centromere separation in mouse cells. Chromosoma 107:417-423.

Sugimoto,K., Tsutsui, M., AuCoin D and Vig, B.K.(1999) Visualization of prekinetochore locus on the centromeric region of highly extended chromatin fibers: does kinetochore autoantigen CENP-C constitute a kinetochore organizing center? Chromosome Research 6: 7:9-19

Garcia-Ord, A., Vig, B.K. and Aucoin, D. (2000)Sequence of replication of pericentric heterochromatin: Lack of relationship with quantity and sequence of centromere separation. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 120:18-24.

Vig, B.K. and Hallett, W. (2000) 5-Azacytidine and Hoechst-induced aneuploidy in Indian muntjac cells. Mutation Research 466:79-86

Rodriguez, M. J., Lopez, M., Garcia-Orad, A. and Vig, B.K. (2001) Sequence of centromere separation: effect of 5-azacytidine-induced epigenetic alteration. Mutagenesis 16:109-114.

Garcia-Orad, A., Gomez, P., and Vig, BK (2001) Histone H3 phosphorylation of mammalian chromosomes. Chromosome Research 9:487-494.

Gomez-Vargas, P,. Vig, B.K. (2002) Differential induction of numerical chromosome changes by sodium butyrate in two transformed cell lines. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

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Contact Information

Street address
University of Nevada Reno Biology Department m/s 314 Reno, NV 89557

Electronic mail address
vig@unr.edu

Web address
http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~bioweb/vig.html

Office phone
775-784-6188

FAX number
775-784-1302

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