Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Chromosomes and Gene Expression

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Latest articles

    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Neuroscience

    Avoiding false discoveries in single-cell RNA-seq by revisiting the first Alzheimer’s disease dataset

    Alan E Murphy, Nurun Fancy, Nathan Skene
    Reanalysis reveals the impact of quality control and differential analysis methods on the discovery of disease-associated genes on the first Alzheimer's disease single-nucleus RNA-seq dataset.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Regulation of Chromatin Architecture by Transcription Factor Binding

    Stephanie Portillo-Ledesma, Suckwoo Chung ... Tamar Schlick
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Chromosome-specific maturation of the epigenome in the Drosophila male germline

    James T Anderson, Steven Henikoff, Kami Ahmad
    Chromatin profiling of Drosophila testes reveals activation of the transcriptional program of the germline, widespread changes in RNA polymerase progression, and the absence of chromosomal regulation across the X chromosome.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Developmental Biology

    Transcription: A hub of activity

    Virginia L Pimmett, Mounia Lagha
    Imaging experiments reveal the complex and dynamic nature of the transcriptional hubs associated with Notch signaling.
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    PI(3,4,5)P3 allosteric regulation of repressor activator protein 1 controls antigenic variation in trypanosomes

    Abdoulie O Touray, Rishi Rajesh ... Igor Cestari
    Nuclear phosphoinositide signaling controls telomeric gene repression and activation essential for switching expression of surface antigen genes and thus antigenic variation.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    SUMOylation of Bonus, the Drosophila homolog of Transcription Intermediary Factor 1, safeguards germline identity by recruiting repressive chromatin complexes to silence tissue-specific genes

    Baira Godneeva, Maria Ninova ... Alexei Aravin
    Bonus, the Drosophila TIF1 factor, functions as a repressor of tissue-specific genes in the germline, emphasizing an important function of SUMOylation in transcriptional regulation.

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    National Cancer Institute, United States
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    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States
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    K VijayRaghavan
    National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
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