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2009 Original Research Papers 2009

Original Research Papers



Anderson JA, Gilliland WD, Langley CH. Molecular population genetics and evolution of Drosophila meiosis genes. Genetics. 2009;181:177-185. Abstract

Asai-Coakwell M, French CR, Ye M, Garcha K, Bigot K, Perera AG, Staehling-Hampton       K, Mema SC, Chanda B, Mushegian A, Bamforth S, Doschak MR, Li G, Dobbs MB, Giampietro PF, Brooks BP, Vijayalakshmi P, Sauve Y, Abitbol M, Sundaresan P, van Heyningen V, Pourquie O, Underhill TM, Waskiewicz AJ, Lehmann OJ. Incomplete penetrance and phenotypic variability characterize Gdf6-attributable oculo-skeletal phenotypes. Hum Mol Genet.  2009;18:1110-1121. Abstract

Aygun O, Xu X, Liu Y, Takahashi H, Kong SE, Conaway RC, Conaway JW, Svejstrup JQ. Direct inhibition of RNA polymerase II transcription by RECQL5. J Biol Chem. 2009;284:23197-23203. Abstract

Blanchette M, Green RE, Macarthur S, Brooks AN, Brenner SE, Eisen MB, Rio DC. Genome-wide Analysis of Alternative Pre-mRNA Splicing and RNA-Binding Specificities of the Drosophila hnRNP A/B Family Members. Mol Cell. 2009;33:438-449. Abstract

Blumenstiel JP, Noll AC, Griffiths JA, Perera AG, Walton KN, Gilliland WD, Hawley RS, Staehling-Hampton K. Identification of EMS-induced mutations in Drosophila melanogaster by whole-genome sequencing. Genetics. 2009;182:25-32. Abstract

Butcher RA, Ragains JR, Li W, Ruvkun G, Clardy J, Mak HY. Biosynthesis of the Caenorhabditis elegans dauer pheromone. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009;106:1875-1879. Abstract

Camahort R, Shivaraju M, Mattingly M, Li B, Nakanishi S, Zhu D, Shilatifard A, Workman JL, Gerton JL. Cse4 is Part of an Octameric Nucleosome in Budding Yeast. Mol Cell. 2009;35:794-805. Abstract

Chen AE, Egli D, Niakan K, Deng J, Akutsu H, Yamaki M, Cowan C, Fitz-Gerald C, Zhang K, Melton DA, Eggan K. Optimal timing of inner cell mass isolation increases the efficiency of human embryonic stem cell derivation and allows generation of sibling cell lines. Cell Stem Cell 2009;4:103-106. Abstract

Cochran JC, Sindelar CV, Mulko NK, Collins KA, Kong SE, Hawley RS, Kull FJ. ATPase cycle of the nonmotile kinesin NOD allows microtubule end tracking and drives chromosome movement. Cell. 2009;136:110-122. Abstract

Dang W, Steffen KK, Perry R, Dorsey JA, Johnson FB, Shilatifard A, Kaeberlein M, Kennedy BK, Berger SL. Histone H4 lysine 16 acetylation regulates cellular lifespan. Nature. 2009;459:802-807. Abstract

Deng M, Gao J, Suraneni P, Li R. Kinetochore-Independence Chromosome Poleward Movement during Anaphase of Meiosis II in Mouse Eggs. PLoS ONE. 2009;4:e5249. Abstract

Deng M, Li R. Sperm chromatin-induced ectopic polar body extrusion in mouse eggs after ICSI and delayed egg activation. PLoS One. 2009;4:e7171. Abstract

Ding N, Tomomori-Sato C, Sato S, Conaway RC, Conaway JW, Boyer TG. MED19 and MED26 are synergistic functional targets of the RE1 silencing transcription factor in epigenetic silencing of neuronal gene expression. J Biol Chem. 2009;284:2648-2656. Abstract

Dinglasan RR, Devenport M, Florens L, Johnson JR, McHugh CA, Donnelly-Doman M, Carucci DJ, Yates JR, 3rd, Jacobs-Lorena M. The Anopheles gambiae adult midgut peritrophic matrix proteome. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2009;39:125-134. Abstract

Egli D, Sandler VM, Shinohara ML, Cantor H, Eggan K. Reprogramming after chromosome transfer into mouse blastomeres. Curr Biol. 2009;19:1403-1409. Abstract

Ferreira ME, Prochasson P, Berndt KD, Workman JL, Wright AP. Activator-binding domains of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex characterized in vitro are required for its recruitment to promoters in vivo. FEBS J. 2009;276:2557-2565. Abstract

Gard S, Light W, Xiong B, Bose T, McNairn AJ, Harris B, Fleharty B, Seidel C, Brickner J, Gerton JL. Cohesinopathy mutations disrupt the subnuclear organization of chromatin. J Cell Biol. 2009;187:455-462. Abstract

Gibb S, Zagorska A, Melton K, Tenin G, Vacca I, Trainor P, Maroto M, Dale JK. Interfering with Wnt signalling alters the periodicity of the segmentation clock. Dev Biol. 2009;330:21-31. Abstract

Gilliland WD, Hughes SF, Vietti DR, Hawley RS. Congression of achiasmate chromosomes to the metaphase plate in Drosophila melanogaster oocytes. Dev Biol. 2009;325:122-128. Abstract

Gilliland WD, Vietti DL, Schweppe NM, Guo F, Johnson TJ, Hawley RS. Hypoxia transiently sequesters mps1 and polo to collagenase-sensitive filaments in Drosophila prometaphase oocytes. PLoS One. 2009;4:e7544. Abstract

Gottschalk AJ, Timinszky G, Kong SE, Jin J, Cai Y, Swanson SK, Washburn MP, Florens L, Ladurner AG, Conaway JW, Conaway RC. Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation directs recruitment and activation of an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009;106:13770-13774. Abstract

Harreman M, Taschner M, Sigurdsson S, Anindya R, Reid J, Somesh B, Kong SE, Banks CA, Conaway RC, Conaway JW, Svejstrup JQ. Distinct ubiquitin ligases act sequentially for RNA polymerase II polyubiquitylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009;106:20705-20710.  Abstract

Hartmann B, Castelo R, Blanchette M, Boue S, Rio DC, Valcarcel J. Global analysis of alternative splicing regulation by insulin and wingless signaling in Drosophila cells. Genome Biol. 2009;10:R11. Abstract

Hughes SE, Gilliland WD, Cotitta JL, Takeo S, Collins KA, Hawley RS. Heterochromatic threads connect oscillating chromosomes during prometaphase I in Drosophila oocytes. PLoS Genet. 2009;5:e1000348. Abstract

Ichida JK, Blanchard J, Lam K, Son EY, Chung JE, Egli D, Loh KM, Carter AC, Di Giorgio FP, Koszka K, Huangfu D, Akutsu H, Liu DR, Rubin LL, Eggan K. A small-molecule inhibitor of tgf-Beta signaling replaces sox2 in reprogramming by inducing nanog. Cell Stem Cell. 2009;5:491-503. Abstract

Iulianella A, Sharma M, Vanden Heuvel GB, Trainor PA. Cux2 functions downstream of Notch signaling to regulate dorsal interneuron formation in the spinal cord. Development. 2009;136:2329-2334. Abstract

Kim J, Guermah M, McGinty RK, Lee JS, Tang Z, Milne TA, Shilatifard A, Muir TW, Roeder RG. RAD6-Mediated transcription-coupled H2B ubiquitylation directly stimulates H3K4 methylation in human cells. Cell. 2009;137:459-471. Abstract

Kulesa PM, Stark DA, Steen J, Lansford R, Kasemeier-Kulesa JC. Watching the assembly of an organ a single cell at a time using confocal multi-position photoactivation and multi-time acquisition. Organogenesis. 2009;5:238-247.

Lee KK, Swanson SK, Florens L, Washburn MP, Workman JL. Yeast Sgf73/Ataxin-7 serves to anchor the deubiquitination module into both SAGA and Slik(SALSA) HAT complexes. Epigenetics & chromatin. 2009;2:2. Abstract

Li B, Jackson J, Simon MD, Fleharty B, Gogol M, Seidel C, Workman JL, Shilatifard A. Histone H3 Lysine 36 Dimethylation (H3K36me2) Is Sufficient to Recruit the Rpd3s Histone Deacetylase Complex and to Repress Spurious Transcription. J Biol Chem. 2009;284:7970-7976. Abstract

Li H, Kristensen DM, Coleman MK, Mushegian A. Detection of biochemical pathways by probabilistic matching of phyletic vectors. PLoS ONE. 2009;4:e5326. Abstract

McNairn AJ, Gerton JL. Intersection of ChIP and FLIP, genomic methods to study the dynamics of the cohesin proteins. Chromosome Res. 2009;17:155-163. Abstract

Magill G, Gallagher VF, Neaves WB. Ontological and Ethical Implication of Direct Nuclear Reprogramming. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. 2009;19:23-32.

Mosley AL, Florens L, Wen Z, Washburn MP. A label free quantitative proteomic analysis of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae nucleus. J Proteomics. 2009;72:110-120. Abstract

Mosley AL, Pattenden SG, Carey M, Venkatesh S, Gilmore JM, Florens L, Workman JL, Washburn MP. Rtr1 is a CTD phosphatase that regulates RNA polymerase II during the transition from serine 5 to serine 2 phosphorylation. Mol Cell. 2009;34:168-178. Abstract

Nakanishi S, Lee JS, Gardner KE, Gardner JM, Takahashi YH, Chandrasekharan MB, Sun ZW, Osley MA, Strahl BD, Jaspersen SL, Shilatifard A. Histone H2BK123 monoubiquitination is the critical determinant for H3K4 and H3K79 trimethylation by COMPASS and Dot1. J Cell Biol. 2009;186:371-377. Abstract

Oza P, Jaspersen SL, Miele A, Dekker J, Peterson CL. Mechanisms that regulate localization of a DNA double-strand break to the nuclear periphery. Genes Dev. 2009;23:912-927. Abstract

Patel AB, Gibson WT, Gibson MC, Nagpal R. Modeling and inferring cleavage patterns in proliferating epithelia. PLoS Comput Biol. 2009;5:e1000412. Abstract

Resnick TD, Dej KJ, Xiang Y, Hawley RS, Ahn C, Orr-Weaver TL. Mutations in the chromosomal passenger complex and the condensin complex differentially affect synaptonemal complex disassembly and metaphase I configuration in Drosophila female meiosis. Genetics. 2009;181:875-887. Abstract

Rubinstein B, Fournier MF, Jacobson K, Verkhovsky AB, Mogilner A. Actin-myosin viscoelastic flow in the keratocyte lamellipod. Biophys J. 2009;97:1853-1863. Abstract

Rubinstein B, Larripa K, Sommi P, Mogilner A. The elasticity of motor-microtubule bundles and shape of the mitotic spindle. Phys Biol. 2009;6:16005. Abstract

Sardiu ME, Gilmore JM, Carrozza MJ, Li B, Workman JL, Florens L, Washburn MP. Determining protein complex connectivity using a probabilistic deletion network derived from quantitative proteomics. PLoS One. 2009;4:e7310. Abstract

Sardiu ME, Florens L, Washburn MP. Evaluation of clustering algorithms for protein complex and protein interaction network assembly. J Proteome Res. 2009;8:2944-2952. Abstract

Sarthy J, Bae NS, Scrafford J, Baumann P. Human RAP1 inhibits non-homologous end joining at telomeres. EMBO J. 2009;28:3390-3399. Abstract

Schulze JM, Jackson J, Nakanishi S, Gardner JM, Hentrich T, Haug J, Johnston M, Jaspersen SL, Kobor MS, Shilatifard A. Linking cell cycle to histone modifications: SBF and H2B monoubiquitination machinery and cell-cycle regulation of H3K79 dimethylation. Mol Cell. 2009;35:626-641. Abstract

Shelton C, Kocherlakota KS, Zhuang S, Abmayr SM. The immunoglobulin superfamily member Hbs functions redundantly with Sns in interactions between founder and fusion-competent myoblasts. Development. 2009;136:1159-1168. Abstract

Shen R, Weng C, Yu J, Xie T. eIF4A controls germline stem cell self-renewal by directly inhibiting BAM function in the Drosophila ovary. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009;106:11623-11628. Abstract

Shi M, Vivian CJ, Lee KJ, Ge C, Morotomi-Yano K, Manzl C, Bock F, Sato S, Tomomori-Sato C, Zhu R, Haug JS, Swanson SK, Washburn MP, Chen DJ, Chen BP, Villunger A, Florens L, Du C. DNA-PKcs-PIDDosome: a nuclear caspase-2-activating complex with role in G2/M checkpoint maintenance. Cell. 2009;136:508-520. Abstract

Skaar JR, Richard DJ, Saraf A, Toschi A, Bolderson E, Florens L, Washburn MP, Khanna KK, Pagano M. INTS3 controls the hSSB1-mediated DNA damage response. J Cell Biol. 2009;187:25-32. Abstract

Slaughter BD, Das A, Schwartz JW, Rubinstein B, Li R. Dual modes of cdc42 recycling fine-tune polarized morphogenesis. Dev Cell. 2009;17:823-835. Abstract

Takahashi H, Martin-Brown S, Washburn MP, Florens L, Conaway JW, Conaway RC. Proteomics reveals a physical and functional link between hepatocyte nuclear factor 4{alpha} and TFIID. J Biol Chem. 2009;284:32405-32412. Abstract

Takahashi YH, Lee JS, Swanson SK, Saraf A, Florens L, Washburn MP, Trievel RC, Shilatifard A. Regulation of H3K4 Trimethylation via Cps40 (Spp1) of COMPASS is monoubiquitination independent: implication for a Phe/Tyr switch by the catalytic domain of Set1. Mol Cell Biol. 2009;29:3478-3486. Abstract

Trainor PA, Dixon J, Dixon MJ. Treacher Collins syndrome: etiology, pathogenesis and prevention. Eur J Hum Genet. 2009;17:275-283. Abstract

Tsoy O, Ravcheev D, Mushegian A. Comparative genomics of ethanolamine utilization. J Bacteriol. 2009;191:7157-7164. Abstract

Wai SC, Gerber SA, Li R. Multisite phosphorylation of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Cdc24 during yeast cell polarization. PLoS One. 2009;4:e6563. Abstract

Wang P, Lin C, Smith ER, Guo H, Sanderson BW, Wu M, Gogol M, Alexander T, Seidel C, Wiedemann LM, Ge K, Krumlauf R, Shilatifard A. Global analysis of H3K4 methylation defines MLL family member targets and points to a role for MLL1-mediated H3K4 methylation in the regulation of transcriptional initiation by RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell Biol. 2009;29:6074-6085. Abstract

Weake VM, Swanson SK, Mushegian A, Florens L, Washburn MP, Abmayr SM, Workman JL. A novel histone fold domain-containing protein that replaces TAF6 in Drosophila SAGA is required for SAGA-dependent gene expression. Genes Dev. 2009;23:2818-2823. Abstract

Wiegraebe W, Xie Y, Yin T, Stark D, Perko K, Alexander R, Schwartz J, He XC, Li L. Two-Photon Microscopy and Spectral Detection for Ex Vivo Imaging of Individual Stem Cells. Nature Protocols in Protocols Network. 2009. Available at: http://www.natureprotocols.com/2009/02/19/twophoton_microscopy_and_spect.php.    Accessed September 28, 2009.

Xie Y, Yin T, Wiegraebe W, He XC, Miller D, Stark D, Perko K, Alexander R, Schwartz J, Grindley JC, Park J, Haug JS, Wunderlich JP, Li H, Zhang S, Johnson T, Feldman RA, Li L. Detection of functional haematopoietic stem cell niche using real-time imaging. Nature. 2009;457:97-101. Abstract

Zhang Y, Wen Z, Washburn MP, Florens L. Effect of Dynamic Exclusion Duration on Spectral Count Based Quantitative Proteomics. Anal Chem. 2009;81:6317-6326. Abstract

Zhuang S, Shao H, Guo F, Trimble R, Pearce E, Abmayr SM. Sns and Kirre, the Drosophila orthologs of Nephrin and Neph1, direct adhesion, fusion and formation of a slit diaphragm-like structure in insect nephrocytes. Development. 2009;136:2335-2344. Abstract

Reviews, Commentaries or Chapters

Alexander T, Nolte C, Krumlauf R. Hox Genes and Segmentation of the Hindbrain and Axial Skeleton. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2009;25:431-456. Abstract

Baumann P. Journal club. A molecular biologist explores ways to revolutionize agriculture. Nature. 2009;462:547. Abstract

Berger SL, Kouzarides T, Shiekhattar R, Shilatifard A. An operational definition of epigenetics. Genes Dev. 2009;23:781-783. Abstract

Conaway RC, Conaway JW. Mediator comes out from the shadows. Structure. 2009;17:485-486. Abstract

Conaway RC, Conaway JW. The INO80 chromatin remodeling complex in transcription, replication and repair. Trends Biochem Sci. 2009;34:71-77. Abstract

Gibson WT, Gibson MC. Cell topology, geometry, and morphogenesis in proliferating epithelia. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2009;89:87-114. Abstract

Hall HE, Hawley RS. The hows and Ys of genome integrity. Cell. 2009;138:830-832. Abstract

Hawley RS. A direct measurement of crossingover in human orophase oocytes. F1000 Biol Rpts [serial online]. 2009;1:86. Available at: http://F1000.com/Reports/Biology/content/1/86., Accessed November 16, 2009.

Hawley RS, Gilliland WD. Homologue pairing: getting it right. Nat Cell Biol. 2009;11:917-918. Abstract

Hawley RS. Review of "Life Illuminated: Selected Papers from Cold Spring Harbor", Volume 2, 1972-1994, edited by J. Witkowski et al. Q Rev Biol. 2009;84:183.

Herz HM, Nakanishi S, Shilatifard A. The curious case of bivalent marks. Dev Cell. 2009;17:301-303. Abstract

Hughes SE, Hawley RS. Heterochromatin: a rapidly evolving species barrier. PLoS Biol. 2009;7:e1000233. Abstract

Iimura T, Denans N, Pourquie O. Establishment of Hox vertebral identities in the embryonic spine precursors. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2009;88:201-234. Abstract

Jackson J, Shilatifard A. Global proteomic analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae identifies molecular pathways of histone modifications. Methods Mol Biol. 2009;548:175-186. Abstract

Jaspersen SL, Hawley RS. Pushing and pulling: microtubules mediate meiotic pairing and synapsis. Cell. 2009;139:861-863. Abstract

Kulesa PM, Lefcort F, Kasemeier-Kulesa JC. The migration of autonomic precursor cells in the embryo. Auton Neurosci. 2009;151:3-9. Abstract

Lawrence C, Sanders GE, Varga ZM, Baumann DP, Freeman A, Baur B, Francis M. Regulatory compliance and the zebrafish. Zebrafish. 2009;6:453-456. Abstract

Li R, Wedlich-Soldner R. Bem1 complexes and the complexity of yeast cell polarization. Curr Biol. 2009;19:R195-R195.

Liu Y, Conaway JW. When transcription meets recombination: a lesson from the human RECQ protein complexes. F1000 Biol Rpts [serial online]. 2009;1.76. Available at: http://f1000biology.com/reports/10.3410/b1-76/, Accessed October 14, 2009.

Parrish M, Nolte C, Krumlauf R. Hox genes expression. In: L Squire, ed. New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. 4th ed: Academic Press; 2009:1221-1231.

Ross J, Li L. HSC mobilization: new incites and insights. Blood. 2009;114:1283-1284. Abstract

Sakai D, Trainor PA. Treacher Collins syndrome: Unmasking the role of Tcof1/treacle. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2009;41:1229-1232. Abstract

Smith E, Shilatifard A. Developmental biology. Histone cross-talk in stem cells. Science. 2009;323:221-222. Abstract

Smith KT, Workman JL. Histone deacetylase inhibitors: Anticancer compounds. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2009;41:21-25. Abstract

Smith KT, Workman JL. Introducing the acetylome. Nat Biotechnol. 2009;27:917-919. Abstract

Swanson SK, Florens L, Washburn MP. Generation and analysis of multidimensional protein identification technology datasets. Methods Mol Bol. 2009;492:1-20. Abstract

Trainor P. Facial Birth Defects Unmasked. Australas Sci. 2009:29-32.

Trievel RC, Shilatifard A. WDR5, a complexed protein. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2009;16:678-680. Abstract

Tümpel S, Wiedemann LM, Krumlauf R. Hox genes and segmentation of the vertebrate hindbrain. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2009/08/05 ed; 2009;88:103-137. Abstract

Wang J, Rodova M, Gardner BM, Lu Q, Trainor PA, Yost JG. Wnt/β-catenin signaling plays an essential role in bone sialoprotein-elicited osteoblast differentiation and mineralization. Bone. 2009;44:S158-S159.

Weake VM, Workman JL. Histone Ubiquitination. In: RA Bradshaw, and EA Dennis, eds. Handbook of Cell Signaling. 2nd Edition ed: Oxford: Academic Press; 2009:2449-2460.

Weake VM, Workman JL. Hit and run: X marks the spot! Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2009;16:801-803. Abstract

Xie T. Stem Cell in the Adult Drosophila Hindgut: Just a Sleeping Beauty. Cell Stem Cell. 2009;5:227-228. Abstract  

Xie T, Song X, Jin Z, Pan L, Weng C, Chen S, Zhang N. Interactions between Stem Cells and Their Niche in the Drosophila Ovary. Abstracts of papers presented at the LXXIII Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology: Control & Regulation of Stem Cells: May 28-June 2, 2008. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. 2009;72.

Yin T, Xie Y, Li L. Visualize eHPCs in different zones. Blood. 2009;114:230-231. Abstract

Zhang N, Xie T. Extrinsic and intrinsic control of germline stem cell regulation in the Drosophila ovary. In: VK Rajasekhar, and MC Vemuri, eds. Regulatory networks in stem cells 1st ed. New York: Humana; 2009:155-163. Table of Contents

Book

Pourquié O, ed. Hox genes, 1st ed. San Diego, Academic Press. 2009.