Publications

Original Research Papers
Signatures of Divergence, Invasiveness and Terrestralization Revealed by Four Apple Snail Genomes
Sun J, Mu H, Ip JCH, Li R, Xu T, Accorsi A, Sanchez Alvarado A, Ross E, Lan Y, Sun Y, Castro-Vazquez A, Vega IA, Heras H, Ituarte S, Van Bocxlaer B, Hayes KA, Cowie RH, Zhao Z, Zhang Y, Qian PY, Qiu JW. Mol Biol Evol. 2019;36:1507-1520.
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Junctional tumor suppressors interact with 14-3-3 proteins to control planar spindle alignment
Nakajima YI, Lee ZT, McKinney SA, Swanson SK, Florens L, Gibson MC. J Cell Biol. 2019;218:1824-1838.
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Structure and function of Spc42 coiled-coils in yeast centrosome assembly and duplication
Drennan AC, Krishna S, Seeger MA, Andreas MP, Gardner JM, Sether EKR, Jaspersen SL, Rayment I. Mol Biol Cell. 2019;30:1505-1522.
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Killer meiotic drive and dynamic evolution of the wtf gene family
Eickbush MT, Young JM, Zanders SE. Mol Biol Evol. 2019;36:1201-1214.
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The Exocyst Functions in Niche Cells to Promote Germline Stem Cell Differentiation by Directly Controlling EGFR Membrane Trafficking​
Mao Y, Tu R, Huang Y, Mao D, Yang Z, Lau PK, Wang J, Ni J, Guo Y, Xie T. [published ahead of print  May 31 2019]. Development. 2019.
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Gamete collection and in vitro fertilization of Astyanax mexicanus
Peuss R, Zakibe Z, Krishnan J, Merryman MS, Baumann DP, Rohner N.  J Vis Exp. 2019. doi: 10.3791/59334.
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Down-regulation of FGF signaling by Spry4 over-expression leads to shape impairment, enamel irregularities, and delayed signaling center formation in the mouse molar
Marangoni P, Charles C, Ahn Y, Seidel K, Jheon A, Ganss B, Krumlauf R, Viriot L, Klein OD. [published ahead of print May 23 2019]. JBMR Plus. 2019.
The stoichiometry of the outer kinetochore is modulated by microtubule-proximal regulatory factors
Dhatchinamoorthy K, Unruh JR, lange JJ, Levy M, Slaughter BD, Gerton JL. [published ahead of print May 22 2019]. J Cell Biol. 2019.
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The E3 ubiquitin ligase SINA regulates the assembly and disassembly of the synaptonemal complex in Drosophila females
Hughes SE, Hemenway E, Guo F, Yi K, Yu Z, Hawley RS. PLoS Genet. 2019;15:e1008161. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008161.
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DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) contributes to incorporation of histone variant H2A.Z into nucleosomes
Wang LY, He YX, Li M, Ding J, Sui Y, Conaway JW, Conaway RC, Wang F, Jin J, Cai Y. [published ahead of print May 22 2019]. Protein & cell. 2019.
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Identification of a nuclear localization signal and importin beta members mediating NUAK1 nuclear import inhibited by oxidative stress
Palma M, Riffo EN, Suganuma T, Washburn MP, Workman JL, Pincheira R, Castro AF. [published ahead of print May 16 2019]. J Cell Biochem. 2019.
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Artificial RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complexes for Dissecting Co-transcriptional RNA Processing Events
Noe Gonzalez M, Conaway JW, Conaway RC. J Vis Exp. 2019. doi: 10.3791/59497.
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p53 and b-Catenin Expression Predict Poorer Prognosis in Patients With Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma
Richardson AI, Yin CC, Cui W, Li N, Medeiros LJ, Li L, Zhang D. [published ahead of print May 13 2019]. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2019.
An atlas of anterior hox gene expression in the embryonic sea lamprey head: Hox-code evolution in vertebrates
Parker HJ, Bronner ME, Krumlauf R. [published ahead of print May 10 2019]. Dev Biol. 2019.
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Hypo-osmotic-like stress underlies general cellular defects of aneuploidy
Tsai HJ, Nelliat AR, Choudhury MI, Kucharavy A, Bradford WD, Cook ME, Kim J, Mair DB, Sun SX, Schatz MC, Li R. [published ahead of print May 10 2019]. Nature. 2019.
Yeast centrosome components form a noncanonical LINC complex at the nuclear envelope insertion site.
Chen J, Gardner JM, Yu Z, Smith SE, McKinney S, Slaughter BD, Unruh JR, Jaspersen SL.  J Cell Biol. 2019;218:1478-1490.
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Dopamine receptor antagonists as potential therapeutic agents for ADPKD
Paul P, Ramachandran S, Xia S, Unruh JR, Conkright-Fincham J, Li R. PLoS One. 2019;14:e0216220.
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Reporter-ChIP-nexus reveals strong contribution of the Drosophila initiator sequence to RNA Polymerase pausing
Shao W, Alcantara SG, Zeitlinger J. eLife. 2019;8:e41461. doi: 41410.47554/eLife.41461.
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Translation affects mRNA stability in a codon-dependent manner in human cells
Wu Q, Medina SG, Kushawah G, DeVore ML, Castellano LA, Hand JM, Wright M, Bazzini AA.  eLife. 2019;8:e45396. doi: 45310.47554/eLife.45396.
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Set1-catalyzed H3K4 trimethylation antagonizes the HIR/Asf1/Rtt106 repressor complex to promote histone gene expression and chronological life span
Mei Q, Xu C, Gogol M, Tang J, Chen W, Yu X, Workman JL, Li S. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019;47:3434-3449.
Filling in the phylogenetic gaps: induction, migration and differentiation of neural crest cells in a squamate reptile, the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)
Diaz RE, Jr., Shylo NA, Roellig D, Bronner M, Trainor PA. [published ahead of print  April 14 2019]. Dev Dyn. 2019.
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Evaluating Chromatographic Approaches for the Quantitative Analysis of a Human Proteome on Orbitrap-Based Mass Spectrometry Systems
Zhang Y, Wen Z, Washburn MP, Florens L. J Proteome Res. 2019;18:1857-1869.
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Stable transgenesis in Astyanax mexicanus using the Tol2 transposase system
Stahl BA, Peuss R, McDole B, Kenzior A, Jaggard JB, Gaudenz K, Krishnan J, McGaugh SE, Duboue ER, Keene AC, Rohner N. [published ahead of print April 3 2019]. Dev Dyn. 2019.
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Distribution of Proteins at the Inner Nuclear Membrane Is Regulated by the Asi1 E3 Ligase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Smoyer CJ, Smith SE, Gardner JM, McCroskey S, Unruh JR, Jaspersen SL. Genetics. 2019;211:1269-1282.
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DYRK1A regulates the recruitment of 53BP1 to the sites of DNA damage in part through interaction with RNF169
Menon VR, Ananthapadmanabhan V, Swanson S, Saini S, Sesay F, Yakovlev V, Florens L, DeCaprio JA, Washburn MP, Dozmorov M, Litovchick L. Cell Cycle. 2019;18:531-551.
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A Hox-TALE regulatory circuit for neural crest patterning is conserved across vertebrates
Parker HJ, De Kumar B, Green SA, Prummel KD, Hess C, Kaufman CK, Mosimann C, Wiedemann LM, Bronner ME, Krumlauf R. Nat Commun. 2019;10:1189. doi: 1110.1038/s41467-41019-09197-41468.
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Topological Scoring of Protein Interaction Networks
Sardiu ME, Gilmore JM, Groppe BD, Dutta A, Florens L, Washburn MP.  Nat Commun. 2019;10:1118. doi: 1110.1038/s41467-41019-09123-y.
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The transcriptome of the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus): a resource for studying the evolution and development of vertebrates
Pinto BJ, Card DC, Castoe TA, Diaz RE, Jr., Nielsen SV, Trainor PA, Gamble T. [published ahead of print March 7 2019] Dev Dyn. 2019.
ClusterMap: Compare multiple Single Cell RNA-Seq datasets across different experimental conditions
Porokhovnik L, Gerton JL. Chromosome Res. 2019;27:1-3.
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Imaging-based assays for investigating functions of the RNA polymerase II elongation factor Elongin and the Elongin ubiquitin ligase
Weems JC, Unruh JR, Slaughter BD, Conaway RC, Conaway JW. [published ahead of print February 15 2019]. Methods. 2019.​
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RUNX proteins desensitize multiple myeloma to lenalidomide via protecting IKZFs from degradation
Zhou N, Gutierrez-Uzquiza A, Zheng XY, Chang R, Vogl DT, Garfall AL, Bernabei L, Saraf A, Florens L, Washburn MP, Illendula A, Bushweller JH, Busino L. [published ahead of print February 15 2019]. Leukemia. 2019.
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Characterization of a metazoan ADA acetyltransferase complex
Soffers JHM, Li X, Saraf A, Seidel CW, Florens L, Washburn MP, Abmayr SM, Workman JL. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019;47:3383-3394.
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A chemoproteomic portrait of the oncometabolite fumarate
Kulkarni RA, Bak DW, Wei D, Bergholtz SE, Briney CA, Shrimp JH, Alpsoy A, Thorpe AL, Bavari AE, Crooks DR, Levy M, Florens L, Washburn MP, Frizzell N, Dykhuizen EC, Weerapana E, Linehan WM, Meier JL. Nat Chem Biol. 2019;15:391-400
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Host Vesicle Fusion Protein VAPB Is Required for the Nuclear Egress Stage of Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 (HSV-1) Replication
Saiz-Ros N, Czapiewski R, Epifano I, Stevenson A, Swanson SK, Dixon CR, Zamora DB, McElwee M, Vijayakrishnan S, Richardson CA, Dong L, Kelly DA, Pytowski L, Goldberg MW, Florens L, Graham SV, Schirmer EC. Cells. 2019;8 E120. doi: 110.3390/cells8020120.
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Defining gene networks controlling the maintenance and function of the differentiation niche by an in vivo systematic RNAi screen
Gao Y, Mao Y, Xu RG, Zhu R, Zhang M, Sun J, Shen D, Peng P, Xie T, Ni JQ. J Genet Genome. 2019;46:19-30.
scRNA-Seq reveals distinct stem cell populations that drive hair cell regeneration after loss of Fgf and Notch signaling
Lush ME, Diaz DC, Koenecke N, Baek S, Boldt H, St Peter MK, Gaitan-Escudero T, Romero-Carvajal A, Busch-Nentwich EM, Perera AG, Hall KE, Peak A, Haug JS, Piotrowski T.  Elife. 2019;8:e44431. doi: 44410.47554/eLife.44431.
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N-Cadherin-Expressing Bone and Marrow Stromal Progenitor Cells Maintain Reserve Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Zhao M, Tao F, Venkatraman A, Li Z, Smith SE, Unruh J, Chen S, Ward C, Qian P, Perry JM, Marshall H, Wang J, He XC, Li L. Cell Rep. 2019;26:652-669 e656.
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The Drosophila Dbf4 ortholog Chiffon forms a complex with Gcn5 that is necessary for histone acetylation and viability
Torres-Zelada EF, Stephenson RE, Alpsoy A, Anderson BD, Swanson SK, Florens L, Dykhuizen EC, Washburn MP, Weake VM. J Cell Sci. 2019;132:jcs.214072.
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Electroporation of short hairpin RNAs for rapid and efficient gene knockdown in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis.
Karabulut A, He S, Chen CY, McKinney SA, Gibson MC. Dev Biol. 2019;448:7-15.
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Oocyte-specific deletion of Hdac8 in mice reveals stage-specific effects on fertility
Singh VP, Yueh WT, Gerton JL, Duncan FE. Reproduction. 2019;157:305-316.
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Narya, a RING finger domain-containing protein, is required for both meiotic DNA double-strand break formation and crossover maturation in Drosophila melanogaster
Lake CM, Nielsen RJ, Bonner AM, Eche S, White-Brown S, McKim KS, Hawley RS. PLoS Genet. 2019;15:e1007886. doi: 1007810.1001371/journal.pgen.1007886.​
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Shh plays an inhibitory role in cusp patterning by regulation of Sostdc1
Kim J, Ahn Y, Adasooriya D, Woo EJ, Kim HJ, Hu KS, Krumlauf R, Cho SW.  J Dent Res. 2019;98:98-106.
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Functional consequences of the evolution of matrimony, a meiosis-specific inhibitor of Polo kinase
Bonner AM, Hawley RS. Mol Biol Evol. 2019;36:69-83.
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Reviews, Commentaries, Chapters or Books
Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Self-renewal and Expansion
Li Z, He XC, Li L. Curr Opin Hematol. 2019;26:258-265.
Fertility costs of Meiotic Drivers
Zanders SE, Unckless RL. Curr Biol. 2019;29:R512-R520.
Cornelia de Lange syndrome, related disorders, and the Cohesin complex: Abstracts from the 8th biennial scientific and educational symposium 2018
Kline AD, Krantz ID, Bando M, Shirahige K, Chea S, Sakata T, Rao S, Dorsett D, Singh VP, Gerton JL, Horsfield JA, Calof AL, Katz O, Grados M, Raible S, Baranano K, Lyon G, Musio A, Carrico CS, Clemens DK, Caudill P, Massa V, McGill BE, Dommestrup A, O'Connor J, Haaland RE. Am J Med Genet A. 2019;179:1030-1090.
Hox genes: Downstream "effectors" of retinoic acid signaling in vertebrate embryogenesis
Nolte C, De Kumar B, Krumlauf R. Genesis. 2019:e23306.
Niche cells rewired to maintain HSCs ex vivo
Venkatraman A, Li L. Nat Cell Biol. 2019;21:540-541.
Patrolling the nucleus: inner nuclear membrane-associated degradation
Smoyer CJ, Jaspersen SL. [published ahead of print April 26 2019]. Curr Genet. 2019.
Commentary on "Regeneration, duplication and transdetermination in fragments of the leg disc of Drosophila melanogaster": Schubiger, G. (1971). Dev Biol. 2019;449:63-82.
Gibson MC. Dev Biol. 2019;449:63-82.
Mouse embryo culture for the study of neural crest cells
Munoz WA, Trainor PA. Methods Mol Biol: Meiosis. 2019;1976:107-119.
In ovo electroporation of plasmid DNA and morpholinos into specific tissues during early embryogenesis
McLennan R, Kulesa PM. Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1976:71-82.
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Observation of two separate bipolar spindles in the human zygote
Xu, X., Li L, Zhang C, Meng L.[published ahead of print March 30 2019]. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2019.
Sweet fish: Fish models for the study of hyperglycemia and diabetes
Krishnan J, Rohner N. J Diabetes. 2019;11:193-203.
Ribosomal DNA and the nucleolus in the context of genome organization
Potapova TA, Gerton JL. Chromosome Res. 2019;27:109-127.
Ribosomal DNA instability and genome adaptability
Salim D, Gerton JL. Chromosome Res. 2019;27:73-87.
The Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology 41st Annual Meeting
Taneyhill LA, Moody SA, Cox T, Klein OD, Marcucio R, Schneider RA, Trainor PA. Am J Med Genet A. 2019;179:864-869.
Manipulation of developmental function in turtles with notes on alligators
Moustakas-Verho JE, McLennan R, Spengler J, Kulesa PM, Cebra-Thomas JA. Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1920:247-263.
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Ribosomal DNA-connecting ribosome biogenesis and chromosome biology
Porokhovnik L, Gerton JL. Chromosome Res. 2019;27:1-3.
Recent advances in understanding intestinal stem cell regulation
Hu D, Yan H, He XC, Li L.  F1000Res. 2019;8:F1000 Faculty Rev-72. Published 2019 Jan 18. doi:10.12688/f1000research.16793.1