Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Chromosomes and Gene Expression

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Latest articles

    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Ribosome subunit attrition and activation of the p53–MDM4 axis dominate the response of MLL-rearranged cancer cells to WDR5 WIN site inhibition

    Gregory Caleb Howard, Jing Wang ... William P Tansey
    Analysis of the action of WDR5 inhibitors in leukemia cells reveals decreased ribosome inventory, impaired protein synthesis, induction of nucleolar stress, and activation of p53 via alternative splicing of MDM4.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Foxp3 depends on Ikaros for control of regulatory T cell gene expression and function

    Rajan M Thomas, Matthew C Pahl ... Andrew D Wells
    Foxp3 and Ikaros, two transcription factors genetically linked to autoimmune disease in humans, cooperate to establish the epigenomic and transcriptomic landscape of regulatory T cells.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Heat stress impairs centromere structure and segregation of meiotic chromosomes in Arabidopsis

    Lucie Crhak Khaitova, Pavlina Mikulkova ... Karel Riha
    The sensitivity of Arabidopsis meiotic centromeres to heat stress suggests that centromere function is one of the key determinants of plant reproduction under rising temperatures.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    N-Terminus of Drosophila Melanogaster MSL1 Is Critical for Dosage Compensation

    Valentin Babosha, Natalia Klimenko ... Oksana Maksimenko
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Post-transcriptional splicing can occur in a slow-moving zone around the gene

    Allison Coté, Aoife O'Farrell ... Arjun Raj
    The existence of a slow-moving zone around the transcription site may unify conflicting models of co-transcriptional versus post-transcriptional mRNA splicing.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Single-cell ‘omic profiles of human aortic endothelial cells in vitro and human atherosclerotic lesions ex vivo reveal heterogeneity of endothelial subtype and response to activating perturbations

    Maria L Adelus, Jiacheng Ding ... Casey E Romanoski
    Primary endothelial cell cultures contain markedly heterogeneous cell subtypes that exhibit distinct molecular responses to disease-relevant exposures.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Transcriptome-wide analysis of the function of Ded1 in translation preinitiation complex assembly in a reconstituted in vitro system

    Fujun Zhou, Julie M Bocetti ... Jon R Lorsch
    A new in vitro approach allows measurement of the efficiency of the early steps of translation initiation on every messenger RNA in yeast simultaneously.

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  1. Yamini Dalal
    National Cancer Institute, United States
  2. Lori Sussel
    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States
  3. K VijayRaghavan
    K VijayRaghavan
    National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
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