Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Chromosomes and Gene Expression

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Latest articles

    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    The role of RNA in the maintenance of chromatin domains as revealed by antibody-mediated proximity labelling coupled to mass spectrometry

    Rupam Choudhury, Anuroop Venkateswaran Venkatasubramani ... Axel Imhof
    Proximity biotinylation of the Drosophila centromere suggests a role of RNA helicases, centromeric transcripts, and centromeric R-loops for centromere function.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Developmental Biology

    Dynamic modes of Notch transcription hubs conferring memory and stochastic activation revealed by live imaging the co-activator Mastermind

    F Javier DeHaro-Arbona, Charalambos Roussos ... Sarah Bray
    Live imaging of the Notch co-activator Mastermind reveals that it promotes the formation of a dynamic transcription hub in Notch ON nuclei, conferring probabilistic transcription and providing a template for signal memory.

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  1. Yamini Dalal
    National Cancer Institute, United States
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    Virginia Tech, United States
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    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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