Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Chromosomes and Gene Expression

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Latest articles

    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Developmental Biology

    Drosophila hamlet mediates epithelial tissue assembly of the reproductive system

    Huazhen Wang, Ludivine Bertonnier-Brouty ... Qi Dai
    Hamlet regulates heterotypic epithelial fusion by controlling spatial and temporal expression of known and novel epithelial regulators like Wnt and Tl pathway components, a mechanism potentially conserved through evolution.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Cancer Biology

    p53-induced RNA-binding protein ZMAT3 inhibits transcription of a hexokinase to suppress mitochondrial respiration

    Ravi Kumar, Simon Couly ... Ashish Lal
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    ADMA-histones play a crucial role in the initial recognition of dual-strand piRNA cluster regions by Rhino

    Raku Saito, Hirotsugu Ishizu ... Mikiko C Siomi
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    HIF1A contributes to the survival of aneuploid and mosaic pre-implantation embryos

    Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez, Marianne E Bronner, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    • Convincing
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Srs2 binding to PCNA and its sumoylation contribute to RPA antagonism during the DNA damage response

    Jiayi Fan, Nalini Dhingra ... Xiaolan Zhao
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Cancer: Reading the DNA of telomeres

    Shamayita Roy, Claus M Azzalin
    Experiments with tools designed to detect DNA damage reveal unique and conserved features of telomeres in cancer cells.
    Version of Record
    Insight
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    EPB41L4A-AS1 long noncoding RNA acts in both cis- and trans-acting transcriptional regulation and controls nucleolar biology

    Alan Monziani, Juan Pablo Unfried ... Igor Ulitsky
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    PRDM16 functions as a co-repressor in the BMP pathway to suppress neural stem cell proliferation

    Li He, Jiayu Wen, Qi Dai
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    A whole-organism landscape of X-inactivation in humans

    Björn Gylemo, Maike Bensberg, Colm E Nestor
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Distal Gene Expression Governed by Lamins and Nesprins via Chromatin Conformation Change

    Haihui Zhang, Zhengyang Lei ... Peiwu Qin
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Inadequate
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Highlights

    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Reading the DNA of telomeres

    Shamayita Roy, Claus M Azzalin
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Navigating the secrets of COMPASS

    Karolin Luger, Jonathan W Markert
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Reality check for transposons

    Julie Brind'Amour, Dixie L Mager

Senior editors

  1. Yamini Dalal
    National Cancer Institute, United States
  2. Adèle L Marston
    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  3. Lori Sussel
    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States
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