Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Chromosomes and Gene Expression

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Latest articles

    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Zebrafish Rif1 impacts zygotic genome activation, replication timing, and sex determination

    Emily A Masser, Tyler D Noble ... Christopher L Sansam
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Gene function and expression profiling in yeast spores, killifish diapause embryos, and their post-dormant offspring cells

    Shaimaa Hassan, Maria Rodriguez-López ... Jürg Bähler
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Mediator subunit MED16 cooperates with UBP1-TFCP2 to control the promoter context-dependent transcriptional activity

    Yuan-Ming Zheng, Xia-Ying Zhao ... Gang Wang
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Useful
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    RelB proximity proteomics and CRISPR screening define chromatin regulators of noncanonical NF-κB control of HIV latency and reactivation

    Cameron R Bussey-Sutton, Carley N Gray ... Brian D Strahl
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Cell-cycle-resolved Hi-C reveals unexpected plasticity of A/B compartments across interphase

    Linda Choubani, Hisashi Miura ... Ichiro Hiratani
    Nuclear A/B compartments are dramatically remodeled by S‑phase entry and weaken in G2, revising the model of cell‑cycle chromatin dynamics and placing G1/S as a key transition.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Genome-wide mapping of Cas9-induced sister chromatid exchange across single and over 200 genomic targets

    Peter Chovanec, Shiyang He, Yi Yin
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Dual regulation of chemical stress-induced DDI2/3 expression by a transcription factor Fzf1 and nucleosome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Ying Du, Aiyang Lin ... Wei Xiao
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Shared binding sites for the chromosomal architectural protein Su(Hw) mediate physical interactions between Drosophila TAD boundaries

    Wenfan Ke, Miki Fujioka ... Paul Schedl
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Convincing
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Ribosomal RNA methylation by GidB modulates discrimination of mischarged tRNA

    Zhuo Bi, Yu-Xiang Chen ... Babak Javid
    The ribosomal rRNA methyltransferase GidB is involved in the discrimination of mischarged tRNAs in mycobacteria.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Separable downmodulation of meiotic axis protein deposition and DNA break induction at chromosome ends

    Adhithi R Raghavan, Kieron May ... Andreas Hochwagen
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
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Highlights

    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Chromosomes: Finding a role for non-coding DNA in trypanosomes

    Markus R Schmidt
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Chromosomes: Exploring a crossroads in the aging process

    Kiyan Shabestary, Daniel E Gottschling
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Homologous Recombination: Snapshot of an intermediate structure

    Akira Shinohara

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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