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Pericentric heterochromatin reprogramming by new histone variants during mouse spermiogenesis by Govin, Jérôme, Escoffier, Emmanuelle, Rousseaux, Sophie, Kuhn, Lauriane, Ferro, Myriam, Thévenon, Julien, Catena, Raffaella, Davidson, Irwin, Garin, Jérôme, Khochbin, Saadi, Caron, Cécile

“…During male germ cell postmeiotic maturation, dramatic chromatin reorganization occurs, which is driven by completely unknown mechanisms. For the first time,…”
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Polar Nuclear Localization of H1T2, a Histone H1 Variant, Required for Spermatid Elongation and DNA Condensation during Spermiogenesis by Martianov, Igor, Brancorsini, Stefano, Catena, Raffaella, Gansmuller, Anne, Kotaja, Noora, Parvinen, Martti, Sassone-Corsi, Paolo, Davidson, Irwin, Yanagimachi, Ryuzo

“…Spermiogenesis entails a major biochemical and morphological restructuring of the germ cell involving replacement of the somatic histones by protamines packing…”
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HMGB4, a Novel Member of the HMGB Family, Is Preferentially Expressed in the Mouse Testis and Localizes to the Basal Pole of Elongating Spermatids by CATENA, Raffaella, ESCOFFIER, Emmanuelle, CARON, Cécile, KHOCHBIN, Saadi, MARTIANOV, Igor, DAVIDSON, Irwin

“…We identified HMGB4, a novel member of the HMGB family lacking the acidic tail typically found in this family. HMGB4 is strongly and preferentially expressed…”
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Conserved POU Binding DNA Sites in the Sox2 Upstream Enhancer Regulate Gene Expression in Embryonic and Neural Stem Cells by Catena, Raffaella, Tiveron, Cecilia, Ronchi, Antonella, Porta, Silvia, Ferri, Anna, Tatangelo, Laura, Cavallaro, Maurizio, Favaro, Rebecca, Ottolenghi, Sergio, Reinbold, Rolland, Schöler, Hans, Nicolis, Silvia K

“…The Sox2 transcription factor is expressed early in the stem cells of the blastocyst inner cell mass and, later, in neural stem cells. We previously identified…”
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Changes in intranuclear chromatin architecture induce bipolar nuclear localization of histone variant H1T2 in male haploid spermatids by Catena, Raffaella, Ronfani, Lorenza, Sassone-Corsi, Paolo, Davidson, Irwin

“…Spermiogenesis entails a major biochemical and morphological restructuring of the germ cell packing the DNA into the condensed spermatid nucleus. H1T2 is a…”
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Characterization of Human Constitutive Photomorphogenesis Protein 1, a RING Finger Ubiquitin Ligase That Interacts with Jun Transcription Factors and Modulates Their Transcriptional Activity by Bianchi, Elisabetta, Denti, Simona, Catena, Raffaella, Rossetti, Grazisa, Polo, Simona, Gasparian, Sona, Putignano, Stella, Rogge, Lars, Pardi, Ruggero

“…RING finger proteins have been implicated in many fundamental cellular processes, including the control of gene expression. A key regulator of light-dependent…”
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HMGB4, a Novel Member of the HMGB Family, Is Preferentially Expressed in the Mouse Testis and Localizes to the Basal Pole of Elongating Spermatids1 by Catena, Raffaella, Escoffier, Emmanuelle, Caron, Cécile, Khochbin, Saadi, Martianov, Igor, Davidson, Irwin

“…We identified HMGB4, a novel member of the HMGB family lacking the acidic tail typically found in this family. HMGB4 is strongly and preferentially expressed…”
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Sox2 regulatory sequences direct expression of a β-geo transgene to telencephalic neural stem cells and precursors of the mouse embryo, revealing regionalization of gene expression in CNS stem cells by Zappone, Massimo V., Galli, Rossella, Catena, Raffaella, Meani, Natalia, Biasi, Silvia De, Mattei, Elisabetta, Tiveron, Cecilia, Vescovi, Angelo L., Lovell-Badge, Robin, Ottolenghi, Sergio, Nicolis, Silvia K.

“…ABSTRACT Sox2 is one of the earliest known transcription factors expressed in the developing neural tube. Although it is expressed throughout the early…”
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Proteolytic cleavage of ALF into α- and β-subunits that form homologous and heterologous complexes with somatic TFIIA and TRF2 in male germ cells by Catena, Raffaella, Argentini, Manuela, Martianov, Igor, Parello, Catherine, Brancorsini, Stefano, Parvinen, Martti, Sassone-Corsi, Paolo, Davidson, Irwin

“…Male germ cells specifically express paralogues of components of the general transcription apparatus including ALF a paralogue of TFIIAα/β. We show that…”
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