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Dosage-dependent modifiers of Polycomb and Antennapedia mutations in Drosophila by Kennison, J.A, Tamkun, J.W

“…Two genes known to control the determination of segmental identity in Drosophila melanogaster are Polycomb and Antennapedia. To identify additional genes…”
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BRG1 contains a conserved domain of the SWI2/SNF2 family necessary for normal mitotic growth and transcription by Khavari, Paul A, Peterson, Craig L, Tamkun, John W, Mendel, Dirk B, Crabtree, Gerald R

“…Sequence-specific DNA binding activators of gene transcription may be assisted by SWI2 (SNF2), which contains a DNA-dependent ATPase domain. We have isolated a…”
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Identification and characterization of Drosophila relatives of the yeast transcriptional activator SNF2/SWI2 by ELFRING, L. K, DEURING, R, MCCALLUM, C. M, PETERSON, C. L, TAMKUN, J. W

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Genetic analysis of the brahma gene of Drosophila melanogaster and polytene chromosome subdivisions 72AB by Brizuela, B.J, Elfring, L, Ballard, J, Tamkun, J.W, Kennison, J.A

“…The brahma gene is required for activation of the homeotic genes of the Antennapedia and bithorax complexes in Drosophila. We have isolated and characterized…”
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The Drosophila snr1 and brm proteins are related to yeast SWI/SNF proteins and are components of a large protein complex by Dingwall, A K, Beek, S J, McCallum, C M, Tamkun, J W, Kalpana, G V, Goff, S P, Scott, M P

“…During most of Drosophila development the regulation of homeotic gene transcription is controlled by two groups of regulatory genes, the trithorax group of…”
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The structure and function of the homeodomain by Scott, M P, Tamkun, J W, Hartzell, 3rd, G W

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Programming off and on states in chromatin: mechanisms of Polycomb and trithorax group complexes by Simon, Jeffrey A, Tamkun, John W

“…Polycomb and trithorax group proteins are evolutionarily conserved chromatin components that maintain stable states of gene expression. Recent studies have…”
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The arflike gene encodes an essential GTP-binding protein in Drosophila by Tamkun, J.W. (University of California, Santa Cruz, CA), Kahn, R.A, Kissinger, M, Brizuela, B.J, Rulka, C, Scott, M.P, Kennison, J.A

“…We have identified a Drosophila gene (arflike, arl) encoding a protein that is structurally related (approximately 55% identity) to the ADP-ribosylation…”
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Plasma fibronectin is synthesized and secreted by hepatocytes by Tamkun, J W, Hynes, R O

“…Primary cultures of hepatocytes of rats and hamsters were established and examined for the synthesis and secretion of fibronectin. Hepatocytes of both species…”
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Cell-type-specific fibronectin subunits generated by alternative splicing by Paul, J I, Schwarzbauer, J E, Tamkun, J W, Hynes, R O

“…Multiple fibronectin mRNAs arise by alternative splicing of the primary transcript of a single gene. We describe analyses of the contribution of this…”
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Structure of integrin, a glycoprotein involved in the transmembrane linkage between fibronectin and actin by Tamkun, J W, DeSimone, D W, Fonda, D, Patel, R S, Buck, C, Horwitz, A F, Hynes, R O

“…We describe the isolation, characterization, and sequence of cDNA clones encoding one subunit of the complex of membrane glycoproteins that forms part of the…”
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The ISWI Chromatin-Remodeling Protein Is Required for Gene Expression and the Maintenance of Higher Order Chromatin Structure In Vivo by Deuring, Renate, Fanti, Laura, Armstrong, Jennifer A, Sarte, Melinda, Papoulas, Ophelia, Prestel, Matthias, Daubresse, Gary, Verardo, Megan, Moseley, Sarah L, Berloco, Maria, Tsukiyama, Toshio, Wu, Carl, Pimpinelli, Sergio, Tamkun, John W

“…Drosophila ISWI, a highly conserved member of the SWI2/SNF2 family of ATPases, is the catalytic subunit of three chromatin-remodeling complexes: NURF, CHRAC,…”
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The Drosophila BRM complex facilitates global transcription by RNA polymerase II by Armstrong, Jennifer A., Papoulas, Ophelia, Daubresse, Gary, Sperling, Adam S., Lis, John T., Scott, Matthew P., Tamkun, John W.

“…Drosophila brahma (brm) encodes the ATPase subunit of a 2 MDa complex that is related to yeast SWI/SNF and other chromatin‐remodeling complexes. BRM was…”
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The SWI-SNF complex: a chromatin remodeling machine? by Peterson, Craig L., Tamkun, John W.

“…The SWI-SNF complex plays a key role in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. Genetic studies in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae suggest that one…”
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Repeating Modular Structure of the Fibronectin Gene: Relationship to Protein Structure and Subunit Variation by Odermatt, Erich, Tamkun, John W., Hynes, Richard O.

“…Analysis of the exon-intron structure of the rat fibronectin gene shows that exons correspond precisely with repeating structural units in the protein and that…”
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The Drosophila trithorax group proteins BRM, ASH1 and ASH2 are subunits of distinct protein complexes by Papoulas, O, Beek, S J, Moseley, S L, McCallum, C M, Sarte, M, Shearn, A, Tamkun, J W

“…The trithorax group gene brahma (brm) encodes an activator of Drosophila homeotic genes that functions as the ATPase subunit of a large protein complex. To…”
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Histone chaperone ASF1 cooperates with the Brahma chromatin-remodelling machinery by Moshkin, Yuri M, Armstrong, Jennifer A, Maeda, Robert K, Tamkun, John W, Verrijzer, Peter, Kennison, James A, Karch, Francois

“…De novo chromatin assembly into regularly spaced nucleosomal arrays is essential for eukaryotic genome maintenance and inheritance. The Anti-Silencing Function…”
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Multiple roles for ISWI in transcription, chromosome organization and DNA replication by Corona, Davide F.V., Tamkun, John W.

“…ISWI functions as the ATPase subunit of multiple chromatin-remodeling complexes. These complexes use the energy of ATP hydrolysis to slide nucleosomes and…”
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ISWI Is an ATP-Dependent Nucleosome Remodeling Factor by Corona, Davide F.V, Längst, Gernot, Clapier, Cedric R, Bonte, Edgar J, Ferrari, Simona, Tamkun, John W, Becker, Peter B

“…The ATPase ISWI is a subunit of several distinct nucleosome remodeling complexes that increase the accessibility of DNA in chromatin. We found that the…”
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A Single Rat Fibronectin Gene Generates Three Different mRNAs by Alternative Splicing of a Complex Exon by Tamkun, John W., Schwarzbauer, Jean E., Hynes, Richard O.

“…Three fibronectin mRNAs exist in rat liver, differing by the presence or absence of segments of 285 or 360 bases at a point within the coding region. We…”
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