Search Results - "de Lima Alves, Flavia"
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G9a/GLP Complex Maintains Imprinted DNA Methylation in Embryonic Stem Cells
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (05-04-2016)“…DNA methylation at imprinting control regions (ICRs) is established in gametes in a sex-specific manner and has to be stably maintained during development and…”
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Kicking against the PRCs - A Domesticated Transposase Antagonises Silencing Mediated by Polycomb Group Proteins and Is an Accessory Component of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2
Published in PLoS genetics (01-12-2015)“…The Polycomb group (PcG) and trithorax group (trxG) genes play crucial roles in development by regulating expression of homeotic and other genes controlling…”
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Shugoshin biases chromosomes for biorientation through condensin recruitment to the pericentromere
Published in eLife (04-02-2014)“…To protect against aneuploidy, chromosomes must attach to microtubules from opposite poles ('biorientation') prior to their segregation during mitosis…”
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Nascent chromatin capture proteomics determines chromatin dynamics during DNA replication and identifies unknown fork components
Published in Nature cell biology (01-03-2014)“…To maintain genome function and stability, DNA sequence and its organization into chromatin must be duplicated during cell division. Understanding how entire…”
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RNA polymerase II stalling at pre-mRNA splice sites is enforced by ubiquitination of the catalytic subunit
Published in eLife (13-10-2017)“…Numerous links exist between co-transcriptional RNA processing and the transcribing RNAPII. In particular, pre-mRNA splicing was reported to be associated with…”
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Raf1 Is a DCAF for the Rik1 DDB1-like protein and has separable roles in siRNA generation and chromatin modification
Published in PLoS genetics (01-02-2012)“…Non-coding transcription can trigger histone post-translational modifications forming specialized chromatin. In fission yeast, heterochromatin formation…”
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Repo-Man Coordinates Chromosomal Reorganization with Nuclear Envelope Reassembly during Mitotic Exit
Published in Developmental cell (16-08-2011)“…Repo-Man targets protein phosphatase 1 γ (PP1γ) to chromatin at anaphase onset and regulates chromosome structure during mitotic exit. Here, we show that a…”
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Tissue-specific control of brain-enriched miR-7 biogenesis
Published in Genes & development (01-01-2013)“…MicroRNA (miRNA) biogenesis is a highly regulated process in eukaryotic cells. Several mature miRNAs exhibit a tissue-specific pattern of expression without an…”
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Whole-proteome genetic analysis of dependencies in assembly of a vertebrate kinetochore
Published in The Journal of cell biology (21-12-2015)“…Kinetochores orchestrate mitotic chromosome segregation. Here, we use quantitative mass spectrometry of mitotic chromosomes isolated from a comprehensive set…”
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Sister kinetochores are mechanically fused during meiosis I in yeast
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (10-10-2014)“…Production of healthy gametes requires a reductional meiosis I division in which replicated sister chromatids comigrate, rather than separate as in mitosis or…”
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Arginine methylation of Aubergine mediates Tudor binding and germ plasm localization
Published in RNA (Cambridge) (01-01-2010)“…Piwi proteins such as Drosophila Aubergine (Aub) and mouse Miwi are essential for germline development and for primordial germ cell (PGC) specification. They…”
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Limits of life in MgCl₂-containing environments: chaotropicity defines the window
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-03-2007)“…The biosphere of planet Earth is delineated by physico-chemical conditions that are too harsh for, or inconsistent with, life processes and maintenance of the…”
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Arginine Methylation of Vasa Protein Is Conserved across Phyla
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (12-03-2010)“…Recent studies have uncovered an unexpected relationship between factors that are essential for germline development in Drosophila melanogaster: the arginine…”
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Mto2 multisite phosphorylation inactivates non-spindle microtubule nucleation complexes during mitosis
Published in Nature communications (05-08-2015)“…Microtubule nucleation is highly regulated during the eukaryotic cell cycle, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. During mitosis in…”
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STING nuclear partners contribute to innate immune signaling responses
Published in iScience (24-09-2021)“…STimulator of INterferon Genes (STING) is an adaptor for cytoplasmic DNA sensing by cGAMP/cGAS that helps trigger innate immune responses (IIRs). Although…”
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A Genetic Engineering Solution to the “Arginine Conversion Problem” in Stable Isotope Labeling by Amino Acids in Cell Culture (SILAC)
Published in Molecular & cellular proteomics (01-07-2010)“…Stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) provides a straightforward tool for quantitation in proteomics. However, one problem associated…”
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Supraspliceosomes at defined functional states portray the pre-assembled nature of the pre-mRNA processing machine in the cell nucleus
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (30-06-2014)“…When isolated from mammalian cell nuclei, all nuclear pre-mRNAs are packaged in multi-subunit large ribonucleoprotein complexes-supraspliceosomes-composed of…”
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Rrp5 Binding at Multiple Sites Coordinates Pre-rRNA Processing and Assembly
Published in Molecular cell (12-12-2013)“…In vivo UV crosslinking identified numerous preribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) binding sites for the large, highly conserved ribosome synthesis factor Rrp5…”
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Rett syndrome mutations abolish the interaction of MeCP2 with the NCoR/SMRT co-repressor
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-07-2013)“…In this study, the authors show that MeCP2 interacts with the NCoR/SMRT co-repressor complex and that a discrete cluster of Rett syndrome–causing mutations in…”
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A systematic genetic screen identifies new factors influencing centromeric heterochromatin integrity in fission yeast
Published in Genome biology (01-01-2014)“…Heterochromatin plays important roles in the regulation and stability of eukaryotic genomes. Both heterochromatin components and pathways that promote…”
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