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List of works by Robin Campbell Allshire

<i>SpEDIT</i>: A fast and efficient CRISPR/Cas9 method for fission yeast

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

A DNA polymerase alpha accessory protein, Mcl1, is required for propagation of centromere structures in fission yeast

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A NASP (N1/N2)-related protein, Sim3, binds CENP-A and is required for its deposition at fission yeast centromeres.

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A Schizosaccharomyces pombe artificial chromosome large DNA cloning system

scientific article published on November 15, 1998

A histone H3K36 chromatin switch coordinates DNA double-strand break repair pathway choice.

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A new role for the transcriptional corepressor SIN3; regulation of centromeres.

scientific article published in January 2003

A nucleosome turnover map reveals that the stability of histone H4 Lys20 methylation depends on histone recycling in transcribed chromatin.

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A programmed wave of uridylation-primed mRNA degradation is essential for meiotic progression and mammalian spermatogenesis

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

A systematic analysis of <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> chromatin factors identifies novel protein interaction networks associated with sites of transcription initiation and termination

scientific article published on 18 August 2021

A systematic genetic screen identifies new factors influencing centromeric heterochromatin integrity in fission yeast

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Abo1, a conserved bromodomain AAA-ATPase, maintains global nucleosome occupancy and organisation.

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Analysis of chromatin in fission yeast

scientific article published in July 2004

Analysis of small RNA in fission yeast; centromeric siRNAs are potentially generated through a structured RNA

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Anarchic centromeres: deciphering order from apparent chaos.

scientific article published on 19 October 2013

CENP-A confers a reduction in height on octameric nucleosomes

scientific article published on 5 May 2013

Cell division: Six degrees of separation.

scientific article published on 14 September 2011

Centromere DNA Destabilizes H3 Nucleosomes to Promote CENP-A Deposition during the Cell Cycle

article published in 2018

Centromere localization and function of Mis18 requires Yippee-like domain-mediated oligomerization

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Centromere silencing and function in fission yeast is governed by the amino terminus of histone H3.

scientific article published in October 2003

Centromeres

scientific article published on 01 June 2001

Centromeres become unstuck without heterochromatin

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Centromeres, checkpoints and chromatid cohesion.

scientific article published on April 1997

Centromeric chromatin makes its mark.

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Chromosome segregation: clamping down on deviant orientations.

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Cloning of human telomeres by complementation in yeast

scientific article published in Nature

Common ancestry of the CENP-A chaperones Scm3 and HJURP.

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Common ground: small RNA programming and chromatin modifications

scientific article published on April 7, 2011

Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts

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Defective meiosis in telomere-silencing mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

scientific article published on April 23, 1998

DegrAAAded into silence

scientific article published on May 2007

Dissecting Fission Yeast Centromeres via Silencing

scientific article published on March 18, 2011

Distinct roles for Sir2 and RNAi in centromeric heterochromatin nucleation, spreading and maintenance.

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Eic1 links Mis18 with the CCAN/Mis6/Ctf19 complex to promote CENP-A assembly

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Elements of chromosome structure and function in fission yeast.

scientific article published on April 1995

Emerging Properties and Functional Consequences of Noncoding Transcription.

scientific article published in October 2017

Endogenous Mouse Dicer Is an Exclusively Cytoplasmic Protein

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Epigenetic Regulation of Chromatin States in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

scientific article published on July 2015

Epigenetic gene silencing by heterochromatin primes fungal resistance

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Epigenetic regulation of centromeric chromatin: old dogs, new tricks?

scientific article published on December 2008

Epigenetics. Restricted epigenetic inheritance of H3K9 methylation.

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Factors that promote H3 chromatin integrity during transcription prevent promiscuous deposition of CENP-A(Cnp1) in fission yeast

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Fission yeast CENP-B homologs nucleate centromeric heterochromatin by promoting heterochromatin-specific histone tail modifications.

scientific article published on July 2002

Fission yeast Scm3: A CENP-A receptor required for integrity of subkinetochore chromatin

scientific article (publication date: 13 February 2009)

Fta2, an essential fission yeast kinetochore component, interacts closely with the conserved Mal2 protein.

scientific article published on 19 July 2006

Gain-of-function DNMT3A mutations cause microcephalic dwarfism and hypermethylation of Polycomb-regulated regions

scientific article published on 26 November 2018

Genetic characterisation of hda1+, a putative fission yeast histone deacetylase gene

scientific article published on July 1998

Genome-wide studies of histone demethylation catalysed by the fission yeast homologues of mammalian LSD1

scientific article published on 18 April 2007

Guardian spirit blesses meiosis

scientific article published in Nature

Hairpin RNA induces secondary small interfering RNA synthesis and silencing in trans in fission yeast

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Hairpin RNAs and retrotransposon LTRs effect RNAi and chromatin-based gene silencing

scientific article published in Science

Histone H3G34R mutation causes replication stress, homologous recombination defects and genomic instability in S. pombe.

scientific article published on 18 July 2017

Hsk1-Dfp1 is required for heterochromatin-mediated cohesion at centromeres

scientific article published on 16 November 2003

Human telomeres: fusion and interstitial sites.

scientific article published on October 1989

Identification of noncoding transcripts from within CENP-A chromatin at fission yeast centromeres.

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Interspecies conservation of organisation and function between nonhomologous regional centromeres

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

Large domains of heterochromatin direct the formation of short mitotic chromosome loops

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Long non-coding RNA-mediated transcriptional interference of a permease gene confers drug tolerance in fission yeast.

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Loss of Dicer fowls up centromeres

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Manipulation of large minichromosomes in Schizosaccharomyces pombe with liposome-enhanced transformation

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Methylation of histone H4 lysine 20 controls recruitment of Crb2 to sites of DNA damage

scientific article (publication date: 24 November 2004)

Methylation: lost in hydroxylation?

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Molecular biology. RNAi and heterochromatin--a hushed-up affair

scientific article published on 22 August 2002

Novel functional requirements for non-homologous DNA end joining in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

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Panspecies small-molecule disruptors of heterochromatin-mediated transcriptional gene silencing

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Plasticity of fission yeast CENP-A chromatin driven by relative levels of histone H3 and H4.

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Position effect variegation at fission yeast centromeres.

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Quantitative single-molecule microscopy reveals that CENP-A(Cnp1) deposition occurs during G2 in fission yeast.

scientific article published on July 2012

RNA Pol II subunit Rpb7 promotes centromeric transcription and RNAi-directed chromatin silencing

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RNA interference is required for normal centromere function in fission yeast

scientific article published on January 1, 2003

RNA interference, heterochromatin, and centromere function.

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RNA polymerase II stalling at pre-mRNA splice sites is enforced by ubiquitination of the catalytic subunit

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

RNA silencing and genome regulation.

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RNA-directed transcriptional gene silencing in mammals

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RNA-interference-directed chromatin modification coupled to RNA polymerase II transcription

retracted paper

Raf1 Is a DCAF for the Rik1 DDB1-like protein and has separable roles in siRNA generation and chromatin modification

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Reply to "CENP-A octamers do not confer a reduction in nucleosome height by AFM"

scientific article published on January 2014

Retraction: RNA-interference-directed chromatin modification coupled to RNA polymerase II transcription

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Schizosaccharomyces pombe Git7p, a member of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sgtlp family, is required for glucose and cyclic AMP signaling, cell wall integrity, and septation

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Selective recognition of methylated lysine 9 on histone H3 by the HP1 chromo domain

scientific article (publication date: March 2001)

Sequence features and transcriptional stalling within centromere DNA promote establishment of CENP-A chromatin.

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Silencing mediated by the Schizosaccharomyces pombe HIRA complex is dependent upon the Hpc2-like protein, Hip4.

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Splicing factors facilitate RNAi-directed silencing in fission yeast

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Stc1: a critical link between RNAi and chromatin modification required for heterochromatin integrity.

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Stretching it: putting the CEN(P-A) in centromere

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Structure of bovine papillomavirus type 1 DNA in a transformed mouse cell line.

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Synthetic heterochromatin bypasses RNAi and centromeric repeats to establish functional centromeres.

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TEX15 is an essential executor of MIWI2-directed transposon DNA methylation and silencing

scientific article published on 27 July 2020

Telomeric repeats facilitate CENP-A(Cnp1) incorporation via telomere binding proteins

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Ten principles of heterochromatin formation and function.

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

The JmjC domain protein Epe1 prevents unregulated assembly and disassembly of heterochromatin.

scientific article published in March 2008

The Pad1+ gene encodes a subunit of the 26 S proteasome in fission yeast

scientific journal article

The RFTS domain of Raf2 is required for Cul4 interaction and heterochromatin integrity in fission yeast

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The case for epigenetic effects on centromere identity and function.

scientific article published in December 1997

The chromatin-remodeling factor FACT contributes to centromeric heterochromatin independently of RNAi.

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The kinetochore proteins Pcs1 and Mde4 and heterochromatin are required to prevent merotelic orientation

scientific article published on July 2007

Those interfering little RNAs! Silencing and eliminating chromatin.

scientific article published on April 2004

Transcription-coupled changes to chromatin underpin gene silencing by transcriptional interference

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Transient inhibition of histone deacetylation alters the structural and functional imprint at fission yeast centromeres.

scientific article published in December 1997

Transposon-driven transcription is a conserved feature of vertebrate spermatogenesis and transcript evolution

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cis-acting DNA from fission yeast centromeres mediates histone H3 methylation and recruitment of silencing factors and cohesin to an ectopic site

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