List of works by Gary H. Karpen

A high proportion of genes involved in position effect variegation also affect chromosome inheritance.

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A single double-strand break system reveals repair dynamics and mechanisms in heterochromatin and euchromatin

scientific article published on July 2016

A specialized nucleosome has a "point" to make.

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An assessment of histone-modification antibody quality

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An interferon signature identified by RNA-sequencing of mammary tissues varies across the estrous cycle and is predictive of metastasis-free survival

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Assembly of Drosophila centromeric chromatin proteins during mitosis

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Assembly of Drosophila centromeric nucleosomes requires CID dimerization

scientific article published on 29 December 2011

Centromere and kinetochore gene misexpression predicts cancer patient survival and response to radiotherapy and chemotherapy

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Centromeric chromatin exhibits a histone modification pattern that is distinct from both euchromatin and heterochromatin

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Comparative analysis of metazoan chromatin organization

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Comprehensive analysis of the chromatin landscape in Drosophila melanogaster

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Conserved organization of centromeric chromatin in flies and humans

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Double-strand breaks in heterochromatin move outside of a dynamic HP1a domain to complete recombinational repair.

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Drosophila CENP-A mutations cause a BubR1-dependent early mitotic delay without normal localization of kinetochore components

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Efficient recovery of centric heterochromatin P-element insertions in Drosophila melanogaster

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Enrichment of HP1a on Drosophila chromosome 4 genes creates an alternate chromatin structure critical for regulation in this heterochromatic domain

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

scientific article published on December 2008

Epigenetic regulation of heterochromatic DNA stability

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Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny

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Frodos found: Behold the CENP-a "Ring" bearers

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Genetics of P-element transposition into Drosophila melanogaster centric heterochromatin

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Genome-wide analysis reveals a cell cycle-dependent mechanism controlling centromere propagation

scientific article published on December 2008

H3.3 is deposited at centromeres in S phase as a placeholder for newly assembled CENP-A in G₁ phase

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H3K9 methylation and RNA interference regulate nucleolar organization and repeated DNA stability

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Haplotypes spanning centromeric regions reveal persistence of large blocks of archaic DNA.

scientific article published on 25 June 2019

Heterochromatic breaks move to the nuclear periphery to continue recombinational repair.

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Heterochromatic genome stability requires regulators of histone H3 K9 methylation

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Heterochromatic sequences in a Drosophila whole-genome shotgun assembly

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Identification of a physiological E2 module for the human anaphase-promoting complex

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Identification of genetic factors that modify motor performance and body weight using Collaborative Cross mice

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Identification of genetic loci that control mammary tumor susceptibility through the host microenvironment.

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Impact of sequencing depth in ChIP-seq experiments.

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Improved repeat identification and masking in Dipterans

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Influence of early life exposure, host genetics and diet on the mouse gut microbiome and metabolome.

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Innovation of heterochromatin functions drives rapid evolution of essential ZAD-ZNF genes in Drosophila

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

Mislocalization of the Drosophila centromere-specific histone CID promotes formation of functional ectopic kinetochores

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Modifiers of terminal deficiency-associated position effect variegation in Drosophila.

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Nature and function of insulator protein binding sites in the Drosophila genome.

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Nucleosomes shape DNA polymorphism and divergence

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Pericentromeric heterochromatin is hierarchically organized and spatially contacts H3K9me2 islands in euchromatin

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Pervasive epigenetic effects of Drosophila euchromatic transposable elements impact their evolution.

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Phase separation drives heterochromatin domain formation

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

Plasticity in patterns of histone modifications and chromosomal proteins in Drosophila heterochromatin

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RNA from a simple-tandem repeat is required for sperm maturation and male fertility in

scientific article published on 05 November 2019

Sequence analysis of a functional Drosophila centromere

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Sequence finishing and mapping of Drosophila melanogaster heterochromatin

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Sequence-specific targeting of dosage compensation in Drosophila favors an active chromatin context.

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Solo or doppio: how many CENP-As make a centromeric nucleosome?

scientific article published in June 2013

The Release 5.1 annotation of Drosophila melanogaster heterochromatin

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The Release 6 reference sequence of the Drosophila melanogaster genome.

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The cell cycle timing of centromeric chromatin assembly in Drosophila meiosis is distinct from mitosis yet requires CAL1 and CENP-C

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The composition and organization of Drosophila heterochromatin are heterogeneous and dynamic

scientific article published on 11 August 2016

Timely double-strand break repair and pathway choice in pericentromeric heterochromatin depend on the histone demethylase dKDM4A

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Unlocking the secrets of the genome

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