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Craig S Pikaard

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Top papers

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1 Gateway-compatible vectors for plant functional genomics and proteomics. Plant J 2006 8.95
2 Plant nuclear RNA polymerase IV mediates siRNA and DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation. Cell 2005 6.56
3 Noncoding transcription by RNA polymerase Pol IVb/Pol V mediates transcriptional silencing of overlapping and adjacent genes. Cell 2008 5.78
4 An ARGONAUTE4-containing nuclear processing center colocalized with Cajal bodies in Arabidopsis thaliana. Cell 2006 5.22
5 The Arabidopsis chromatin-modifying nuclear siRNA pathway involves a nucleolar RNA processing center. Cell 2006 4.82
6 RNA polymerase V transcription guides ARGONAUTE4 to chromatin. Nat Genet 2009 3.18
7 Multisubunit RNA polymerases IV and V: purveyors of non-coding RNA for plant gene silencing. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2011 2.94
8 A concerted DNA methylation/histone methylation switch regulates rRNA gene dosage control and nucleolar dominance. Mol Cell 2004 2.92
9 Analysis of histone acetyltransferase and histone deacetylase families of Arabidopsis thaliana suggests functional diversification of chromatin modification among multicellular eukaryotes. Nucleic Acids Res 2002 2.79
10 An SNF2 protein associated with nuclear RNA silencing and the spread of a silencing signal between cells in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2007 2.55
11 Subunit compositions of the RNA-silencing enzymes Pol IV and Pol V reveal their origins as specialized forms of RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell 2008 2.43
12 Epigenetic silencing of RNA polymerase I transcription. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2003 2.30
13 An effector of RNA-directed DNA methylation in arabidopsis is an ARGONAUTE 4- and RNA-binding protein. Cell 2009 2.16
14 Chromosomal locus rearrangements are a rapid response to formation of the allotetraploid Arabidopsis suecica genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 2.12
15 Arabidopsis histone deacetylase HDA6 is required for maintenance of transcriptional gene silencing and determines nuclear organization of rDNA repeats. Plant Cell 2004 2.03
16 VIM1, a methylcytosine-binding protein required for centromeric heterochromatinization. Genes Dev 2007 2.01
17 Multimegabase silencing in nucleolar dominance involves siRNA-directed DNA methylation and specific methylcytosine-binding proteins. Mol Cell 2008 1.94
18 Erasure of histone acetylation by Arabidopsis HDA6 mediates large-scale gene silencing in nucleolar dominance. Genes Dev 2006 1.92
19 Spatial and functional relationships among Pol V-associated loci, Pol IV-dependent siRNAs, and cytosine methylation in the Arabidopsis epigenome. Genes Dev 2012 1.85
20 An RNA polymerase II- and AGO4-associated protein acts in RNA-directed DNA methylation. Nature 2010 1.82
21 ROS3 is an RNA-binding protein required for DNA demethylation in Arabidopsis. Nature 2008 1.78
22 Transcript profiling in Arabidopsis reveals complex responses to global inhibition of DNA methylation and histone deacetylation. J Biol Chem 2004 1.49
23 rRNA gene silencing and nucleolar dominance: insights into a chromosome-scale epigenetic on/off switch. Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 1.48
24 siRNA and miRNA processing: new functions for Cajal bodies. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2008 1.42
25 Metal A and metal B sites of nuclear RNA polymerases Pol IV and Pol V are required for siRNA-dependent DNA methylation and gene silencing. PLoS One 2009 1.36
26 Mechanisms of HDA6-mediated rRNA gene silencing: suppression of intergenic Pol II transcription and differential effects on maintenance versus siRNA-directed cytosine methylation. Genes Dev 2010 1.34
27 In vitro transcription activities of Pol IV, Pol V, and RDR2 reveal coupling of Pol IV and RDR2 for dsRNA synthesis in plant RNA silencing. Mol Cell 2012 1.30
28 RNA polymerase V functions in Arabidopsis interphase heterochromatin organization independently of the 24-nt siRNA-directed DNA methylation pathway. Mol Plant 2009 1.28
29 Natural variation in nucleolar dominance reveals the relationship between nucleolus organizer chromatin topology and rRNA gene transcription in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 1.21
30 Nucleolar dominance and ribosomal RNA gene silencing. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2010 1.19
31 In vitro specificities of Arabidopsis co-activator histone acetyltransferases: implications for histone hyperacetylation in gene activation. Plant J 2007 1.19
32 Sex-biased lethality or transmission of defective transcription machinery in Arabidopsis. Genetics 2008 1.18
33 Phytochrome B and histone deacetylase 6 control light-induced chromatin compaction in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet 2009 1.17
34 Transgene-induced RNA interference: a strategy for overcoming gene redundancy in polyploids to generate loss-of-function mutations. Plant J 2003 1.16
35 Chromatin turn ons and turn offs of ribosomal RNA genes. Cell Cycle 2004 1.15
36 Subnuclear partitioning of rRNA genes between the nucleolus and nucleoplasm reflects alternative epiallelic states. Genes Dev 2013 1.15
37 Nucleolin is required for DNA methylation state and the expression of rRNA gene variants in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet 2010 1.10
38 Postembryonic establishment of megabase-scale gene silencing in nucleolar dominance. PLoS One 2007 1.06
39 Histone methyltransferases regulating rRNA gene dose and dosage control in Arabidopsis. Genes Dev 2012 0.99
40 Arabidopsis Histone Lysine Methyltransferases. Adv Bot Res 2010 0.98
41 Heterochromatic siRNAs and DDM1 independently silence aberrant 5S rDNA transcripts in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2009 0.98
42 Xenopus ribosomal RNA gene intergenic spacer elements conferring transcriptional enhancement and nucleolar dominance-like competition in oocytes. J Biol Chem 2002 0.94
43 Evidence for nucleolus organizer regions as the units of regulation in nucleolar dominance in Arabidopsis thaliana interecotype hybrids. Genetics 2004 0.92
44 Relationships between transcription, silver staining, and chromatin organization of nucleolar organizers in Secale cereale. Protoplasma 2007 0.92
45 Locus-specific ribosomal RNA gene silencing in nucleolar dominance. PLoS One 2007 0.90
46 RNA polymerase I: a multifunctional molecular machine. Cell 2007 0.88
47 An atypical epigenetic mechanism affects uniparental expression of Pol IV-dependent siRNAs. PLoS One 2011 0.86
48 Chromosome and DNA methylation dynamics during meiosis in the autotetraploid Arabidopsis arenosa. Sex Plant Reprod 2009 0.86
49 Functional consequences of subunit diversity in RNA polymerases II and V. Cell Rep 2012 0.84
50 Intersection of small RNA pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana sub-nuclear domains. PLoS One 2013 0.84
51 Oddpols united: new insights into transcription by RNA polymerases I and III. Gene Expr 2002 0.83
52 Extra views on RNA-dependent DNA methylation and MBD6-dependent heterochromatin formation in nucleolar dominance. Nucleus 2010 0.79
53 Purification and transcriptional analysis of RNA polymerase I holoenzymes from broccoli (Brassica oleracea) and frog (Xenopus laevis). Methods Enzymol 2003 0.76
54 Uniting the paths to gene silencing. Nat Genet 2002 0.75
55 Developing a new interdisciplinary lab course for undergraduate and graduate students: Plant cells and proteins. Biochem Mol Biol Educ 2007 0.75