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Sarah C R Elgin

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Top papers

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1 Identification of functional elements and regulatory circuits by Drosophila modENCODE. Science 2010 12.39
2 Comprehensive analysis of the chromatin landscape in Drosophila melanogaster. Nature 2010 6.87
3 Heterochromatic silencing and HP1 localization in Drosophila are dependent on the RNAi machinery. Science 2004 6.35
4 Epigenetic codes for heterochromatin formation and silencing: rounding up the usual suspects. Cell 2002 6.25
5 Heterochromatin: new possibilities for the inheritance of structure. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2002 4.14
6 Transcription and RNA interference in the formation of heterochromatin. Nature 2007 4.08
7 A broadly implementable research course in phage discovery and genomics for first-year undergraduate students. MBio 2014 3.93
8 An assessment of histone-modification antibody quality. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2010 3.72
9 Drosophila PIWI associates with chromatin and interacts directly with HP1a. Genes Dev 2007 3.46
10 The genomics education partnership: successful integration of research into laboratory classes at a diverse group of undergraduate institutions. CBE Life Sci Educ 2010 3.42
11 Polycomb silencing blocks transcription initiation. Mol Cell 2004 2.96
12 Expanding the diversity of mycobacteriophages: insights into genome architecture and evolution. PLoS One 2011 2.29
13 Comparison of dot chromosome sequences from D. melanogaster and D. virilis reveals an enrichment of DNA transposon sequences in heterochromatic domains. Genome Biol 2006 1.98
14 Plasticity in patterns of histone modifications and chromosomal proteins in Drosophila heterochromatin. Genome Res 2010 1.87
15 Drosophila Piwi functions downstream of piRNA production mediating a chromatin-based transposon silencing mechanism in female germ line. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.85
16 Element 1360 and RNAi components contribute to HP1-dependent silencing of a pericentric reporter. Curr Biol 2006 1.85
17 Nature and function of insulator protein binding sites in the Drosophila genome. Genome Res 2012 1.77
18 The dot chromosome of Drosophila: insights into chromatin states and their change over evolutionary time. Chromosome Res 2006 1.70
19 Points of view: effective partnerships between K-12 and higher education. Cell Biol Educ 2005 1.60
20 Cluster K mycobacteriophages: insights into the evolutionary origins of mycobacteriophage TM4. PLoS One 2011 1.54
21 The contradictory definitions of heterochromatin: transcription and silencing. Chromosoma 2006 1.52
22 Competencies: a cure for pre-med curriculum. Science 2011 1.47
23 A course-based research experience: how benefits change with increased investment in instructional time. CBE Life Sci Educ 2014 1.37
24 An inquiry into protein structure and genetic disease: introducing undergraduates to bioinformatics in a large introductory course. Cell Biol Educ 2005 1.37
25 GAGA factor and the TFIID complex collaborate in generating an open chromatin structure at the Drosophila melanogaster hsp26 promoter. Mol Cell Biol 2002 1.36
26 Evolution of a distinct genomic domain in Drosophila: comparative analysis of the dot chromosome in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilis. Genetics 2010 1.28
27 A lot about a little dot - lessons learned from Drosophila melanogaster chromosome 4. Biochem Cell Biol 2009 1.14
28 Heterochromatin protein 2 (HP2), a partner of HP1 in Drosophila heterochromatin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 1.10
29 Multiple SET methyltransferases are required to maintain normal heterochromatin domains in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 2009 1.10
30 Sequence-specific targeting of dosage compensation in Drosophila favors an active chromatin context. PLoS Genet 2012 1.04
31 The HP1a disordered C terminus and chromo shadow domain cooperate to select target peptide partners. Chembiochem 2011 1.02
32 Immunofluorescent staining of polytene chromosomes: exploiting genetic tools. Methods Enzymol 2004 1.00
33 Ectopic assembly of heterochromatin in Drosophila melanogaster triggered by transposable elements. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 0.99
34 Enrichment of HP1a on Drosophila chromosome 4 genes creates an alternate chromatin structure critical for regulation in this heterochromatic domain. PLoS Genet 2012 0.97
35 Maternal depletion of Piwi, a component of the RNAi system, impacts heterochromatin formation in Drosophila. PLoS Genet 2013 0.96
36 Interaction of heterochromatin protein 2 with HP1 defines a novel HP1-binding domain. Biochemistry 2005 0.96
37 Small RNA-directed heterochromatin formation in the context of development: what flies might learn from fission yeast. Biochim Biophys Acta 2008 0.95
38 An investigation of heterochromatin domains on the fourth chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 2008 0.94
39 A role for RNAi in heterochromatin formation in Drosophila. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2008 0.92
40 A Distinct type of heterochromatin within Drosophila melanogaster chromosome 4. Genetics 2006 0.91
41 The large isoform of Drosophila melanogaster heterochromatin protein 2 plays a critical role in gene silencing and chromosome structure. Genetics 2006 0.86
42 Chromosome and expression mechanisms: a year dominated by histone modifications, transitory and remembered. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2002 0.86
43 Heterochromatin protein 2 interacts with Nap-1 and NURF: a link between heterochromatin-induced gene silencing and the chromatin remodeling machinery in Drosophila. Biochemistry 2006 0.85
44 The capacity to form H-DNA cannot substitute for GAGA factor binding to a (CT)n*(GA)n regulatory site. Nucleic Acids Res 2003 0.83
45 Heterochromatin Protein 1a (HP1a) partner specificity is determined by critical amino acids in the chromo shadow domain and C-terminal extension. J Biol Chem 2013 0.82
46 Molecular biology: antagonizing the neighbours. Nature 2005 0.82
47 Defining epigenetic states through chromatin and RNA. Nat Genet 2005 0.82
48 Drosophila RISC component VIG and its homolog Vig2 impact heterochromatin formation. PLoS One 2009 0.79
49 Genome science: a video tour of the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center for high school and undergraduate students. Cell Biol Educ 2005 0.79
50 Marking time. Nat Genet 2006 0.78
51 Stimulating conversations between HP1a and histone demethylase dKDM4A. Mol Cell 2008 0.76
52 Chromosomes and expression mechanisms: bringing together the roles of DNA, RNA and proteins. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2008 0.76
53 Enforcing silencing: dynamic HP1 complexes in Neurospora. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2012 0.76
54 The CourseSource Bioinformatics Learning Framework. CBE Life Sci Educ 2016 0.75