Sequence, Chromatin and Evolution of Satellite DNA

Ectopic expression of pericentric HSATII RNA results in nuclear RNA accumulation, MeCP2 recruitment, and cell division defects

(2021) Catherine C. Landers et al.   CHROMOSOMA

The structure, function and evolution of a complete human chromosome 8

(2021) Glennis A. Logsdon et al.   NATURE

The Telomere Paradox: Stable Genome Preservation with Rapidly Evolving Proteins

(2020) Bastien Saint-Leandre et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Twenty years of t-loops: A case study for the importance of collaboration in molecular biology

(2020) Ľubomír Tomáška et al.   DNA REPAIR

Telomere-to-telomere assembly of a complete human X chromosome

(2020) Karen H. Miga et al.   NATURE

DICER regulates the expression of major satellite repeat transcripts and meiotic chromosome segregation during spermatogenesis

(2020) Ram Prakash Yadav et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Transposons and satellite DNA: on the origin of the major satellite DNA family in the Chenopodium genome

(2020) Alexander Belyayev et al.   Mobile DNA

Architectural RNA in chromatin organization

(2020) Jitendra Thakur et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

The Beginning of the End: A Chromosomal Assembly of the New World Malaria Mosquito Ends with a Novel Telomere

(2020) Austin Compton et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

The end protection problem—an unexpected twist in the tail

(2020) Phil Ruis et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Adaptive evolution of an essential telomere protein restricts telomeric retrotransposons

(2020) Bastien Saint-Leandre et al.   eLife

Islands of retroelements are major components of Drosophila centromeres

(2019) Ching-Ho Chang et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

DNA methylation in disease: Immunodeficiency, Centromeric instability, Facial anomalies syndrome

(2019) Maja Vukic et al.   Essays in Biochemistry

The Nuclear Matrix Protein SAFB Cooperates with Major Satellite RNAs to Stabilize Heterochromatin Architecture Partially through Phase Separation

(2019) Xiangru Huo et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Unexpected conformational variations of the human centromeric chromatin complex

(2018) Jitendra Thakur et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Simple and Complex Centromeric Satellites inDrosophilaSibling Species

(2018) Paul B. Talbert et al.   GENETICS

Centromere transcription allows CENP-A to transit from chromatin association to stable incorporation

(2018) Georg O.M. Bobkov et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Non-B-Form DNA Is Enriched at Centromeres

(2018) Sivakanthan Kasinathan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Amplification and adaptation of centromeric repeats in polyploid switchgrass species

(2018) Xueming Yang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary rates of mammalian telomere-stability genes correlate with karyotype features and female germline expression

(2018) Chiara Pontremoli et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A conserved function for pericentromeric satellite DNA

(2018) Madhav Jagannathan et al.   eLife

Simple and Complex Centromeric Satellites inDrosophilaSibling Species

(2018) Paul B. Talbert et al.   GENETICS

Emerging roles of macrosatellite repeats in genome organization and disease development

(2017) Gabrijela Dumbovic et al.   Epigenetics

TAREAN: a computational tool for identification and characterization of satellite DNA from unassembled short reads

(2017) Petr Novák et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Drosophila: Retrotransposons Making up Telomeres

(2017) Elena Casacuberta   Viruses-Basel

Centromere evolution and CpG methylation during vertebrate speciation

(2017) Kazuki Ichikawa et al.   Nature Communications

Demethylated HSATII DNA and HSATII RNA Foci Sequester PRC1 and MeCP2 into Cancer-Specific Nuclear Bodies

(2017) Lisa L. Hall et al.   Cell Reports

Major satellite repeat RNA stabilize heterochromatin retention of Suv39h enzymes by RNA-nucleosome association and RNA:DNA hybrid formation

(2017) Oscar Velazquez Camacho et al.   eLife

Satellite DNA: An Evolving Topic

(2017) Manuel Garrido-Ramos   Genes

Shelterin Protects Chromosome Ends by Compacting Telomeric Chromatin

(2016) Jigar N. Bandaria et al.   CELL

CENPT bridges adjacent CENPA nucleosomes on young human α-satellite dimers

(2016) Jitendra Thakur et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Inbreeding drives maize centromere evolution

(2016) Kevin L. Schneider et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High-throughput analysis of the satellitome illuminates satellite DNA evolution

(2016) Francisco J. Ruiz-Ruano et al.   Scientific Reports

Centromeric Alpha-Satellite DNA Adopts Dimeric i-Motif Structures Capped by AT Hoogsteen Base Pairs

(2015) Miguel Garavís et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Looking for Efficient G-Quadruplex Ligands: Evidence for Selective Stabilizing Properties and Telomere Damage by Drug-Like Molecules

(2015) Bruno Pagano et al.   ChemMedChem

Satellite non-coding RNAs: the emerging players in cells, cellular pathways and cancer

(2015) Daniela Ferreira et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Structural and functional liaisons between transposable elements and satellite DNAs

(2015) Nevenka Meštrović et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Repetitive DNA in eukaryotic genomes

(2015) Maria Assunta Biscotti et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

DNA Sequence-Specific Binding of CENP-B Enhances the Fidelity of Human Centromere Function

(2015) Daniele Fachinetti et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats inTribolium castaneumgenome reveals abundant and highly dynamic tandem repeat families with satellite DNA features in euchromatic chromosomal arms

(2015) Martina Pavlek et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Pericentromeric satellite repeat expansions through RNA-derived DNA intermediates in cancer

(2015) Francesca Bersani et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The structure of an endogenous Drosophila centromere reveals the prevalence of tandemly repeated sequences able to form i-motifs

(2015) Miguel Garavís et al.   Scientific Reports

Higher-order repeat structure in alpha satellite DNA occurs in New World monkeys and is not confined to hominoids

(2015) Penporn Sujiwattanarat et al.   Scientific Reports

A unique chromatin complex occupies young  -satellite arrays of human centromeres

(2015) J. G. Henikoff et al.   Science Advances

The organization and evolution of the Responder satellite in species of the Drosophila melanogaster group: dynamic evolution of a target of meiotic drive

(2014) Amanda M Larracuente   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Robertsonian phenomenon in the house mouse: mutation, meiosis and speciation

(2014) Silvia Garagna et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Centromeres and kinetochores of Brassicaceae

(2014) Inna Lermontova et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Centromere Strength Provides the Cell Biological Basis for Meiotic Drive and Karyotype Evolution in Mice

(2014) Lukáš Chmátal et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evolutionary Origin of Higher-Order Repeat Structure in Alpha-Satellite DNA of Primate Centromeres

(2014) A. Koga et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Satellite DNA as a Driver of Population Divergence in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum

(2014) Isidoro Feliciello et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Pogo-like Transposases Have Been Repeatedly Domesticated into CENP-B-Related Proteins

(2014) Lidia Mateo et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Satellite-DNA diversification and the evolution of major lineages in Cardueae (Carduoideae Asteraceae)

(2014) María Ester Quesada del Bosque et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Correlated variation and population differentiation in satellite DNA abundance among lines ofDrosophila melanogaster

(2014) Kevin H.-C. Wei et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Centromere: Epigenetic Control of Chromosome Segregation during Mitosis

(2014) Frederick G. Westhorpe et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Hmr and Lhr Hybrid Incompatibility Genes Suppress a Broad Range of Heterochromatic Repeats

(2014) P. R. V. Satyaki et al.   PLoS Genetics

The quantitative architecture of centromeric chromatin

(2014) Dani L Bodor et al.   eLife

The Past, Present, and Future of Human Centromere Genomics

(2014) Megan Aldrup-MacDonald et al.   Genes

Differential spreading of HinfI satellite DNA variants during radiation in Centaureinae

(2013) María Ester Quesada del Bosque et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

RepeatExplorer: a Galaxy-based web server for genome-wide characterization of eukaryotic repetitive elements from next-generation sequence reads

(2013) P. Novak et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Evolution of the structure and composition of house mouse satellite DNA sequences in the subgenus Mus (Rodentia: Muridea): a cytogenomic approach

(2013) B. Cazaux et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Chromosome Engineering Allows the Efficient Isolation of Vertebrate Neocentromeres

(2013) Wei-Hao Shang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Suv4-20h2 mediates chromatin compaction and is important for cohesin recruitment to heterochromatin

(2013) M. Hahn et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Efficient neocentromere formation is suppressed by gene conversion to maintain centromere function at native physical chromosomal loci in Candida albicans

(2013) J. Thakur et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Higher-order repeat structure in alpha satellite DNA is an attribute of hominoids rather than hominids

(2013) Shoko Terada et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

The octamer is the major form of CENP-A nucleosomes at human centromeres

(2013) Dan Hasson et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Sequence-specific microscopic visualization of DNA methylation status at satellite repeats in individual cell nuclei and chromosomes

(2013) Yufeng Li et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Histone H4 Lysine 20 methylation: key player in epigenetic regulation of genomic integrity

(2013) S. Jorgensen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Telomeric repeats act as nucleosome-disfavouring sequences in vivo

(2013) Yuichi Ichikawa et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The CentO satellite confers translational and rotational phasing on cenH3 nucleosomes in rice centromeres

(2013) T. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Conserved Mechanism for Centromeric Nucleosome Recognition by Centromere Protein CENP-C

(2013) H. Kato et al.   SCIENCE

Comparative analysis of tandem repeats from hundreds of species reveals unique insights into centromere evolution

(2013) Daniël P Melters et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Transcriptional Activation of Mouse Major Satellite Regions during Neuronal Differentiation

(2012) Yusuke Kishi et al.   CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Sequences Associated with Centromere Competency in the Human Genome

(2012) K. E. Hayden et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Active transcription and essential role of RNA polymerase II at the centromere during mitosis

(2012) F. L. Chan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tandemly repeated DNA families in the mouse genome

(2011) Aleksey S Komissarov et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Structure and population dynamics of the major satellite DNA in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

(2011) Isidoro Feliciello et al.   GENETICA

A satellite DNA evolutionary analysis in the North American endemic dioecious plant Rumex hastatulus (Polygonaceae)

(2011) M.E. Quesada del Bosque et al.   GENOME

Distinct DNA methylation patterns associated with active and inactive centromeres of the maize B chromosome

(2011) D.-H. Koo et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The 1.688 Repetitive DNA of Drosophila: Concerted Evolution at Different Genomic Scales and Association with Genes

(2011) Gustavo C. S. Kuhn et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Aberrant Overexpression of Satellite Repeats in Pancreatic and Other Epithelial Cancers

(2011) D. T. Ting et al.   SCIENCE

The polymorphic prelude to Bateson–Dobzhansky–Muller incompatibilities

(2011) Asher D. Cutter   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Plant centromeric retrotransposons: a structural and cytogenetic perspective

(2011) Pavel Neumann et al.   Mobile DNA

Heterochromatin maintenance and establishment: Lessons from the mouse pericentromere

(2011) Geneviève Almouzni et al.   Nucleus

Terminin: A protein complex that mediates epigenetic maintenance ofDrosophilatelomeres

(2011) Grazia D. Raffa et al.   Nucleus

Unusually short tandem repeats appear to reach chromosome ends of Rhynchosciara americana (Diptera: Sciaridae)

(2010) Christiane Rodriguez Gutierrez Madalena et al.   CHROMOSOMA

A Strand-Specific Burst in Transcription of Pericentric Satellites Is Required for Chromocenter Formation and Early Mouse Development

(2010) Aline.V. Probst et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Telomere biology in Metazoa

(2010) Nuno M.V. Gomes et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Genome-wide mapping of cytosine methylation revealed dynamic DNA methylation patterns associated with genes and centromeres in rice

(2010) Huihuang Yan et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Mouse centromeric tandem repeats in silico and in situ

(2010) A. S. Komissarov et al.   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS

DNA Binding of Centromere Protein C (CENPC) Is Stabilized by Single-Stranded RNA

(2010) Yaqing Du et al.   PLoS Genetics

Macrosatellite epigenetics: the two faces of DXZ4 and D4Z4

(2009) Brian P. Chadwick   CHROMOSOMA

Human subtelomeric copy number variations

(2009) H. Riethman   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

Give me a break: How telomeres suppress the DNA damage response

(2009) Eros Lazzerini Denchi   DNA REPAIR

Human telomeric G-quadruplex: structures of DNA and RNA sequences

(2009) Anh Tuân Phan   FEBS Journal

DNA-based prediction of human externally visible characteristics in forensics: Motivations, scientific challenges, and ethical considerations

(2009) Manfred Kayser et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Human gamma-satellite DNA maintains open chromatin structure and protects a transgene from epigenetic silencing

(2009) J.-H. Kim et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

DNMT3B interacts with constitutive centromere protein CENP-C to modulate DNA methylation and the histone code at centromeric regions

(2009) Suhasni Gopalakrishnan et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Differential regulation of telomere and centromere cohesion by the Scc3 homologues SA1 and SA2, respectively, in human cells

(2009) Silvia Canudas et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The Drosophila modigliani (moi) gene encodes a HOAP-interacting protein required for telomere protection

(2009) G. D. Raffa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chromatin regulation and non-coding RNAs at mammalian telomeres

(2009) Stefan Schoeftner et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Species-Specific Heterochromatin Prevents Mitotic Chromosome Segregation to Cause Hybrid Lethality in Drosophila

(2009) Patrick M. Ferree et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Neocentromeres Come of Age

(2009) Owen J. Marshall et al.   PLoS Genetics

Neocentromeres: New Insights into Centromere Structure, Disease Development, and Karyotype Evolution

(2008) Owen J. Marshall et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Toward a Molecular Structure of the Eukaryotic Kinetochore

(2008) Julie P.I. Welburn et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

A chromatin-wide transition to H4K20 monomethylation impairs genome integrity and programmed DNA rearrangements in the mouse

(2008) G. Schotta et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

HP1 Is Distributed Within Distinct Chromatin Domains at Drosophila Telomeres

(2008) R. C. Frydrychova et al.   GENETICS

Chromodomains direct integration of retrotransposons to heterochromatin

(2008) X. Gao et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Satellite DNA in insects: a review

(2008) T Palomeque et al.   HEREDITY

Recruitment of Ikaros to Pericentromeric Heterochromatin Is Regulated by Phosphorylation

(2008) Zafer Gurel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Novel Small Molecule That Alters Shelterin Integrity and Triggers a DNA-Damage Response at Telomeres

(2008) Raphaël Rodriguez et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Telomeric RNA enters the game

(2008) Béatrice Horard et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Centromere-Associated Female Meiotic Drive Entails Male Fitness Costs in Monkeyflowers

(2008) L. Fishman et al.   SCIENCE

The Histone H3K79 Methyltransferase Dot1L Is Essential for Mammalian Development and Heterochromatin Structure

(2008) Brendan Jones et al.   PLoS Genetics

Alternative ends: Telomeres and meiosis

(2007) Christophe de La Roche Saint-André   BIOCHIMIE