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Temperature-Induced uncoupling of cell cycle regulators
Falahati H, Hur W, Di Talia S, Wieschaus E. Temperature-Induced uncoupling of cell cycle regulators. Developmental Biology 2020, 470: 147-153. PMID: 33278404, PMCID: PMC8106975, DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.11.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell cycle eventsCycle eventsEarly cell cycle eventsMajor mitotic kinaseCell cycle stepsEarly Drosophila embryoCell cycle progressionCell cycle regulatorsDrosophila embryosMitotic kinasesChromosome condensationDifferent kinasesCdk1 activityEmbryo activationCycle progressionCycle regulatorsEnvironmental variabilityCell cycle transition timesPrometaphaseCDK1KinaseMitosisVivo biosensorsEmbryosNucleation by rRNA Dictates the Precision of Nucleolus Assembly
Falahati H, Pelham-Webb B, Blythe S, Wieschaus E. Nucleation by rRNA Dictates the Precision of Nucleolus Assembly. Current Biology 2016, 26: 277-285. PMID: 26776729, PMCID: PMC5866055, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell NucleolusDNA, RibosomalDrosophila melanogasterEmbryo, NonmammalianNuclear ProteinsRNA, RibosomalTranscription, GeneticConceptsMembrane-less organellesTranscription of rRNANucleolar proteinsCellular functionsNucleolus formationInitial assemblyD. melanogaster embryosDifferent cellular functionsSpecific cellular functionsWild-type embryosRole of rRNARibosomal biogenesisNucleolus assemblySuch organellesNucleoplasmic concentrationIntracellular compartmentsRRNAOrganellesSpatiotemporal precisionTranscriptionNucleoliEmbryosProteinAssemblyBiological systems
2016
Mitosis-associated repression in development
Esposito E, Lim B, Guessous G, Falahati H, Levine M. Mitosis-associated repression in development. Genes & Development 2016, 30: 1503-1508. PMID: 27401553, PMCID: PMC4949323, DOI: 10.1101/gad.281188.116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSequence-specific repressorsEarly Drosophila embryoLive-imaging methodsMitotic silencingSnail repressionAnimal developmentSnail repressorDrosophila embryosNascent transcriptsNeurogenic ectodermTranscriptional repressionTarget enhancersPresumptive mesodermReporter geneRepressionRepressorMesodermTranscriptionMitosisEmbryosBroad patternsPervasive featureSilencingEctodermGenes