2013
A General Approach for Controlling Transcription and Probing Epigenetic Mechanisms: Application to the Cd4 Locus
Wan M, Kaundal R, Huang H, Zhao J, Yang X, Chaiyachati BH, Li S, Chi T. A General Approach for Controlling Transcription and Probing Epigenetic Mechanisms: Application to the Cd4 Locus. The Journal Of Immunology 2013, 190: 737-747. PMID: 23293358, PMCID: PMC3744393, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201278.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Molecular basis of CD4 repression by the Swi/Snf‐like BAF chromatin remodeling complex
Wan M, Zhang J, Lai D, Jani A, Prestone‐Hurlburt P, Zhao L, Ramachandran A, Schnitzler GR, Chi T. Molecular basis of CD4 repression by the Swi/Snf‐like BAF chromatin remodeling complex. European Journal Of Immunology 2009, 39: 580-588. PMID: 19180471, PMCID: PMC2774848, DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD4 repressionCD4 silencerDominant negative mutantBAF complexNegative mutantSWI/SNF-like BAF chromatinBRG1/BRM-associated factor (BAF) chromatinCD4 silencer functionLinker histone H1Factor (BAF) chromatinT cell developmentKey repressorBAF chromatinSilencer functionBAF57Histone H1ChromatinMolecular basisFlanking regionsRepressionTranslational frameCD4 transcriptionSilencerEarly thymocytesMutants
2008
A novel genetic strategy reveals unexpected roles of the Swi–Snf–like chromatin-remodeling BAF complex in thymocyte development
Jani A, Wan M, Zhang J, Cui K, Wu J, Preston-Hurlburt P, Khatri R, Zhao K, Chi T. A novel genetic strategy reveals unexpected roles of the Swi–Snf–like chromatin-remodeling BAF complex in thymocyte development. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2008, 205: 2813-2825. PMID: 18955569, PMCID: PMC2585832, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20080938.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoint mutantsUnexpected roleImportant gene functionsThymocyte developmentNovel genetic strategyPoint mutationsEarly thymocyte developmentMammalian geneticsChromatin templatesSWI-SNFBAF complexGene functionATPase subunitsDeletion mutantsFactor complexCD4 locusTarget genesGenetic strategiesCD4 activationMutantsNovel activityPhysical interactionDeletionBRGMutations
2004
A BAF-centred view of the immune system
Chi T. A BAF-centred view of the immune system. Nature Reviews Immunology 2004, 4: 965-977. PMID: 15573131, DOI: 10.1038/nri1501.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsHistonesHumansImmune SystemTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticConceptsChromatin-remodelling complexBAF complexRepressive chromatin structureStructure of chromatinHistone-DNA contactsTranscription factor complexPost-translational modificationsTranscriptional start siteIFN-β geneTranscriptional machineryChromatin structureTranscriptional activatorTranscriptional repressorHuman genesResponsive genesExpression of CIITAStart siteDNA sequencesFactor complexHistone octamerNucleosomesOwn replicationGene expressionGenomic DNAIFN-β expression
2000
Perspectives: signal transduction. Inositol phosphates in the nucleus.
Chi T, Crabtree G. Perspectives: signal transduction. Inositol phosphates in the nucleus. Science 2000, 287: 1937-9. PMID: 10755944, DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5460.1937.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArginineCell NucleusDNA-Binding ProteinsFungal ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, FungalInositol PhosphatesMinichromosome Maintenance 1 ProteinNuclear EnvelopePhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Phytic AcidRNA, FungalRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsTranscription, Genetic
1998
Defects in actin-cap formation in Vav-deficient mice implicate an actin requirement for lymphocyte signal transduction
Holsinger L, Graef I, Swat W, Chi T, Bautista D, Davidson L, Lewis R, Alt F, Crabtree G. Defects in actin-cap formation in Vav-deficient mice implicate an actin requirement for lymphocyte signal transduction. Current Biology 1998, 8: 563-573. PMID: 9601640, DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70225-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsCytoskeletonDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansJurkat CellsMiceNFATC Transcription FactorsNuclear ProteinsProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-vavReceptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticConceptsMitogen-activated protein kinaseCap formationActin polymerizationGuanine nucleotide exchange factorsJun N-terminal kinaseTranscription factor NF-ATc1Vav-deficient miceActin-dependent pathwayStress-activated kinasesGrowth regulatory signalsActin cap formationAntigen receptor signalingEgr-1 geneLymphocyte signal transductionN-terminal kinaseAntigen-receptor interactionActin cytoskeletonExchange factorTranscriptional inductionSignal transductionDependent transcriptionProtein kinaseGTPase RacRegulatory signalsNull mutation