2018
MRTFA augments megakaryocyte maturation by enhancing the SRF regulatory axis
Rahman NT, Schulz VP, Wang L, Gallagher PG, Denisenko O, Gualdrini F, Esnault C, Krause DS. MRTFA augments megakaryocyte maturation by enhancing the SRF regulatory axis. Blood Advances 2018, 2: 2691-2703. PMID: 30337297, PMCID: PMC6199649, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018019448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum response factorHEL cellsTarget genesBinding of SRFMegakaryocyte maturationActivity of SRFSRF target genesUpregulated target genesMyocardin family proteinsTernary complex factor familyTransformation-specific proteinsPrimary hematopoietic cellsHuman erythroleukemia cell lineErythroleukemia cell lineCArG sitesPrimary human CD34Genomic sitesGenomic regionsChromatin immunoprecipitationETS factorsTranscription factorsHuman megakaryopoiesisGenomic associationsMRTFAFactor family
2006
Alternative Splicing within Exon 1 of the KCl Cotransporter-3 (KCC3) Gene Results in Novel Transcripts in Erythroid Cells.
Joiner C, Crable S, Gallagher P. Alternative Splicing within Exon 1 of the KCl Cotransporter-3 (KCC3) Gene Results in Novel Transcripts in Erythroid Cells. Blood 2006, 108: 1564. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v108.11.1564.1564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUntranslated sequenceNovel transcriptsInitiator methionineErythroid cellsAlternative splicingPromoter activityExon 1Cell RNATerminal truncationPotential phosphorylation sitesMajor splicing isoformsErythroid K562 cellsPrimer extension analysisTranslation initiation siteVolume regulationNegative regulatory elementKCl cotransporterLuciferase promoter constructsBone marrow RNAEST databaseTranscriptional controlGenomic regionsPhosphorylation sitesSplicing isoformsDifferent transcripts
2005
Genomic Organization, Chromatin Structure, and Transcriptional Regulation of the Murine Alpha Hemoglobin Stabilizing Protein (AHSP) Gene.
Dore L, Vakoc C, Blobel G, Hardison R, Bodine D, Gallagher P, Weiss M. Genomic Organization, Chromatin Structure, and Transcriptional Regulation of the Murine Alpha Hemoglobin Stabilizing Protein (AHSP) Gene. Blood 2005, 106: 3633. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v106.11.3633.3633.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGATA-1AHSP geneChromatin structureHistone H3 lysine 4Alpha-Hemoglobin Stabilizing ProteinDNase I hypersensitive sitesGene regulatory domainsH3 lysine 4Kb genomic regionTerminal erythroid maturationGATA-1 bindingErythroid-specific expressionTransient transfection assaysInitial functional studiesAHSP promoterSyntenic blocksCandidate modifier genesGenomic organizationLysine 4Erythroid proteinGene regulationStabilizing ProteinTranscriptional regulationAdjacent genesGenomic regions