Select Publications
Phosphorylation of CENP-A on serine 7 does not control centromere function
Barra, V., G.A. Logsdon, A. Scelfo, S. Hoffman, S. Hervé, A. Aslanian, Y. Nechemia-Arbely, D.W. Cleveland, B.E. Black, and D. Fachinetti. 2019. Phosphorylation of CENP-A on serine 7 does not control centromere function. Nat. Commun., 10:175. [PMID: 30635586]
Chromosomes: keeping centromeric chromatin tidy through S-phase
Dawicki-McKenna, J.M., and B.E. Black*. 2019. Chromosomes: keeping centromeric chromatin tidy through S-phase. Curr. Biol., 29:R35-R37. (*corresponding author) [PMID: 30620916]
Inheritance of CENP-A nucleosomes during DNA replication requires HJURP
Zasadzinska, E., J. Huang, A.O. Bailey, L.Y. Guo, N.S. Lee, S. Srivastava, K.A. Wong, B.T. French, B.E. Black, and D.R. Foltz. 2018. Inheritance of CENP-A nucleosomes during DNA replication requires HJURP. Dev. Cell, 47:348-362. [PMID: 30293838]
Hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to top- and middle-down mass spectrometry reveals histone tail dynamics before and after nucleosome assembly
Karch, K.R., M. Coradin, L. Zandarashvili, Z.Y. Kan, M. Gerace, S.W. Englander, B.E. Black, and B.A. Garcia. 2018. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to top- and middle-down mass spectrometry reveals histone tail dynamics before and after nucleosome assembly. Structure, 26:1651-1663. PMID: 30293810
The new normal of structure/function studies in the era of CRISPR/Cas9
Logsdon, G.A., and B.E. Black*. 2018. The new normal of structure/function studies in the era of CRISPR/Cas9. Biochem. J., 475:1635-1642. (*corresponding author) PMID: 29764955
NAD+ analog reveals PARP-1 substrate-blocking mechanism and allosteric communication from catalytic center to DNA-binding domains
Langelier, M.F., L. Zandarashvili, P.M. Aguiar, B.E. Black*, and J.M. Pascal*. 2018. NAD+ analog reveals PARP-1 substrate-blocking mechanism and allosteric communication from catalytic center to DNA-binding domains. Nat. Commun., 9:844. (*corresponding authors) PMID: 29487285
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of centromere drive
Lampson, M.A.*, and B.E. Black*. 2018. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of centromere drive. Cold Spring Harb. Symp. Quant. Biol., 82:249-257. (*corresponding authors) PMID: 29440567
The scaffolding protein JADE1 physically links the acetyltransferase subunit HBO1 with its histone H3/H4 substrate
Han, J., C. Lachance, M.D. Ricketts, C.E. McCullough, M. Gerace, B.E. Black, J. Côté, R. Marmorstein. 2018. The scaffolding protein JADE1 physically links the acetyltransferase subunit HBO1 with its histone H3/H4 substrate. J. Biol. Chem., 293:4498-4509. PMID: 29382722
Cell biology of cheating—transmission of centromeres and other selfish elements through asymmetric meiosis
Chmátal, L., R.M. Schultz, B.E. Black, and M.A. Lampson. 2017. Cell biology of cheating—transmission of centromeres and other selfish elements through asymmetric meiosis. In Centromeres and kinetochores—discovering the molecular mechanisms underlying chromosome inheritance (Prog. Mol. Subcell. Biol.). B.E. Black, editor. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland. 377-396. PMID: 28840246
Centromere inheritance through the germline
Das, A., E.M. Smoak, R. Linares-Saldana, M.A. Lampson*, and B.E. Black*. 2017. Centromere inheritance through the germline. Chromosoma, online ahead of print. (*corresponding authors) PMID: 28791511