Publications
2021
Ibarra-Morales D, Rauer M, Quarato P, Rabbani L, Zenk F, Schulte-Sasse M, Cardamone F, Gomez-Auli A, Cecere G, Iovino N. Histone variant H2A.Z regulates zygotic genome activation. Nature Communications 12, 7002 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27125-7
Nice collaboration with the Iovino Lab. We performed GRO-seq during zygotic genome activation in Drosophila embryos
Cecere G. Small RNAs in epigenetic inheritance: from mechanisms to trait transmission. FEBS Lett. 2021 Oct 20. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.14210. Review.
Rhoades N, Nguyen TS, Witz G, Cecere G, Hammond T, Mazur AK, Gladyshev E. Recombination-independent recognition of DNA homology for meiotic silencing in Neurospora crassa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Aug 17;118(33):e2108664118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2108664118.
A collaboration with Eugene Gladyshev Lab in Pasteur
Singh M, Cornes E, Li B, Quarato P, Bourdon L, Dingli F, Loew D, Proccacia S, Cecere G. Translation and codon usage regulate Argonaute slicer activity to trigger small RNA biogenesis. Nature Communications 12, 3492 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23615-w
Sinha A, Baumgarten S, Distiller A, McHugh E, Chen P, Singh M, Bryant JM, Liang J, Cecere G, Dedon PC, Preiser PR, Ralph SA, Scherf A. Functional Characterization of the m6A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH.2 in the Human Malaria Parasite. mBio. 2021 Apr 27;12(2):e00661-21.
A contribution from Meetali and Germano on ribo-seq to this interesting work from the Scherf lab.
Quarato P, Singh M, Cornes E, Li B, Bourdon L, Mueller F, Didier C, Cecere G. Germline inherited small RNAs clear untranslated maternal mRNAs in C. elegans embryos. Nature Communications 12, 1441 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21691-6
2020
Barucci G, Cornes E, Singh M, Li B, Ugolini M, Samolygo A, Didier C, Dingli F, Loew D, Quarato P, Cecere G. Small-RNA-mediated transgenerational silencing of histone genes impairs fertility in piRNA mutants. Nature Cell Biology, 2020 22, 235–245.
Featured as the issue cover.
2019
Serrat X, Kukhtar D, Cornes E, Esteve-Codina A, Benlloch H, Cecere G, Cerón J. CRISPR editing of sftb-1/SF3B1 in Caenorhabditis elegans allows the identification of synthetic interactions with cancer-related mutations and the chemical inhibition of splicing. PLoS Genetics. 2019 Oct 21;15(10).
Collaborative project with the Ceron Lab.
2014
Cecere, G.* and Grishok, A. RNA Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (RNA-ChIP) in Caenorhabditis elegans. Bio-protocol 2014, 4(24): e1358. http://www.bio-protocol.org/e1358. Abstract Pdf
*corresponding author
Cecere G., Hoersch S., O'Keeffe S., Sachidanandam R., Grishok A. Global effects of the CSR-1 RNA interference pathway on transcriptional landscape. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2014 Apr;21(4):358-65. Abstract Pdf
Comment in Gene expression: RNAi as a global transcriptional activator. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2014.
2013
Cecere G. and Grishok A. A nuclear perspective on RNAi pathways in metazoans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 2013 December 17. Review. Abstract Pdf
Cecere G., Hoersch S, Jensen M.B, Dixit S, Grishok A. The ZFP-1(AF10)/DOT-1 Complex Opposes H2B Ubiquitination to Reduce Pol II Transcription. Molecular Cell. 2013 June 27; 50(5): 894–907. Abstract Pdf
Avgousti D.C., Cecere G., Grishok A. The conserved PHD1-PHD2 domain of ZFP-1/AF10 is a discrete functional module essential for viability in C. elegans. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2013 Mar;33(5):999-1015. Abstract Pdf
2012
Cecere G., Zheng G.X.Y., Mansisidor A.R., Klymko K.E. and Grishok A. Promoters Recognized by Forkhead Proteins Exist for Individual 21U-RNAs. Molecular Cell. 2012 Sep 14; 47(5):734-45. Abstract Pdf
(F1000 Prime Recommendation)
2011
Mansisidor A.R.*, Cecere G.*, Hoersch S., Jensen M.B., Kawli T., Kennedy L.M., Chavez V., Tan M., Lieb J.D. and Grishok A. A Conserved PHD Finger Protein and Endogenous RNAi Modulate Insulin Signaling in C. elegans. PLoS Genetics 7(9):2011. Abstract Pdf
*co-first authors
2009
Cecere G.*, Cogoni C.*. Quelling targets the rDNA locus and functions in rDNA copy number control. BMC Microbiology, 2009 Feb 25;9(1):44. Abstract Pdf
*co-corresponding authors
(Highly accessed articles)
2008
Nolan T.*, Cecere G.*, Mancone C., Alonzi T., Tripodi M., Catalanotto C., Cogoni C. The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase essential for post-transcriptional gene silencing in Neurospora crassa interacts with replication protein A. Nucleic Acids Research, 2008 Feb;36(2):532-8. Epub 2007 Nov 29. Abstract Pdf
*co-first authors
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