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Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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Albany Medical Center Hospital - (Albany, New York, United States)

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Albany Medical Center Hospital - (Albany, New York, United States)

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Wadsworth Center - (Albany, New York, United States)

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The requirements for COMPASS and Paf1 in transcriptional silencing and methylation of histone H3 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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Spontaneous shuffling of domains between introns of phage T4.

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Evidence that Set1, a factor required for methylation of histone H3, regulates rDNA silencing in S. cerevisiae by a Sir2-independent mechanism.

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Calorie restriction effects on silencing and recombination at the yeast rDNA.

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The td intron endonuclease I-TevI makes extensive sequence-tolerant contacts across the minor groove of its DNA target.

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Intron-encoded endonuclease I-TevI binds as a monomer to effect sequential cleavage via conformational changes in the td homing site.

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I-TEVI, THE ENDONUCLEASE ENCODED BY THE MOBILE TD INTRON, RECOGNIZES BINDING AND CLEAVAGE DOMAINS ON ITS DNA TARGET

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Correction: Diverse and dynamic forms of gene regulation by the S. cerevisiae histone methyltransferase Set1.

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Linker histone H1 represses recombination at the ribosomal DNA locus in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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Isw2 regulates gene silencing at the ribosomal DNA locus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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Sir2 represses endogenous polymerase II transcription units in the ribosomal DNA nontranscribed spacer.

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American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

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Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation is mediated by Set1 and required for cell growth and rDNA silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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The td intron endonuclease I-TevI makes extensive sequence-tolerant contacts across the minor groove of its DNA target.

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Histone 3 lysine 4 monomethylation supports activation of transcription in S. cerevisiae during nutrient stress.

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Insights into Transcriptional Regulation by Individual H3K4 Methylation Marks in S. Cerevisiae

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Agricultural graduate inclusive excellence leadership community: Developing graduate students for life and career success.

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Transcriptional silencing of Ty1 elements in the RDN1 locus of yeast.

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Diverse and dynamic forms of gene regulation by the S. cerevisiae histone methyltransferase Set1.

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The Sgs1 helicase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae inhibits retrotransposition of Ty1 multimeric arrays.

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Selection of a remote cleavage site by I-tevI, the td intron-encoded endonuclease.

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Correction: An Increase in Mitochondrial DNA Promotes Nuclear DNA Replication in Yeast

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Leading a mentoring culture at a research-intensive university: The pilot program report

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Isw1 acts independently of the Isw1a and Isw1b complexes in regulating transcriptional silencing at the ribosomal DNA locus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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An increase in mitochondrial DNA promotes nuclear DNA replication in yeast.

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Catalytic and functional roles of conserved amino acids in the SET domain of the S. cerevisiae lysine methyltransferase Set1.

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REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Program In Biochemistry

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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REU Site - Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Biochemistry

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Directorate for Biological Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Biochemistry

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Studies to understand the formation and function of chromatin in highly repeated DNA sequences in eukaryotes.

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Biochemistry & Biophysics; 2128 TAMU

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Williamson, Kelly M. (2012-07). The Role of Chromatin Structure and Histone Modifications in Gene Silencing at the Ribosomal DNA Locus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Li, Chonghua (2009-05). The role of histones and histone modifying enzymes in ribosomal dna silencing in saccharomyces cerevisiae. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Huning, Laura Elizabeth (2020-08). Transcriptional Activation of Eukaryotic Promoters via Zinc Finger Protein 143. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Jordan, Rachel Alison (2015-12). Epigenetic Regulation of Silent Chromatin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Leehy, Katherine (2013-07). Dissection of the telomere complex CST in Arabidopsis thaliana. Doctoral Dissertation.