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differences in mammals Authors (2)Daniel SnellJames Turner Current Biology Published 19 November 2018 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details SETDB1 links the meiotic DNA damage response to sex chromosome silencing in mice Authors (11)Takayuki Hirota Paul Blakeley Mahesh N SangrithiShantha Mahadevaiah Vesela EnchevaBram SnijdersElias Elinati Obah A Ojarikre Dirk G de RooijKathy NiakanJames Turner Developmental Cell Published 3 December 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerKathy NiakanProteomicsLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details ATR is a multifunctional regulator of male mouse meiosis Authors (16) Alexander WidgerShantha Mahadevaiah Julian LangeElias ElinatiJasmin ZohrenTakayuki Hirota[...] Dirk G de Rooij Attila Tóth Ignasi Roig Scott KeeneyJames Turner Nature Communications Published 5 July 2018 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details Mammalian X chromosome dosage compensation: Perspectives from the germ line Authors (2) Mahesh N SangrithiJames Turner BioEssays Published 1 June 2018 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details DNA damage response protein TOPBP1 regulates X chromosome silencing in the mammalian germ line Authors (8)Elias Elinati Helen R RussellAndrew Ojarikre Mahesh SangrithiTakayuki Hirota Dirk G de Rooij Peter J McKinnonJames Turner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 21 November 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details DNA damage induces a kinetochore-based ATM/ATR-independent SAC arrest unique to the first meiotic division in mouse oocytes Authors (8) Simon IR Lane Stephanie L Morgan Tianyu Wu Josie K Collins Julie A MerrimanElias ElinatiJames Turner Keith T Jones Development Published 3 October 2017 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details Fertile offspring from sterile sex chromosome trisomic mice Authors (7)Takayuki Hirota Hiroshi OhtaBenjamin PowellShantha MahadevaiahAndrew Ojarikre Mitinori SaitouJames Turner Science Published 1 September 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details Genome editing reveals a role for OCT4 in human embryogenesis Authors (18)Norah FogartyAfshan Mccarthy Kirsten E SnijdersBenjamin Powell Nada Kubikova Paul Blakeley[...] Dagan Wells Ludovic Vallier Alessandro BerteroJames TurnerKathy Niakan Nature Published 5 October 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerKathy NiakanBioinformatics and BiostatisticsLight MicroscopyHigh Throughput ScreeningBiological Research FacilityFull details Non-canonical and sexually dimorphic X dosage compensation states in the mouse and human germline Authors (9) Mahesh N Sangrithi Helene RoyoShantha MahadevaiahAndrew Ojarikre Leena Bhaw Abdul Sesay Antoine HFM Peters Michael StadlerJames Turner Developmental Cell Published 6 February 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerAdvanced SequencingFull details Zfy genes are required for efficient meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI) in spermatocytes Authors (5) Nadège VernetShantha Mahadevaiah Dirk G de Rooij Paul S Burgoyne Peter JI Ellis Human Molecular Genetics Published 13 October 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerWorldwide Influenza CentreBiological Research FacilityFull details Mouse Y-encoded transcription factor Zfy2 is essential for sperm head remodelling and sperm tail development Authors (7) Nadege VernetShantha Mahadevaiah Fanny Decarpentrie Guy Longepied Dirk G de Rooij Paul S Burgoyne Michael J Mitchell PLOS ONE Published 14 June 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerWorldwide Influenza CentreGenetic Modification ServiceExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details Mammalian meiotic silencing exhibits sexually dimorphic features Authors (5) JM CloutierShantha MahadevaiahElias Elinati A Tóth James Turner Chromosoma Published 1 June 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerBiological Research FacilityFull details Meiotic silencing in mammals Authors (1)James Turner Annual Review of Genetics Published 23 November 2015 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details Histone H2AFX links meiotic chromosome asynapsis to prophase I oocyte loss in mammals Authors (6) Jeffrey M CloutierShantha MahadevaiahElias Elinati André Nussenzweig Attila TóthJames Turner PLOS Genetics Published 28 October 2015 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerBiological Research FacilityFull details Silencing of X-linked microRNAs by meiotic sex chromosome inactivation Authors (6) Hélène Royo Hervé SeitzElias Elinati Antoine HFM Peters Michael B StadlerJames Turner PLOS Genetics Published 28 October 2015 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerGenetic Modification ServiceBiological Research FacilityFull details Enhancer evolution across 20 mammalian species Authors (15) Diego Villar Camille Berthelot Sarah Aldridge Tim F Rayner Margus Lukk Miguel Pignatelli[...]James Turner Mads F Bertelsen Elizabeth P Murchison Paul Flicek Duncan T Odom Cell Published 29 January 2015 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details Biological mechanisms associated with increased perseveration and hyperactivity in a genetic mouse model of neurodevelopmental disorder Authors (8) S Trent R Dean B Veit T Cassano G Bedse OA Ojarikre T Humby W Davies Psychoneuroendocrinology Published 1 August 2013 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details ATR acts stage specifically to regulate multiple aspects of mammalian meiotic silencing Authors (13) Hélène Royo Haydn Prosser Yaroslava RuzankinaShantha Mahadevaiah Jeffrey M Cloutier Marek Baumann[...] Attila Tóth Dirk G de Rooij Allan Bradley Eric J BrownJames Turner Genes & Development Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details The RNase III enzyme DROSHA is essential for microRNA production and spermatogenesis Authors (11) Qiuxia Wu Rui Song Nicole Ortogero Huili Zheng Ryan Evanoff Chris L Small Michael D Griswold Satoshi H Namekawa Helene RoyoJames Turner Wei Yan Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 4 June 2012 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details Meiotic DNA double-strand breaks and chromosome asynapsis in mice are monitored by distinct HORMAD2-independent and -dependent mechanisms Authors (11) Lukasz Wojtasz Jeffrey M Cloutier Marek Baumann Katrin Daniel János Varga Jun Fu Konstantinos Anastassiadis A Francis Stewart Attila ReményiJames Turner Attila Tóth Genes & Development Published 1 May 2012 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Sex chromosome effects on male-female differences in mammals Authors (2)Daniel SnellJames Turner Current Biology Published 19 November 2018 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details
SETDB1 links the meiotic DNA damage response to sex chromosome silencing in mice Authors (11)Takayuki Hirota Paul Blakeley Mahesh N SangrithiShantha Mahadevaiah Vesela EnchevaBram SnijdersElias Elinati Obah A Ojarikre Dirk G de RooijKathy NiakanJames Turner Developmental Cell Published 3 December 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerKathy NiakanProteomicsLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
ATR is a multifunctional regulator of male mouse meiosis Authors (16) Alexander WidgerShantha Mahadevaiah Julian LangeElias ElinatiJasmin ZohrenTakayuki Hirota[...] Dirk G de Rooij Attila Tóth Ignasi Roig Scott KeeneyJames Turner Nature Communications Published 5 July 2018 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details
Mammalian X chromosome dosage compensation: Perspectives from the germ line Authors (2) Mahesh N SangrithiJames Turner BioEssays Published 1 June 2018 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details
DNA damage response protein TOPBP1 regulates X chromosome silencing in the mammalian germ line Authors (8)Elias Elinati Helen R RussellAndrew Ojarikre Mahesh SangrithiTakayuki Hirota Dirk G de Rooij Peter J McKinnonJames Turner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 21 November 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details
DNA damage induces a kinetochore-based ATM/ATR-independent SAC arrest unique to the first meiotic division in mouse oocytes Authors (8) Simon IR Lane Stephanie L Morgan Tianyu Wu Josie K Collins Julie A MerrimanElias ElinatiJames Turner Keith T Jones Development Published 3 October 2017 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details
Fertile offspring from sterile sex chromosome trisomic mice Authors (7)Takayuki Hirota Hiroshi OhtaBenjamin PowellShantha MahadevaiahAndrew Ojarikre Mitinori SaitouJames Turner Science Published 1 September 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details
Genome editing reveals a role for OCT4 in human embryogenesis Authors (18)Norah FogartyAfshan Mccarthy Kirsten E SnijdersBenjamin Powell Nada Kubikova Paul Blakeley[...] Dagan Wells Ludovic Vallier Alessandro BerteroJames TurnerKathy Niakan Nature Published 5 October 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerKathy NiakanBioinformatics and BiostatisticsLight MicroscopyHigh Throughput ScreeningBiological Research FacilityFull details
Non-canonical and sexually dimorphic X dosage compensation states in the mouse and human germline Authors (9) Mahesh N Sangrithi Helene RoyoShantha MahadevaiahAndrew Ojarikre Leena Bhaw Abdul Sesay Antoine HFM Peters Michael StadlerJames Turner Developmental Cell Published 6 February 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerAdvanced SequencingFull details
Zfy genes are required for efficient meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI) in spermatocytes Authors (5) Nadège VernetShantha Mahadevaiah Dirk G de Rooij Paul S Burgoyne Peter JI Ellis Human Molecular Genetics Published 13 October 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerWorldwide Influenza CentreBiological Research FacilityFull details
Mouse Y-encoded transcription factor Zfy2 is essential for sperm head remodelling and sperm tail development Authors (7) Nadege VernetShantha Mahadevaiah Fanny Decarpentrie Guy Longepied Dirk G de Rooij Paul S Burgoyne Michael J Mitchell PLOS ONE Published 14 June 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerWorldwide Influenza CentreGenetic Modification ServiceExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details
Mammalian meiotic silencing exhibits sexually dimorphic features Authors (5) JM CloutierShantha MahadevaiahElias Elinati A Tóth James Turner Chromosoma Published 1 June 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerBiological Research FacilityFull details
Meiotic silencing in mammals Authors (1)James Turner Annual Review of Genetics Published 23 November 2015 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details
Histone H2AFX links meiotic chromosome asynapsis to prophase I oocyte loss in mammals Authors (6) Jeffrey M CloutierShantha MahadevaiahElias Elinati André Nussenzweig Attila TóthJames Turner PLOS Genetics Published 28 October 2015 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerBiological Research FacilityFull details
Silencing of X-linked microRNAs by meiotic sex chromosome inactivation Authors (6) Hélène Royo Hervé SeitzElias Elinati Antoine HFM Peters Michael B StadlerJames Turner PLOS Genetics Published 28 October 2015 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerGenetic Modification ServiceBiological Research FacilityFull details
Enhancer evolution across 20 mammalian species Authors (15) Diego Villar Camille Berthelot Sarah Aldridge Tim F Rayner Margus Lukk Miguel Pignatelli[...]James Turner Mads F Bertelsen Elizabeth P Murchison Paul Flicek Duncan T Odom Cell Published 29 January 2015 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details
Biological mechanisms associated with increased perseveration and hyperactivity in a genetic mouse model of neurodevelopmental disorder Authors (8) S Trent R Dean B Veit T Cassano G Bedse OA Ojarikre T Humby W Davies Psychoneuroendocrinology Published 1 August 2013 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details
ATR acts stage specifically to regulate multiple aspects of mammalian meiotic silencing Authors (13) Hélène Royo Haydn Prosser Yaroslava RuzankinaShantha Mahadevaiah Jeffrey M Cloutier Marek Baumann[...] Attila Tóth Dirk G de Rooij Allan Bradley Eric J BrownJames Turner Genes & Development Published 1 January 2013 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details
The RNase III enzyme DROSHA is essential for microRNA production and spermatogenesis Authors (11) Qiuxia Wu Rui Song Nicole Ortogero Huili Zheng Ryan Evanoff Chris L Small Michael D Griswold Satoshi H Namekawa Helene RoyoJames Turner Wei Yan Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 4 June 2012 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details
Meiotic DNA double-strand breaks and chromosome asynapsis in mice are monitored by distinct HORMAD2-independent and -dependent mechanisms Authors (11) Lukasz Wojtasz Jeffrey M Cloutier Marek Baumann Katrin Daniel János Varga Jun Fu Konstantinos Anastassiadis A Francis Stewart Attila ReményiJames Turner Attila Tóth Genes & Development Published 1 May 2012 Crick labsJames TurnerFull details