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Robin C. Allshire

Edinburgh
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Centromeres, Heterochromatin, CENP-A, Epigenetic inheritance, Fission Yeast, Fungal Resistance, Trypanosomes. Opinions here are mine.
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Two-factor authentication underpins the precision of the piRNA pathway - Nature

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By Madeleine Dias Mirandela, Ansgar Zoch, Shaun Webb, Rebecca V. Berrens, Devisree Valsakumar, Yuka Kabayama, Tamoghna Chowdhury, Juan Zou, Juri Rappsilber, Robin C. Allshire, Philipp Voigt, Atlanta G Cook
| Nature Verified
Abstract The PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway guides the DNA methylation of young, active transposons during germline development in male mice1. piRNAs tether the PIWI protein MIWI2 (PIWIL4) to the nascent transposon transcript, resulting in DNA methylation through SPOCD1 (refs. 2,3,4,5). Transposon methylation requires great precision: every copy needs to be methylated but off-target methylation must be avoided. However, the underlying mechanisms that ensure this precision remain unknown.
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Direct recruitment of Mis18 to interphase spindle pole bodies promotes CENP-A chromatin assembly

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By Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Robin C. Allshire
| Cell Press Verified
Highlights • Mis18 directly associates with the spindle pole body (SPB) protein Sad1 • Mis18C components are spatially sequestered to SPBs independently of centromeres • Efficient CENP-ACnp1 chromatin establishment requires Mis18-Sad1 association • Sad1 acts in parallel with CENP-CCnp3 to maintain CENP-ACnp1 at centromeres Summary CENP-A chromatin specifies mammalian centromere identity, and its chaperone HJURP replenishes CENP-A when recruited by the Mis18 complex (Mis18C) via M18BP1/KNL2 to...
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Direct recruitment of Mis18 to interphase spindle poles promotes CENP-A chromatin assembly

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By Robin C. Allshire, Christos Spanos, Juri Rappsilber, Bethan Median-Pritchard
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