Recent Publications


Mechanisms of metabolic adaptation in the duckweed Lemna gibba: an integrated metabolic, transcriptomic and flux analysis
3 Oct 2023 | BMC Plant Biology | 23(1):458
Co-authors: Shi H, Ernst E, Heinzel N, McCorkle S, Rolletschek H, Borisjuk L, Ortleb S, Martienssen RA, Shanklin J, Schwender J

Oncogene-like addiction to aneuploidy in human cancers
25 Aug 2023 | Science | 381(6660):eadg4521
Co-authors: Girish V, Lakhani AA, Thompson SL, Scaduto CM, Brown LM, Hagenson RA, Sausville EL, Mendelson BE, Kandikuppa PK, Lukow DA, Yuan ML, Stevens EC, Lee SN, Schukken KM, Akalu SM, Vasudevan A, Zou C, Salovska B, Li W, Smith JC, Taylor AM, Martienssen RA, Liu Y, Sun R, Sheltzer JM

Chromatin remodeling of histone H3 variants by DDM1 underlies epigenetic inheritance of DNA methylation
24 Aug 2023 | Cell | 186(19):4100-4116.e15
Co-authors:  Lee SC, Adams DW, Ipsaro JJ, Cahn J, Lynn J, Kim H-S, Berube B, Major V, Calarco JP, LeBlanc C, Bhattacharjee S, Ramu U, Grimanelli D, Jacob Y, Voigt P, Joshua-Tor L, Martienssen RA

The genome of the Wollemi pine, a critically endangered “living fossil” unchanged since the Cretaceous, reveals extensive ancient transposon activity
24 Aug 2023 | bioRxiv
Co-authors:  Stevenson DW, Ramakrishnan S, Alves CDS, Coelho LA, Kramer M, Goodwin S, Ramos OM, Eshel G, Sondervan VM, Frangos S, Zumajo-Cardona C, Jenike K, Ou S, Wang X, Lee YP, Loke S, Rossetto M, McPherson H, Nigris S, Moschin S, Little DP, Katari MS, Varala K, Kolokotronis S-O, Ambrose B, Croft LJ, Coruzzi GM, Schatz M, McCombie WR, Martienssen RA

Pseudouridine guides germline small RNA transport and epigenetic inheritance
3 Aug 2023 | bioRxiv
Co-authors:  Herridge RP, Dolata J, Migliori V, de Santis Alves C, Borges F, Van Ex F, Lin A, Bajczyk M, Leonardi T, Hendrick A, Schorn AJ, Kouzarides T, Martienssen RA

Retrotransposon addiction promotes centromere function via epigenetically activated small RNAs
3 Aug 2023
Co-authors:  Shimada A, Cahn J, Ernst E, Lynn J, Grimanelli D, Henderson I, Kakutani T, Martienssen RA

Teosinte Pollen Drive guides maize domestication and evolution by RNAi
3 Aug 2023 | bioRxiv
Co-authors:  Berube B, Ernst E, Cahn J, Roche B, de Santis Alves C, Lynn J, Scheben A, Siepel A, Ross-Ibarra J, Kermicle J, Martienssen RA

Chromatin remodeling of histone H3 variants underlies epigenetic inheritance of DNA methylation
2 Aug 2023 | bioRxiv
Co-authors:  Lee SC, Adams DW, Ipsaro JJ, Cahn J, Lynn J, Kim H-S, Berube B, Major V, Calarco JP, LeBlanc C, Bhattacharjee S, Ramu U, Grimanelli D, Jacob Y, Voigt P, Joshua-Tor L, Martienssen RA

Duckweeds
6 Feb 2023 | Current Biology | 33(3):R89-R91
Co-authors:  Mateo-Elizalde C, Lynn J, Ernst E, Martienssen RA

Oncogene-like addiction to aneuploidy in human cancers
10 Jan 2023 | bioRxiv
Co-authors:  Girish V, Lakhani AA, Scaduto CM, Thompson SL, Brown LM, Hagenson RA, Sausville EL, Mendelson BE, Lukow DA, Yuan ML, Kandikuppa PK, Stevens EC, Lee SN, Salovska B, Li W, Smith JC, Taylor AM, Martienssen RA, Liu Y, Sun R, Sheltzer JM

Engineering Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Duckweed (Lemna japonica)
9 Oct 2022 | Plant Biotechnology Journal
Co-authors:  Liang Y, Yu X, Anaokar S, Shi H, Dahl WB, Cai Y, Luo G, Chai J, Cai Y, Mollá‐Morales A, Altpeter F, Ernst E, Schwender J, Martienssen RA, Shanklin J

AGO104 is a RdDM effector of paramutation at the maize b1 locus
30 Aug 2022 | PLoS One | 17(8):e0273695
Co-authors:  Aubert J, Bellegarde F, Oltehua-Lopez O, Leblanc O, Arteaga-Vazquez MA, Martienssen RA, Grimanelli D, Lukens L (Editor)

Dicer promotes genome stability via the bromodomain transcriptional co-activator BRD4
22 Feb 2021 | Nature Communications | 13(1):1001
Co-authors:  Gutbrod MJ, Roche B, Steinberg JI, Lakhani AA, Chang K, Schorn AJ, Martienssen RA

12 Nov 2021 | Science | 374(6569):eabi7489
Co-authors:  Naish M, Alonge M, Wlodzimierz P, Tock AJ, Abramson BW, Schmücker A, Mandáková T, Jamge B, Lambing C, Kuo P, Yelina N, Hartwick N, Colt K, Smith LM, Ton J, Kakutani T, Martienssen RA, Schneeberger K, Lysak MA, Berger F, Bousios A, Michael TP, Schatz MC, Henderson IR

Regulation of retrotransposition in Arabidopsis.
8 Sep 2021 | Biochemical Society Transactions
Co-authors:  Lee SC, Martienssen RA

Small RNAs guide histone methylation in Arabidopsis embryos
1 Jun 2021 | Genes and Development
Co-authors:  Parent J-S, Cahn J, Herridge RP, Grimanelli D, Martienssen RA

Circadian immunity, sunrise time and the seasonality of respiratory infections.
31 Mar 2021 | medRxiv
Co-authors:  Mo Z, Scheben A, Steinberg J, Siepel A, Martienssen RA

Male fertility in Arabidopsis requires active DNA demethylation of genes that control pollen tube function
18 Jan 2021 |  Nature Communications | 12(1):410
Co-authors:  Khouider S, Borges F, LeBlanc C, Ungru A, Schnittger A, Martienssen R, Colot V, Bouyer D

Phase separation in plant miRNA processing.
Jan 2021  | Nature Cell Biology | 23(1):5-6
Co-authors:  Lee SC, Martienssen RA

Genome and time-of-day transcriptome of Wolffia australiana link morphological minimization with gene loss and less growth control
23 Dec 2020 | Genome Research  | 31(2):225-238
Co-authors:  Michael TP, Ernst E, Hartwick N, Chu P, Bryant D, Gilbert S, Ortleb S, Baggs EL, Sree KS, Appenroth KJ, Fuchs J, Jupe F, Sandoval JP, Krasileva KV, Borisjuk L, Mockler TC, Ecker JR, Martienssen RA, Lam E

Loss of Small-RNA-Directed DNA Methylation in the Plant Cell Cycle Promotes Germline Reprogramming and Somaclonal Variation
27 Nov 2020 | Curr Biol | 31(3):591-600
Co-authors:  Borges F, Donoghue MTA, LeBlanc C, Wear EE, Tanurdžić M, Berube B, Brooks A, Thompson WF, Hanley-Bowdoin L, Martienssen RA

Comparing DNA replication programs reveals large timing shifts at centromeres of endocycling cells in maize roots.
Oct 2020 | PLoS Genetics | 16(10):e1008623
Co-authors:  Wear EE, Song J, Zynda GJ, Mickelson-Young L, LeBlanc C, Lee T-J, Deppong DO, Allen GC, Martienssen RA, Vaughn MW, Hanley-Bowdoin L, Thompson WF

Small RNA Function in Plants: From Chromatin to the Next Generation
9 Jun 2020 | Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology
Co-authors:  Parent JS, Borges F, Shimada A, Martienssen RA

Targeted reprogramming of H3K27me3 resets epigenetic memory in plant paternal chromatin
Jun 2020 | Nature Cell Biology | 22(6):621Nature
Co-authors:  Borg M, Jacob Y, Susaki D, LeBlanc C, Buendia D, Axelsson E, Kawashima T, Voigt P, Boavida LC, Becker JD, Higashiyama T, Martienssen RA, Berger F

Conserved chromosomal functions of RNA interference
May 2020 | Nat Rev Genet | 21(5):311-331
Co-authors:  Gutbrod MJ, Martienssen RA

Arabidopsis Retrotransposon Virus-Like Particles and Their Regulation by Epigenetically Activated Small RNA
17 Apr 2020 | Genome Research | 30(4):576-588
Co-authors:  Lee SC, Ernst E, Berube B, Borges F, Parent JS, Ledon P, Schorn A, Martienssen RA

Polymerase IV Plays a Crucial Role in Pollen Development in Capsella.
Apr 2020 | The Plant Cell | 32(4):950-966
Co-authors:  Wang Z, Butel N, Santos-González J, Borges F, Yi J, Martienssen RA, Martinez G, Köhler C

Management, Analyses, and Distribution of the MaizeCODE Data on the Cloud
31 Mar 2020 | Frontiers in Plant Science | 11(289)
Co-authors:  Wang L, Lu Z, Delabastide M, Van Buren P, Wang X, Ghiban C, Regulski M, Drenkow J, Xu X, Ortiz-Ramirez C, Marco CF, Goodwin S, Dobin A, Birnbaum KD, Jackson DP, Martienssen RA, McCombie WR, Micklos DA, Schatz MC, Ware DH, Gingeras TR

Arabidopsis DNA Replication Initiates in Intergenic, AT-rich Open Chromatin
23 Mar 2020 | Plant Physiology
Co-authors:  Wheeler E, Brooks AM, Concia L, Vera D, Wear EE, LeBlanc C, Ramu U, Vaughn MW, Bass H, Martienssen RA, Thompson WF, Hanley-Bowdoin L

Management, Analyses, and Distribution of the MaizeCODE Data on the Cloud
23 Nov 2019 | BioRxiv
Co-authors:  Wang L, Lu Z, delaBastide M, Van Buren P, Wang X, Ghiban C, Regulski M, Drenkow J, Xu X, Ortiz-Ramirez C, Fernandez-Marco C, Goodwin S, Dobin A, Birnbaum K, Jackson D, Martienssen R, McCombie W, Micklos D, Schatz M, Ware D, Gingeras T

RNA-induced initiation of transcriptional silencing (RITS) complex structure and function
18 Jun 2019 | RNA Biol | 16(9):1133-1146
Co-authors:  Bhattacharjee S, Roche B, Martienssen RA

Getting in LINE with Replication
2 May 2019 | Molecular Cell  | 74(3):415-417
Co-authors:  Schorn AJ, Martienssen RA

Tie-Break: Host and Retrotransposons Play tRNA
Oct 2018  | Trends in Cell Biology | 28(10):793-806
Co-authors:  Schorn AJ, Martienssen RA

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