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6979

Overview

Aaron F. Straight is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The subfields of study Aaron F. Straight contributes to include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cell Biology, Cancer Research, and Aging.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics such as:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Some recent papers by Aaron F. Straight include:

  • Complete genomic and epigenetic maps of human centromeres, 2022, Science
  • From telomere to telomere: The transcriptional and epigenetic state of human repeat elements, 2022, Science
  • DiMeLo-seq: a long-read, single-molecule method for mapping protein-DNA interactions genome wide, 2022, Nature Methods
  • CENP-N promotes the compaction of centromeric chromatin, 2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • From telomere to telomere: the transcriptional and epigenetic state of human repeat elements, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Aaron F. Straight collaborates frequently with other researchers. Some of their common co-authors are Owen K. Smith, Kousik Sundararajan, Nicolas Altemose, Charles Limouse, and Aaron Streets.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science, Nature Communications, Current Biology, and UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • Dissecting Temporal and Spatial Control of Cytokinesis with a Myosin II Inhibitor

    Aaron F. Straight;Amy Cheung;John Limouze;Irene Chen

  • In vivo localization of DNA sequences and visualization of large-scale chromatin organization using lac operator/repressor recognition.

    Carmen C. Robinett;Aaron Straight;Gang Li;Carol Willhelm

  • Divergent signals and cytoskeletal assemblies regulate self-organizing polarity in neutrophils.

    Jingsong Xu;Fei Wang;Alexandra Van Keymeulen;Alexandra Van Keymeulen;Paul Herzmark

  • Interphase chromosomes undergo constrained diffusional motion in living cells.

    W.F Marshall;A Straight;J.F Marko;J Swedlow

  • GFP tagging of budding yeast chromosomes reveals that protein–protein interactions can mediate sister chromatid cohesion

    Aaron F. Straight;Andrew S. Belmont;Carmen C. Robinett;Andrew W. Murray

  • Mitochondrial transmission during mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is determined by mitochondrial fusion and fission and the intramitochondrial segregation of mitochondrial DNA.

    Jodi Nunnari;Wallace F. Marshall;Aaron Straight;Andrew Murray

  • Self- and Actin-Templated Assembly of Mammalian Septins

    Makoto Kinoshita;Christine M. Field;Margaret L. Coughlin;Aaron F. Straight

  • Net1, a Sir2-associated nucleolar protein required for rDNA silencing and nucleolar integrity.

    Aaron F Straight;Wenying Shou;Gustave J Dowd;Christoph W Turck

  • Chromosome and Low Copy Plasmid Segregation in E. coli: Visual Evidence for Distinct Mechanisms

    G.Scott Gordon;Dmitry Sitnikov;Chris D. Webb;Aurelio Teleman

  • Specificity of blebbistatin, an inhibitor of myosin II.

    John Limouze;Aaron F Straight;Timothy J Mitchison;James R Sellers

  • Mitosis in living budding yeast: anaphase A but no metaphase plate.

    Aaron F. Straight;Wallace F. Marshall;John W. Sedat;Andrew W. Murray

  • Bipolar Localization of the Replication Origin Regions of Chromosomes in Vegetative and Sporulating Cells of B. subtilis

    Chris D. Webb;Aurelio Teleman;Scott Gordon;Aaron Straight

  • Dual recognition of CENP-A nucleosomes is required for centromere assembly

    Christopher W. Carroll;Kirstin J. Milks;Aaron F. Straight

  • A Conserved Mechanism for Centromeric Nucleosome Recognition by Centromere Protein CENP-C

    Hidenori Kato;Jiansheng Jiang;Bing Rui Zhou;Marieke Rozendaal

  • Centromere assembly requires the direct recognition of CENP-A nucleosomes by CENP-N

    Christopher W. Carroll;Mariana C.C. Silva;Kristina M. Godek;Lars E.T. Jansen

  • A small-molecule inhibitor of skeletal muscle myosin II.

    A Cheung;J A Dantzig;S Hollingworth;S M Baylor

  • Dynamics of Centromeres during Metaphase–Anaphase Transition in Fission Yeast: Dis1 Is Implicated in Force Balance in Metaphase Bipolar Spindle

    Kentaro Nabeshima;Takashi Nakagawa;Aaron F. Straight;Andrew Murray

  • Anillin Binds Nonmuscle Myosin II and Regulates the Contractile Ring

    Aaron F. Straight;Christine M. Field;Timothy J. Mitchison

  • Time-Lapse Microscopy Reveals Unique Roles for Kinesins during Anaphase in Budding Yeast

    Aaron F. Straight;John W. Sedat;Andrew W. Murray

  • Determining the position of the cell division plane

    Julie C. Canman;Lisa A. Cameron;Paul S. Maddox;Aaron Straight

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy J. Mitchison
Timothy J. Mitchison Harvard University
Andrew W. Murray
Andrew W. Murray Harvard University
Andrew S. Belmont
Andrew S. Belmont University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William J. Greenleaf
William J. Greenleaf Stanford University
Wallace F. Marshall
Wallace F. Marshall University of California, San Francisco
Edward D. Salmon
Edward D. Salmon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John W. Sedat
John W. Sedat University of California, San Francisco
Gary H. Karpen
Gary H. Karpen University of California, Berkeley
Robin C. Allshire
Robin C. Allshire University of Edinburgh
Hideo Mabuchi
Hideo Mabuchi Stanford University

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