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Selene K. Swanson is affiliated with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in the United States. Their research contributions primarily fall under the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Immunology, Plant Science, and Parasitology.

The scientist's body of work spans various topics, including RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, polyomavirus and related diseases, vector-borne infectious diseases, streptococcal infections and treatments, and metabolism, diabetes, and cancer.

Some of the recent publications by Selene K. Swanson include:

  • Merkel cell polyomavirus activates LSD1-mediated blockade of non-canonical BAF to regulate transformation and tumorigenesis, 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • Dynamic regulation and requirement for ribosomal RNA transcription during mammalian development, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A Borrelia burgdorferi LptD homolog is required for flipping of surface lipoproteins through the spirochetal outer membrane, 2023, Molecular Microbiology
  • Yeast Nuak1 phosphorylates histone H3 threonine 11 in low glucose stress by the cooperation of AMPK and CK2 signaling, 2020, eLife
  • Dynamic regulation and requirement for ribosomal RNA transcription during mammalian development, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Swanson include Laurence Florens, Michael P. Washburn, Jerry L. Workman, Dai Tsuchiya, and Jay R. Unruh. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications across various topics related to their research specialties.

The scientist's work has appeared in frequently used publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Cell Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Microbiology, and eLife, indicating a diverse range of outlets for their research dissemination.

Best Publications

  • Histone H3 methylation by Set2 directs deacetylation of coding regions by Rpd3S to suppress spurious intragenic transcription.

    Michael J. Carrozza;Bing Li;Laurence Florens;Tamaki Suganuma

  • Vpx relieves inhibition of HIV-1 infection of macrophages mediated by the SAMHD1 protein

    Kasia Hrecka;Caili Hao;Magda Gierszewska;Selene K. Swanson

  • Acetylation by Tip60 Is Required for Selective Histone Variant Exchange at DNA Lesions

    Thomas Kusch;Laurence Florens;W. Hayes MacDonald;Selene K. Swanson

  • Histone Crosstalk between H2B Monoubiquitination and H3 Methylation Mediated by COMPASS

    Jung Shin Lee;Abhijit Shukla;Jessica Schneider;Selene K. Swanson

  • Evolutionarily Conserved Multisubunit RBL2/p130 and E2F4 Protein Complex Represses Human Cell Cycle-Dependent Genes in Quiescence

    Larisa Litovchick;Subhashini Sadasivam;Laurence Florens;Xiaopeng Zhu

  • Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation directs recruitment and activation of an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler.

    Aaron J. Gottschalk;Gyula Timinszky;Stephanie E. Kong;Jingji Jin

  • Analyzing chromatin remodeling complexes using shotgun proteomics and normalized spectral abundance factors

    Laurence Florens;Michael J Carozza;Selene K Swanson;Marjorie Fournier

  • Proteasome recruitment and activation of the Uch37 deubiquitinating enzyme by Adrm1

    Tingting Yao;Ling Song;Wei Xu;George N. DeMartino

  • Human Mediator Subunit Med26 Functions As A Docking Site For Transcription Elongation Factors

    Hidehisa Takahashi;Tari J. Parmely;Shigeo Sato;Chieri Tomomori-Sato

  • A Set of Consensus Mammalian Mediator Subunits Identified by Multidimensional Protein Identification Technology

    Shigeo Sato;Chieri Tomomori-Sato;Tari J Parmely;Laurence Florens

  • Molecular regulation of histone H3 trimethylation by COMPASS and the regulation of gene expression.

    Jessica Schneider;Adam Wood;Jung Shin Lee;Rebecca Schuster

  • DYRK1A protein kinase promotes quiescence and senescence through DREAM complex assembly

    Larisa Litovchick;Laurence A. Florens;Selene K. Swanson;Michael P. Washburn

  • A mammalian chromatin remodeling complex with similarities to the yeast INO80 complex.

    Jingji Jin;Yong Cai;Tingting Yao;Aaron J. Gottschalk;Aaron J. Gottschalk

  • Purification of a human SRCAP complex that remodels chromatin by incorporating the histone variant H2A.Z into nucleosomes.

    Donald D. Ruhl;Jingji Jin;Yong Cai;Selene Swanson

  • Lentiviral Vpr usurps Cul4–DDB1[VprBP] E3 ubiquitin ligase to modulate cell cycle

    Kasia Hrecka;Magdalena Gierszewska;Smita Srivastava;Lukasz Kozaczkiewicz

  • Scm3 Is Essential to Recruit the Histone H3 Variant Cse4 to Centromeres and to Maintain a Functional Kinetochore

    Raymond Camahort;Bing Li;Laurence Florens;Selene K. Swanson

  • Probabilistic assembly of human protein interaction networks from label-free quantitative proteomics.

    Mihaela E. Sardiu;Yong Cai;Jingji Jin;Selene K. Swanson

  • The Mammalian YL1 Protein Is a Shared Subunit of the TRRAP/TIP60 Histone Acetyltransferase and SRCAP Complexes

    Yong Cai;Jingji Jin;Laurence Florens;Selene K. Swanson

  • Lentiviral Vpx accessory factor targets VprBP/DCAF1 substrate adaptor for cullin 4 E3 ubiquitin ligase to enable macrophage infection

    Smita Srivastava;Selene K. Swanson;Nicolas Manel;Laurence Florens

  • Subunit Composition and Substrate Specificity of a MOF-containing Histone Acetyltransferase Distinct from the Male-specific Lethal (MSL) Complex *

    Yong Cai;Jingji Jin;Selene K. Swanson;Michael D. Cole

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Washburn
Michael P. Washburn University of Kansas
Laurence Florens
Laurence Florens Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Jerry L. Workman
Jerry L. Workman Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Joan Weliky Conaway
Joan Weliky Conaway The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ronald C. Conaway
Ronald C. Conaway The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Susan M. Abmayr
Susan M. Abmayr Stowers Institute for Medical Research
James A. DeCaprio
James A. DeCaprio Harvard University
Ali Shilatifard
Ali Shilatifard Northwestern University
Arcady Mushegian
Arcady Mushegian National Science Foundation
Jacek Skowronski
Jacek Skowronski Case Western Reserve University

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