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Tatyana B. Nesterova

Tatyana B. Nesterova

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
41
Citations
10108
World Ranking
3047
National Ranking
236

Overview

Tatyana B. Nesterova is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a total of 35 publications. Within these, their work is especially concentrated in molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, ecology, and plant science.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA research and splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering

Nesterova has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers, with notable publications including:

  • Time-resolved structured illumination microscopy reveals key principles of Xist RNA spreading, 2021, Science
  • The role of the Xist 5' m6A region and RBM15 in X chromosome inactivation, 2020, Wellcome Open Research
  • Xist-mediated silencing requires additive functions of SPEN and Polycomb together with differentiation-dependent recruitment of SmcHD1, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Time-resolved structured illumination microscopy reveals key principles of Xist RNA spreading, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Xist Repeats B and C, but not Repeat A, mediate de novo recruitment of the Polycomb system in X chromosome inactivation, 2021, Developmental Cell

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Nesterova include:

  • Neil Brockdorff
  • Guifeng Wei
  • Heather Coker
  • Joseph S. Bowness
  • Lisa Rodermund

Nesterova's research has been published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Cell Reports
  • EMBO Reports

Best Publications

  • Polycomb Group Proteins Ring1A/B Link Ubiquitylation of Histone H2A to Heritable Gene Silencing and X Inactivation

    Mariana de Napoles;Jacqueline E. Mermoud;Rika Wakao;Y.Amy Tang

  • Cohesins Functionally Associate with CTCF on Mammalian Chromosome Arms

    Vania Parelho;Suzana Hadjur;Mikhail Spivakov;Marion Leleu

  • Establishment of Histone H3 Methylation on the Inactive X Chromosome Requires Transient Recruitment of Eed-Enx1 Polycomb Group Complexes

    Jose Silva;Winifred Mak;Ilona Zvetkova;Ruth Appanah

  • T cell lineage choice and differentiation in the absence of the RNase III enzyme Dicer.

    Bradley S Cobb;Tatyana Nesterova;Elizabeth A. Thompson;Arnulf Hertweck

  • Reactivation of the Paternal X Chromosome in Early Mouse Embryos

    Winifred Mak;Tatyana B. Nesterova;Mariana de Napoles;Ruth Appanah

  • Stabilization of Xist RNA Mediates Initiation of X Chromosome Inactivation

    Steven A Sheardown;Sarah M Duthie;Colette M Johnston;Alistair E.T Newall

  • hnRNPK Recruits PCGF3/5-PRC1 to the Xist RNA B-Repeat to Establish Polycomb-Mediated Chromosomal Silencing.

    Greta Pintacuda;Guifeng Wei;Chloë Roustan;Burcu Anil Kirmizitas

  • A Pooled shRNA Screen Identifies Rbm15, Spen, and Wtap as Factors Required for Xist RNA-Mediated Silencing

    Benoit Moindrot;Andrea Cerase;Heather Coker;Osamu Masui

  • PCGF3/5–PRC1 initiates Polycomb recruitment in X chromosome inactivation

    Mafalda Almeida;Greta Pintacuda;Osamu Masui;Yoko Koseki

  • Characterization of the Genomic Xist Locus in Rodents Reveals Conservation of Overall Gene Structure and Tandem Repeats but Rapid Evolution of Unique Sequence

    Tatyana B. Nesterova;Sergey Ya. Slobodyanyuk;Eugene A. Elisaphenko;Alexander I. Shevchenko

  • Jarid2 binds mono-ubiquitylated H2A lysine 119 to mediate crosstalk between Polycomb complexes PRC1 and PRC2.

    Sarah Cooper;Anne Grijzenhout;Elizabeth Underwood;Katia Ancelin

  • Impairment of DNA Methylation Maintenance Is the Main Cause of Global Demethylation in Naive Embryonic Stem Cells

    Ferdinand von Meyenn;Mario Iurlaro;Ehsan Habibi;Ning Qing Liu

  • Xist RNA exhibits a banded localization on the inactive X chromosome and is excluded from autosomal material in cis.

    Sarah M. Duthie;Tatyana B. Nesterova;Tatyana B. Nesterova;Emma J. Formstone;Ann M. Keohane

  • A Dual Origin of the Xist Gene from a Protein-Coding Gene and a Set of Transposable Elements

    Eugeny A. Elisaphenko;Nikolay N. Kolesnikov;Alexander I. Shevchenko;Igor B. Rogozin;Igor B. Rogozin

  • Tenth International Workshop on Human Gene Mapping

    J.D. Tucker;M.L. Christensen;Av. Carrano;H.P. Wang

  • The nuclear matrix protein CIZ1 facilitates localization of Xist RNA to the inactive X-chromosome territory.

    Rebeca Ridings-Figueroa;Emma R. Stewart;Tatyana B. Nesterova;Heather Coker

  • Epigenetic functions of smchd1 repress gene clusters on the inactive x chromosome and on autosomes

    Anne Valerie Gendrel;Anne Valerie Gendrel;Y. Amy Tang;Y. Amy Tang;Masako Suzuki;Jonathan Godwin

  • Early loss of Xist RNA expression and inactive X chromosome associated chromatin modification in developing primordial germ cells.

    Mariana de Napoles;Tatyana Nesterova;Neil Brockdorff

  • Systematic allelic analysis defines the interplay of key pathways in X chromosome inactivation.

    Tatyana B. Nesterova;Guifeng Wei;Heather Coker;Greta Pintacuda;Greta Pintacuda

  • Spatial separation of Xist RNA and polycomb proteins revealed by superresolution microscopy

    Andrea Cerase;Daniel Smeets;Y. Amy Tang;Michal Gdula

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil Brockdorff
Neil Brockdorff University of Oxford
Igor B. Rogozin
Igor B. Rogozin National Institutes of Health
Matthias Merkenschlager
Matthias Merkenschlager Imperial College London
Lothar Schermelleh
Lothar Schermelleh University of Oxford
Amanda G. Fisher
Amanda G. Fisher University of Oxford
Edith Heard
Edith Heard Collège de France
Wolf Reik
Wolf Reik Babraham Institute
Arie P. Otte
Arie P. Otte University of Amsterdam
Matthew J.A. Wood
Matthew J.A. Wood University of Oxford
John L. VandeBerg
John L. VandeBerg The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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