2022
The histone H3.1 variant regulates TONSOKU-mediated DNA repair during replication
Davarinejad H, Huang YC, Mermaz B, LeBlanc C, Poulet A, Thomson G, Joly V, Muñoz M, Arvanitis-Vigneault A, Valsakumar D, Villarino G, Ross A, Rotstein BH, Alarcon EI, Brunzelle JS, Voigt P, Dong J, Couture JF, Jacob Y. The histone H3.1 variant regulates TONSOKU-mediated DNA repair during replication. Science 2022, 375: 1281-1286. PMID: 35298257, PMCID: PMC9153895, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm5320.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTetratricopeptide repeat domainDNA polymerase thetaMulticellular eukaryotesHistone H3.1Replication forksChromatin maturationRepeat domainDNA repairGenomic instabilityPolymerase thetaPosition 31Amino acidsH3.1PlantsReplicationEukaryotesH3.3HistonesMonomethylationVariantsCommon strategyForkResiduesMaturationFunction
2017
Increased efficiency of targeted mutagenesis by CRISPR/Cas9 in plants using heat stress
LeBlanc C, Zhang F, Mendez J, Lozano Y, Chatpar K, Irish V, Jacob Y. Increased efficiency of targeted mutagenesis by CRISPR/Cas9 in plants using heat stress. The Plant Journal 2017, 93: 377-386. PMID: 29161464, DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCRISPR/Green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter geneCRISPR/Cas9 systemFluorescent protein reporter geneCRISPR/Cas9Off-target mutationsArabidopsis plantsEukaryotic genomesDifferent organismsSomatic tissuesCitrus plantsCas9 systemDNA breaksReporter geneTarget mutagenesisTargeted mutationsMutation rateMutagenesisImportance of temperatureArabidopsisHeat stressPlantsMutationsQuantitative assayEukaryotes