* = co-corresponding

2025

Khan, A., Cheng, Z., Nguyen, P. G., A., Metts, J. M., Collins, L. C., Jain, K., Mills, C. A., lach, L., Li, K., Brademeyer, A. L., Bowman, B. M., Major, B. M., Aube, J. Herring, L. E., Rathmell, W. K., Mason, F. M., Davis, I. J., Zhang Q. & Strahl, B. D., (2025) A SETD2-CDK1-Lamin axis maintains nuclear morphology and genome stability. Nat Cell Biol. 27:1327-1341.

Jain, K*, Tchara, P.-E. T., Mengistalem, A. B., Holland, A. P., Bowman, C. N., Marunde, M. R., Popova, I. K., Cooke, S. W., Krajewski, K., Keogh, M-.C., Lambert, J.-P. & Strahl, B. D.* (2025) Histone H3 N-terminal recognition by the PHD finger of PHRF1 is required for proper DNA damage response. Nucleic Acids Research. 53:gkaf666.

Strahl, B. D. & Wang, G. G. (2025) Written in chromatin: The enduring legacy of C. David Allis. J Biol Chem. 301:110240.

Chen, B., Dronamraju, R., Smith-Kinnaman, W. R., Peck-Justice, S. A., Hepperla, A. J., MacAlpine, H. K., Simon, J. M., Mosley, A. L., MacAlpine, D. M.* & Strahl, B. D.* (2025) Spt6-Spn1 interaction is required for RNA Polymerase II association and precise nucleosome positioning along transcribed genes. J Biol Chem. 301:108436.

Vann, K. R., Sharma, R., Hsu, C.-C., Devoucoux, M., Tencer, A. H., Zeng, L., Lin, K., Zhu, L., Li, Q., Lachance C., Ospina, R. R., Tong, Q., Cheung, K. L., Yang, S., Biswas, S., Xuan, H., Gatchalian, J., Alamillo, L., Wang, J., Jang, S. M., Klein, B. J., Lu, Y., Ernst, P., Strahl, B. D., Rothbart, S. B, Walsh, M., Cleary, M. L., Cote, J., Shi, X., Zhou, M.-M. & Kutateladze, T. G. (2025) Structure-function relationship of Ash1L and histone H3K36 and H3K4 methylation. Nature Communications. 16:2235.

Pashos, A. R. S., Meyer, A. R., Coradin, M., Bussey-Sutton, C., Coulombe, M., Potlapelly, S., Strahl, B. D., Hansson, G. C., Dempsey, P. J. & Brumbaugh, J. (2025) H3K36 methylation regulates cell plasticity and regeneration in the intestinal epithelium. Nat Cell Biol. doi: 10.1038/s41556-024-01580-y.

2024

Anyetei-Anum, C. S., Leatham-Jensen, M. P., Fox, G. C., Smith, B. R., Chirasani, V. R., Krajewski, K., Strahl, B. D., Dowen, J. M., Matera, A. G., Duronio, R. J., & McKay, D. J. (2024). Evidence for dual roles of histone H3 lysine 4 in antagonizing Polycomb group function and promoting target gene expression. Genes & Development, 38(21-24), 1033–1046.

Fox, G. C., Poncha, K. F., Smith, B. R., Mass, L. N., Robbins, N. N., Graham, B., Dowen, J. M., Strahl, B. D.*, Young, N. L.*, & Jain, K.* (2024). Histone H3K18 & H3K23 acetylation directs establishment of MLL-mediated H3K4 methylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300:107527.

Bussey-Sutton, C., Ward, A., Turner, A.-M., Peterson, J. J., Emery, A., Margolis, D. M., Strahl, B. D.*, & Browne, E. P.* (2024). The histone methyltransferase SETD2 regulates HIV expression and latency through a post-transcriptional mechanism. PLOS Pathogens, 29:e1012281.

Nguyen, M. C., Rostamian, H., Raman, A., Wei, P., Becht, D. C., Gilbert, T. M., Zhang, Z., Blanco, A. M., Strahl, B. D., Taverna, S. D., & Kutateladze, T. G. (2024). Molecular insights into the interactions of the Yng1, Sas3, and Taf14 subunits of the NuA3 complex. Nature Communications, 15:5335.

Daugird, T. A., Shi, Y., Holland, K. L., Rostamian, H., Liu, Z., Lavis, L. D., Rodriquez, J., Strahl, B. D., & Legant, W. R. (2024). Correlative single-molecule lattice light sheet imaging reveals the dynamic relationship between nucleosomes and the local chromatin environment. Nature Communications, 15:4178.

2023

Zhao, S., Lu, J., Pan, B., Fan, H., Byrum, S. D., Xu, C., Kim, A., Guo, Y., Kanchi, K. L., Gong, W., Sun, T., Storey, A. J., Burkholder, N. T., Mackintosh, S. G., Kuhlers, P. C., Edmondson, R. D., Strahl, B. D., Diao, Y., Tackett, A. J., Raab, J. R., Cai. L., Song, J. & Wang, G. G. (2023) TNRC18 engages H3K9me3 to mediate silencing of endogenous retrotransposons. Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06688-z.

Muneer, A., Wang, L., Xie, L., Zhnag, F., Wu, B., Mei, L., Lenarcic, E., M., Feng., E. H., Song, J., Xiong, Y., Yu, X., Wang, C., Jian, K., Strahl, B. D., Cook, J. G., Wan, Y. Y., Moorman, N. J., Song, H., Jin, J. & Chen, X. (2023) Functional multi-omics reveals noncanonical function of G9a in the protein-specific translation regulation of chronic inflammation. Cell Chem Biol. S2451-9456(23)00331-8.

Mason, F. M., Kounlavong, E. S., Tebeje, A. T., Dahiya, R., Guess, T., Khan, A., Vlach, L., Norris, S. R., Lovejoy, C. A., Dere, R., Strahl, B. D., Ohi, R., Ly, P., Walker, C. L. & Rathmell, K. W. (2023) SETD2 safeguards the genome against isochromosome formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 120: e2303752120.

Petell, C. J., Burkholder, N. T., Ruiz, P., Skela, J., Foreman, J.R., Southwell, L. E., Temple, B. R., Krajewski, K. & Strahl, B. D. (2023) The BAH domains of PBRM1 associate histone histone tails and contribute to PBAF-mediated gene regulation. J Biol Chem. 299:104996.

Chen, Z.*, Lundy, T.*, Zhu, Z., Zhang, J., Yao, Y. Hoskins, V. E., Strahl, B. D.* & Xu, C.* Molecular basis for Eaf3-mediated assembly of Rpd3S and NuA4. Cell Discovery. 9:51.

Jain, K., Marunde, M. R., Burg, J. M., Gloor, S. L., Joseph, F. M., Ponch, K. F., Gillespie, Z. B., Rodriguez, K. L., Popova, I. K., Popova, I. K., Hall, N. W., Vaidya, A., Howard, S. A., Taylor, H. F., Mukhsinova, L., Onuoha, U. C., Patteson, E. F., Cooke, S. W., Taylor, B. C., Weinzapefel, E. N., Cheek, M. A., Meiners, M. J., Fox, G. C., Namitz, K. E. W., Cowles, M. W., Krajewski, K., Sun, Z. W., Cosgrove, M. S., Young, N. L., Keogh, M.C.* & Strahl, B. D.* (2023) An acetylation-mediated chromatin switch governs H3K4 methylation read-write capability. ELife. 12:e82596.

Jain, K. & Strahl, B. D. (2023) In Memoriam C. David Allis: Chromatin unlocked. Nat Rev Molecular Cell Biol. 24:311.

Nguyen, M. C., Strahl, B. D. & Kutateladze, T., G. Engaging with benzoyllysine through a π-π-π mechanism. (2023) Curr Opin Chem Biol. 72:102252.

2022

Liu, X., Wang, J., Boyer, J. A., Gong, W., Zhao, S., Xie, L., Wu, Q., Zhang, C., Jain, K., Guo, Y., Rodriguez, J., Li, M., Uryu, H., Liao, C., Hu, L., Zhou, J., Shi, X., Tsai, Y.-H., Yan, Q., Luo, W., Chen X., Strahl, B. D., Kriegsheim, A. V., Zhang Q., Wang, G. G., Baldwin, A. S. & Zhang Q. (2022) Histone H3 hydroxylation regulates gene expression in mammalian cells. Nature Genetics. 54:1721-1735.

Klein, B. J, Feigerle, J. T., Zhnag, J., Ebmeier, C. C., Fan, L., Singh, R. K., Wang, W. W., Schmitt, L. R., Lee, T., Hansen, K. C., Liu, W. R., Wang, Y-.X., Strahl, B. D., Weil, P. A., Kornberg, R., D. & Kutateladze, T., G. (2022) Taf2 mediates DNA binding of Taf14. Nat Commun. 13:3177.

Niedzialkowska, E., Liu, L., Kuscu, C., Mayo, Z., Minor, W., Strahl, B. D., ldi, M. & Stukenberg, P. T. (2022) Tip60 acetylation of histone H3K4 temporally controls Chromosome Passenger Complex localization. Mol Biol Cell. mbcE21060283.

Tencer, A. H., Liu, J., Zhu, J., Burkholder, N. T., Zhang, Y, Wu, W., Strahl, B. D., Ohta T. & Kutateladze, T. G. (2022) The ZZ domain of HERC2 is a receptor of arginylated substrates. Scientific Reports. 12:6063.

Crain, A. T., Klusza, S., Armstrong, R. L., Rosa, P. S., Temple, B. R. S., Strahl, B. D., McKay, D. J., Matera, A. G. & Duronio, R. J. (2022) Distinct developmental phenotypes result from mutation of Set8/KMT5A and histone H4 lysine 20 in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 221:iyac054.

Falcinelli, S. D., Peterson, J. J., Turner, A.-M. W., Irlbeck, D., Read, J., Raines, S. L. M., James, K. S., Sutton, C., Sanchez, A., Emery, A., Sampey, G., Ferris, R., Allard, B., Ghofrani, S., Kirchherr, J., Baker, C., Kuruc, D., J., Gay, C. L., James, L. I., Wu, G., Zuck, P., Rioja, I., Furze, R. C., Prinjha, R. K., Howell, B., Swanstrom, R., Browne, E. P., Strahl, B. D., Dunham, R. M., Archin, N. M. & Margolis, D. (2022) Combined non-canonical NF-κB agonism and targeted BET bromodomain inhibition reverses HIV latency ex vivo. J Clin Invest. 132:e157281.

2021

Zhang, J., Gundu, A. & Strahl, B. D. (2021) Recognition of acetylated histone by Yaf9 regulates metabolic cycling of transcription initiation and chromatin regulatory factors. Genes & Dev. 35:1678-1692.

Petell, C., J., Randene, K., Pappas, M., Sandoval, D., Strahl, B. D., Harrison, J. S. & Steimel, J. P. (2021) Measuring biological interactions with magnetic probes. ELife. 10:e67525.

Enríquez, P., Krajewski, K., Strahl, B. D., Rothbart, S. B., Dowen, R. H. & Rose, R. B. (2021) Binding specificity and function of the SWI/SNF subunit SMARCA4 bromodomain with acetylated histone H3K14. J Biol Chem. 297:101145.

Yoblinski, A. R., Forester, K., E., Chung, S., Robinson, Strahl, B. D.* & Dronamraju, R.* Catalysis-Dependent and Redundant Roles of Dma1 and Dma2 in Maintenance of Genome Stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem. 296:100721.

Ren, W., Fan, H., Grimm, S., Kim, J. J., Li, L., Guo, Y., Petell, C., Tan, X.-F., Zhnag, Z.-M., Coan, J., Yin, J., Kim, D. I., Gao, L., Cai, L., Khudaverdyan, N. N., Cetin, B., Patel, D., Wang, Y., Cui, Q., Strahl, B. D., Gozani, O., Miller, K., O’leary, S., Wade, P., Wang, G. G. & Song, J. (2021) DNMT1 reads heterochromatic H4K20me3 to reinforce LINE-1 DNA methylation. Nature Communications. 12:2490.

Jain, K. & Strahl, B. D. (2021) Oncohistones: corruption at the core. Nat Chem Biol. 17:370-371.

Slaughter, M. J., Shanle, E. K., Khan, A., Chua, K. F., Hong, T., Boxer, L. D., Allis, C. D., Josefowicz, S. Z., Garcia, B. A., Rothbart, S. B, Strahl, B. D.* & Davis, I. J.* (2021) HDAC inhibitors result in widespread alteration of the histone acetylation landscape and BRD4 targeting to gene bodies. Cell Reports. 34:108638.

2020

Braberg, H., Echeverria, I, Bohn, S., Cimermancic, P., Shiver, A., Alexander, R., Xu, J., Shales, M., Dronamraju, R., Jiang, S., Dwivedi, G., Bogdanoff, D., Chaung, K. K., Huettenhain, R., Wang, S., Mavor, D., Pellarin, R., Schneidman, D., Bader, J. S., Fraser, J. S., Morris, J., Haber, J. E., Strahl, B. D., Gross, C. A., Dai, J., Boeke, J., Sali, A & Krogan, N. J. (2020) Genetic interaction mapping informs integrative structure determination of protein complexes. Science. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz4910.

Fan, H., Lu, J., Guo, Y., Li, D., Zhang, Z., Tsai, Y-H., Pi, W-C., Ahn. J. H., Gong, W., Xiang, Y., Allison, D. F., Geng, H., He, S., Diao, Y., Chen, W.-Y., Strahl, B. D. , Cai, L. Song, J. & Wang, G. G. (2020) BAHCC1 couples H3K27me3 to gene silencing and tumorigenesis via a conserved BAH module. Nature Genetics. 52:1384-1396.

Tencer, A. H., Cox, K. L., Wright, G. M., Zhang, Y., Klein, B. J., Petell, C. J., Strahl, B. D., Black, J. C., Poireir, M. G. & Kutateladze, T. G. (2020) Molecular mechanism of the MORC4 ATPase activation. Nature Communications. 11:5466.

Vaughan, R. M., Kupai, A., Foley, C. A., Sagum, C. A., Tibben, B. M., Eden, H. E., Tiedemann, R. L., Berryhill, C. A., Patel, V., Shaw, K., M., Krajewski, K., Strahl, B. D., Bedford, M., T., Frye, S., V., Dickson, B. D. & Rothbart, S., B. (2020) The histone and non-histone methyllysine reader activities of the UHRF1 tandem Tudor domain are dispensable for the propagation of aberrant DNA methylation patterning in cancer cells. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 13:44.

Lerner, A. M.*, Hepperla, A. J.*, Keele, G. R.*, Meriesh, H., Yumerefendi, H., Restrepo, D., Zimmerman, S., Bear, J., Kuhlman, B., Davis, I. J.* & Strahl B. D.* (2020) An optogenetic switch for the Set2 methyltransferase provides evidence for rapid transcription-dependent and independent dynamics of H3K36 methylation. Genome Research. 30:1605-1617.

Ren, W., Fan, H., Grimm, S. A., Guo, Y., Kim, J. J., Li, L., Petell, C. J., Tan, X.-F., Zhang, Z.-M., Coan, J. P., Gao, L., Cai, L., Detrick, B., Cetin, B., Cui, Q., Strahl, B. D., Gozani, O., Wang, Y., Miller, K. M., O’leary, S., Wade, P. A., Wang, G. G. & Song, Jikui. (2020) Direct readout of heterochromatin H3K9me3 regulates DNMT1-mediated maintenance DNA methylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci. doi:10.1073/pnas.2009316117.

Strahl, B. D. & Briggs S. D. (2020) The SAGA continues: The rise of cis- and trans-histone crosstalk pathways. Biochim Biophys Acta Gene Regul Mech. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194600.

DiFiore, J. V., Ptacek, T. S., Li, B., Simon, J. M. & Strahl, B. D. (2020) Unique and Shared Roles for Histone H3K36 Methylation States in Transcription Regulation Functions. Cell Reports. 31:107751.

Turner, A.-M., Dronamraju, R., Potjewyd, F. M., Sholtis, K., M., Winecoff, D. K., Kirchherr, J. L., Archin, N. M., Browne, E. P., Strahl, B. D., James, Lindsey, I & Margolis, D. M. (2020) Evaluation of EED Inhibitors as a New Class of PRC2-Targeted Small Molecules for HIV Latency Reversal. ACS Infectious Diseases. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00514.

Meriesh, H. A., Lerner, A. M., Chandrasekharan, M. B. & Strahl, B. D. (2020) The histone H4 basic patch regulates SAGA-mediated H2B deubiquitination and histone acetylation. J Biol Chem. 295:6561-6569.

Jian, K., Frase, C. S., Marunde, M., Parker, M. M., Sagum, C., Burg, J., Hall, N., Popov, I., Rodriguez, K., Vadiya, A., Krajewski, K., Keogh, M.-C., Bedford, M. T*. & Strahl, B. D.* (2020) Characterization of the plant homeodomain (PHD) reader family for their histone tail interactions. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 13:3.

Gowans, G. J., Bridgers, J. B., Zhang, J., Dronamraju, R., Burnetti, A., King, D. A., Thiengmany, A. V., Shinsky, S. A., Bhanu, N. V., Garcia, B. A., Buchler, N. E., Strahl, B. D.* & Morrison, A. J.* (2019) Recognition of histone crotonylation by Taf14 links metabolic state to gene expression. Molecular Cell. 76:909-921.

Albanese, K. I.*, Krone, M. W.*, Petell, C. J.*, Parker, M. M., Strahl B. D., Brustad, E. M. & Waters, M. L. (2019) Engineered reader proteins for enhanced detection of methylated lysine on histones. ACS Chem Biol. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00651.

Klein, B. J., Jang, S. M., Lachance C., Mi, W., Sakuraba, S., Krajewski, K., Lyu, J., Wang, W. W., Sidoli, S., Yan, K., Liu, J., Zhang, Y., Roques, C., Fournier, E., Wang, X., Warfield, B. M., Yang, X.0J., Garcia, B. A., Liu, W. R., Li, W., Strahl, B. D., Kono, H., Shi, X., Cote, J. & Kutateladze. (2019) Histone H3K23-specific acetylation by MORF is coupled to H3K14 acylation. Nature Commun. 10:4724.

Zhang, Y., Jang, Y., Lee, J.-E., Ahn, J., Xu, L., Holden, M. R., Cornett, E. M., Krajewski, K., Klein, B. J., Wang, S.-P., Dou, Y., Roeder, R. G., Strahl, B. D., Rothbart, S. B., Shi, X., Ge, K. & Kutateladze, T. G. (2019) Selective binding of the PHD6 finger of MLL4 to histone H4K16ac links MLL4 and MOF. Nature Commun. 10:2314.

Petell, C. J., Pham, A. T., Skela, J. & Strahl, B. D. (2019) Improved methods for the detection of histone interactions with peptide microarrays. Sci Rep. 9:6265.

Dranamraju, R., Kerschner, J. L., Peck, S. A., Patel, D., Aslam, S., Mosley, A. L. & Strahl, B. D. (2018) Casein Kinase II Phosphorylation of Spt6 Enforces Transcriptional Fidelity by Maintaining Spn1-Spt6 Interaction. Cell Reports. 25:3476-3489.

Lerner, A. M., Yumerefendi, H., Goudy, O. J., Strahl, B. D. & Kuhlman K. (2018) Engineering improved photoswitches for the control of nucleocytoplasmic distribution. ACS Synthetic Biology. 0.1021/acssynbio.8b00368.

Klein, B.J.,Vann, K. R., Andrews, F. H., Wang, W. W, Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Beloglazkina, A. A., Mi, W., Li, Yuanyuan, Li., H., Shi, X., Kutateladze, A. G., Strahl, B. D., Liu, W. R. & Kutateladze, T. G. (2018) Structural insights into the π-π-π stacking mechanism and DNA-binding activity of the YEATS domain. Nature Commun. 9:4574.

Slaughter, M. J., Shanle, E. K., McFadden, A. W., Suttle, L. E., Strahl, B. D. & Davis, I. J. (2018) Polybromo-1 (PBRM1) bromodomains variably influence nucleosome interactions and cellular function. J Biol Chem. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.003381.

Dronamraju, R., Hepperla, A. J., Shibata, Y., Adams, A. T., Magnuson, T., Davis, I. J. & Strahl, B. D. (2018) Spt6 association with RNA Polymerase II directs mRNA turnover during transcription. Molecular Cell. 70:1054-1066.

Chiang, Y. C., Park, I. Y., Terzo, E. A., Tripathi, D. N., Mason, F. M., Fahey, C. C., Karki, M., Shuster, C. B., Sohn, B., H., Chowdhary, P., Powell, R. T., Ohi, R., Tsai, Y. S., de Cubas, A. A., Khan, A., Davis, I. J., Strahl, B. D., Parker, J. S., Dere, R., Walker, C. L. & Rathmell, W. K. (2018) SET2 haploinsufficiency for microtubule methylation is an early driver of genomic instability in renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Research. 78:3135-3146.

Dronamraju, R., Jha, D., Eser, E., Dominguez, D., Adams, A., Choudhury, R., Chiang, Y. C., Rathmell, W. K., Emanuele, M. J., Churchman, L. S. & Strahl, B. D. (2018) Set2 methyltransferase facilitates cell cycle progression by maintaining transcriptional fidelity. Nucleic Acids Research. 46:1331-1334.

Klein, B. J., Ahmad, S., Vann, K. R., Andrews, F. H., Mayo, Z. A., Bourriquen, G., Bridgers, J. B., Zhang, J., Strahl, B. D., Cote, J. & Kutateladze, T. G. (2018) Yaf9 subunit of the NuA4 and SWR1 complexes targets histone H3K27ac through its YEATS domain. Nucleic Acids Research. 46:421-430.

Dronamraju, R.*, Ramachandran, S.*, Jha, D. K.*, Adams, A. T., DiFiore, J. V., Parra, M. A., Dokholyan, N. V.* & Strahl, B. D.* (2017) Redundant functions for Nap1 and Chz1 in H2A.Z deposition. Scientific Reports. 7:10791.

McDaniel, S. L., Hepperla, A., Huang, Jie, Kulkarni, V. G., Davis, I. J. & Strahl, B. D. (2017) H3K36 Methylation Regulates Nutrient Stress Response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Enforcing Transcriptional Fidelity. Cell Reports. 19:2371-2382.

McDaniel, S. L. & Strahl, B. D. (2017) Shaping the Cellular Landscape with Set2/SETD2 methylation. Cellular & Molecular Life Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s00018-017-2517-x.

Khan, A., Bridgers, J. S. & Strahl, B. D. (2017) Expanding the reader landscape of histone acylation. Structure. 25:571-573.

Shanle, E. K.*, Shinsky, A. A.*, Bridgers, J. B., Bae, N., Sagum, C., Krajewski, K., Rothbart, S. B., Bedford, M. T.* & Strahl, B. D.* (2017) Histone peptide microarray screen of chromo and Tudor domains defines new histone lysine methylation interactions. Epigenetics & Chromatin. 10:12 doi: 10.1186/s13072-017-0117-5.

Hacker, K. E.*, Fahey, C. C.*, Shinsky, S. A.*, Chiang, Y.-C. J.*, DiFiore, J. V.*, Jha, D. K., Vo, A. H., Shavit, J. A. Davis, I, J., Strahl, B. D.* & Rathmell, W. K.* (2016) Structure/Function Analysis of Recurrent Mutations in SETD2 Reveals a Critical and Conserved Role for a SET Domain Residue in Maintaining Protein Stability and H3K36 Trimethylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. Aug 15. pii: jbc.M116.739375.

McDaniel, S. L., Fligor, J. E., Chun, R., Cui, H., Bridgers, J. B., DiFiore, J. V., Guo, A. H., Li, B. & Strahl, B. D.(2016) Combinatorial Histone Readout by the Dual Plant Homeodomain (PHD) Fingers of Rco1 Mediates Rpd3S Chromatin Recruitment and the Maintenance of Transcriptional Fidelity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291:14796-14802.

Yumerefendi, H., Lerner, A. M., Zimmerman, S. P., Hahn, K., Bear, J. E., Strahl, B. D. & Kuhlman, B. (2016) Light-induced nuclear export reveals rapid dynamics of epigenetic marks. Nature Chemical Biology. 12:399-401.

Andrews, F. H.*, Shinsky, A. S.*, Shanle, E. K., Bridgers, J. B., Gest, A., Tsun, I. K., Krajewski, K., Shi, X., Strahl, B. D.* & Kutateladze, T. G.* (2016) The Taf14 YEATS domain is a reader of histone crotonylation. Nature Chemical Biology. 12:396-398.

Andrews, F. H.*, Shanle, E. K.*, Strahl, B. D.* & Kutateladze, T. G.* (2016) The essential role of acetyllysine binding by the YEATS domain in transcriptional regulation. Transcription. 7:14-20.

Shanle, E. K., Tsun, I. K. & Strahl, B. D. (2016) A course-based undergraduate research experience investigating p300 bromodomain mutations. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 44:68-74.

Shanle, E. K, Andrews, F. H., Meriesh, H., McDaniel, S. L., Dronamraju, R., DiFiore J., Jha, D., Wozniak, G. G., Bridgers, J., Kerschner, J. L., Martin, G. M., Morrison A. J., Krajewski, K., Kutateladze, T*. & Strahl, B. D.* (2015) Association of Taf14 with acetylated histone H3 directs gene transcription and the DNA damage response. Genes & Development. 29:1789-1794.

Rothbart, S. B., Dickson, B. M., Raab, J. R., Grzybowski, A. T., Krajewski, K., Guo, A. H., Shanle, E. K., Josefowicz, S. Z., Fuchs, S. M., Allis, C. D., Magnuson, T. R., Ruthenburg, A. J. & Strahl, B. D. (2015) An interactive database for the assessment of histone antibody specificity. Mol Cell. 59:502-511.

Wozniak, G. G. & Strahl, B. D. (2014) Catalysis-dependent stabilization of Bre1 fine-tunes histone H2B ubiquitylation to regulate gene transcription. Genes Dev. 28:1647-1652.

Jha, D. K. & Strahl, B. D. (2014) An RNA polymerase II-coupled function for histone H3K36 methylation in checkpoint activation and DSB repair. Nature Commun. 5:3965.

Wozniak, G. G. & Strahl, B. D. (2014) Hitting the 'Mark': Interpreting Lysine Methylation in the Context of Active Transcription. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1839:1353-1361.

Rothbart S. B. & Strahl, B. D. (2014) Interpreting the language of histone and DNA modifications. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1839:627-643.

Dronamraju, R. & Strahl, B. D. (2014) A feed forward circuit comprising Spt6, Ctk1 and PAF regulates Pol II CTD phosphorylation and transcription elongation. Nucleic Acids Res. 42(2):870-881.

Rothbart, S. B., Dickson, B. M., Ong, M. S., Krajewski, K., Houliston, S., Kireev, D. B., Arrowsmith, C. H. & Strahl, B. D. (2013) Multivalent histone engagement by the linked tandem Tudor and PHD domains of UHRF1 is required for the epigenetic inheritance of DNA methylation. Genes Dev. 27:1288-1298.

Rothbart, S. B., Krajewski, K., Nady, N., Tempel, W., Xue, S., Badeaux, A. I., Barsyty-Lovejoy, D., Martinez, J. Y., Bedford, M. T., Fuchs, S. M., Arrowsmith, C. H. & Strahl, B. D. (2012) Association of UHRF1 with methylated H3K9 directs the maintenance of DNA methylation. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 19:1155-1162.

Fuchs, SM, Kizer, KO, Braberg, H, Krogan, N. & Strahl, B. D. (2012) RNA polymerase II CTD phosphorylation regulates protein stability of the Set2 methyltransferase and histone H3 di- and trimethylation at lysine 36. Molecular Cell. 287:3249-3256.

Gardner, K. E., Allis, C. D. & Strahl, B. D. (2011) OPERating ON chromatin, a colorful language where context matters. J Mol Biol. 409:36-46.

Fuchs SM, Krajewski K, Miller V, Baker R & Strahl, B. D. (2011) Influence of combinatorial histone modifications on antibody & effector protein recognition. Curr Biol. 11:53-58.

Laribee, R. N., Shibata, Y., Mersman, D. P., Roguev, A., Collins, S. R., Kemmeren, P., Weissman, J. S., Briggs, S. D., Krogan, N. J.# & Strahl, B. D.# (2007). The CCR4/NOT complex associates with the proteasome and regulates histone methylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104:5836-5841.

Morris, S. A., Rao, B., Garcia, B. A., Hake, S. B., Diaz, R. L., Shabanowitz, J., Hunt, D. F., Allis, C. D., Lieb, J. D. & Strahl, B. D. (2007) Identification of histone H3 lysine 36 acetylation as a highly conserved modification. J Biol Chem. 282:7632-7640.

Keogh, M.-C., Kurdistani, S. K., Morris, S. A., Ahn, S. H., Collins, S. R., Podolny, V., Chin, K., Punna, T., Thompson, N. J., Boone, C., Emili, A., Weissman, J. S., Hughes, T. R., Strahl, B. D. , Grunstein, M., Greenblatt, J. F., Buratowski, S., & Krogan, N. J. (2005) Co-transcriptional Set2 methylation of histone H3 lysine 36 recruits a repressive Rpd3 complex. Cell. 123:593-605.

Laribee, R. N., Krogan, J. N., Xiao, T., Shibata, Y., Hughes, T. R., Greenblatt, J. F. & Strahl, B. D. (2005) BUR kinase selectively regulates H3 K4 trimethylation and H2B ubiquitylation through recruitment of the PAF elongation complex. Molecular Cell. 15:1487-1493.

Kizer, O. K., Phatnani, H. P., Shibata, Y., Hall, H., Greenleaf, A. L. & Strahl, B. D. (2005) A novel domain in Set2 mediates RNA polymerase II interaction and couples histone H3 K36 methylation with transcription elongation. Mol Cell Biol. 25:3305-3316.

Xiao, T. Kao, C. F., Krogan, N., Sun, Z.-W., Greenblatt, J. F., Osley, M. A. & Strahl, B. D. (2005) Histone H2B ubiquitylation is associated with elongating RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell Biol. 25:637-651.

Xiao, T., Hall, H., Kizer, K. O., Shibata, Y., Hall, M. C., Borchers, C. H. & Strahl, B. D. (2003) Phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II CTD regulates H3 methylation in yeast. Genes Dev. 17:654-663.

Briggs, S. B., Xiao, T., Sun, Z.-W., Caldwell, J. A., Shabanowitz, J., Hunt, D. F., Allis, C. D. & Strahl, B. D. (2002) Trans-histone regulatory pathway in chromatin. Nature. 418:498.

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