Publications

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  • Brahma S# & Henikoff S#. The BAF chromatin remodeler synergizes with RNA polymerase II and transcription factors to evict nucleosomes. (2023). Nature Genetics 2023 Dec 4. PMID: 38049663

  • Ahmad K, Brahma S, Henikoff S. Epigenetic pioneering by SWI/SNF family remodelers. (2023). Molecular Cell 2023 Nov 16:S1097-2765(23)00916-4. PMID: 38016477

  • Jana S, Brahma S, et al. Transcriptional-translational conflict is a barrier to cellular transformation and cancer progression. (2023). Cancer Cell 41, 1–18

    May 8, 2023. PMID: 37084735

  • Bhardwaj SK, Hailu SG, Olufemi L, Brahma S, Kundu S, Persinger J, Bartholomew B. Dinucleosome specificity and allosteric switch of the ISW1a ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler in transcription regulation. (2020). Nature Communications 11 (1), 5913. PMID: 33219211 – Featured on Nature Comm. Editors' Highlights

  • Brahma S & Henikoff S. Epigenome regulation by dynamic nucleosome unwrapping. (2019). Trends in Biochemical Sciences Epub 2019/10/22. PMID: 31630896 – Selected for journal cover

  • Brahma S & Henikoff S. RSC-associated Subnucleosomes Define MNase-sensitive Promoters in Yeast. (2019). Molecular Cell 2019;73(2):238-49 e3. PMID: 30554944 – Recommended by Faculty Opinions

  • Brahma S, Ngubo M, Paul S, Udugama M, Bartholomew B. The Arp8 and Arp4 module acts as a DNA sensor controlling INO80 chromatin remodeling. (2018). Nature Communications 2018;9(1):3309. PMID: 30120252 – Recommended by Faculty Opinions; Featured on Nature Communications Editors' Highlights

  • Brahma S*, Udugama MI*, Kim J*, Hada A, Bhardwaj SK, Hailu SG, Lee T-H, Bartholomew B. INO80 exchanges H2A.Z for H2A by translocating on DNA proximal to histone dimers. (2017). Nature Communications 2017;8:15616. PMID: 28604691 – Featured on MD Anderson "Wall of Science"

  • Sen P, Luo J, Hada A, Hailu SG, Dechassa ML, Persinger J, Brahma S, Paul S, Ranish J, Bartholomew B. Loss of Snf5 Induces Formation of an Aberrant SWI/SNF Complex. (2017). Cell Reports 18 (9), 2135-2147. PMID: 28249160

Book Chapter:

  • Brahma S & Henikoff S. CUT&RUN profiling the budding yeast epigenome. (2022) Methods in molecular biology 2022;2477:129-47. PMID: 35524116

Other Publications:

  • Sarkar ND, Patton RD, Doebley AL, Hanratty, A, Kreitzman AJ, Sarthy JF, Ko M, Adil, M, Brahma S, et al. Nucleosome patterns in circulating tumor DNA reveal transcriptional regulation of advanced prostate cancer phenotypes. (2022). Cancer Discovery 2022 Nov 18;CD-22-0692. PMID: 36399432

  • Lafon A*, Taranum S*, Pietrocola F, Dingli F, Loew D, Brahma S, Bartholomew B, Papamichos-Chronakis M. INO80 Chromatin Remodeler Facilitates Release of RNA Polymerase II from Chromatin for Ubiquitin-Mediated Proteasomal Degradation. (2015). Molecular Cell 2015;60(5):784-96. PMID: 26656161