Asymmetric Histone Inheritance: Establishment, Recognition, and Execution

JA Urban, R Ranjan, X Chen - Annual review of genetics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The discovery of biased histone inheritance in asymmetrically dividing Drosophila
melanogaster male germline stem cells demonstrates one means to produce two distinct …

Asymmetric distribution of histones during Drosophila male germline stem cell asymmetric divisions

V Tran, L Feng, X Chen - Chromosome research, 2013 - Springer
It has long been known that epigenetic changes are inheritable. However, except for DNA
methylation, little is known about the molecular mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance. Many …

Asymmetric histone inheritance in asymmetrically dividing stem cells

M Wooten, R Ranjan, X Chen - Trends in Genetics, 2020 - cell.com
Epigenetic mechanisms play essential roles in determining distinct cell fates during the
development of multicellular organisms. Histone proteins represent crucial epigenetic …

Mitotic drive in asymmetric epigenetic inheritance

R Ranjan, X Chen - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Asymmetric cell division (ACD) produces two daughter cells with distinct cell fates. This
division mode is widely used during development and by adult stem cells during tissue …

Symmetry from asymmetry or asymmetry from symmetry?

EW Kahney, R Ranjan, RJ Gleason… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017 - symposium.cshlp.org
The processes of DNA replication and mitosis allow the genetic information of a cell to be
copied and transferred reliably to its daughter cells. However, if DNA replication and cell …

Differential condensation of sister chromatids acts with Cdc6 to ensure asynchronous S-phase entry in Drosophila male germline stem cell lineage

R Ranjan, J Snedeker, M Wooten, C Chu, S Bracero… - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
During Drosophila melanogaster male germline stem cell (GSC) asymmetric division,
preexisting old versus newly synthesized histones H3 and H4 are asymmetrically inherited …

Characterization of histone inheritance patterns in the Drosophila female germline

EW Kahney, EH Zion, L Sohn, K Viets‐Layng… - EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Stem cells have the unique ability to undergo asymmetric division which produces two
daughter cells that are genetically identical, but commit to different cell fates. The loss of this …

Asymmetric centromeres differentially coordinate with mitotic machinery to ensure biased sister chromatid segregation in germline stem cells

R Ranjan, J Snedeker, X Chen - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
Many stem cells utilize asymmetric cell division (ACD) to produce a self-renewed stem cell
and a differentiating daughter cell. How non-genic information could be inherited …

A single N-terminal amino acid determines the distinct roles of histones H3 and H3.3 in the Drosophila male germline stem cell lineage

C Chandrasekhara, R Ranjan, JA Urban… - Plos …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Adult stem cells undergo asymmetric cell divisions to produce 2 daughter cells with distinct
cell fates: one capable of self-renewal and the other committed for differentiation …

Centromere function in asymmetric cell division in Drosophila female and male germline stem cells

AM Kochendoerfer, F Modafferi… - Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The centromere is the constricted chromosomal region required for the correct separation of
the genetic material at cell division. The kinetochore protein complex assembles at the …