Laura Rusche, PhD
Publications
Rusche, L.N. and Lynch, P.J. (2009) "Assembling heterochromatin in the appropriate places: A boost is needed." J. Cell Physiol. 219:525.
Lynch, P.J. and Rusche, L.N. (2009) "A silencer promotes the assembly of silenced chromatin independently of recruitment." Mol. Cell. Biol. 29:43.
Safi, A., Wallace, K.A., and Rusche, L.N. (2008) "Evolution of new function through a single amino acid change in the yeast repressor Sum1p." Mol Cell Biol 28:2567-2578
Hickman, M.A. and Rusche, L.N. (2007) "Substitution as a Mechanism for Genetic Robustness: The Duplicated Deacetylases Hst1p and Sir2p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae." PLOS Genet 3:e126.
Hickman, M.A. and Rusche, L.N. (2007) "Evolution of silencing at the mating-type loci in hemiascomycetes" in Sex in Fungi: molecular determination and evolutionary implications. Heitman, Casselton, and Kronstad editors, ASM.
Lynch, P.J., Fraser, B.H., Sevastopoulos, E., Rine, J., and Rusche, L.N. (2005). "Sum1p, the Origin Recognition Complex, and the Spreading of a Promoter-Specific Repressor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Mol. Cell. Biol. 25:5920.
Rusche, L. N., Kirchmaier, A. L., and Rine, J. (2003). The Establishment, Inheritance, and Function of silenced chromatin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Ann Rev Biochem 72:481-516.
Rusche, L. N., Kirchmaier, A. L., and Rine, J. (2002). Ordered Nucleation and Spreading of Silenced Chromatin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell 13, 2207-2222.
Rusche, L. N., and Rine, J. (2001). Conversion of a gene-specific repressor to a regional silencer. Genes Dev 15, 955-967.
Contact Information
Laura Rusche
Phone: 919-684-0354
2347 CIEMAS
lrusche@biochem.duke.edu