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Selected Publications

Berns N, Kusch T, Schroeder R, Reuter R (2008). Expression, function and regulation of Brachyenteron in the short germband insect Tribolium castaneum. Development, Genes and Evolution, in press.

Kusch T, Workman JL (2007). Histone variants and complexes involved in their exchange. Chapter V,'Chromatin and Disease'; Series: Subcellular Biochemistry. Kundu, TK, Dasgupta, D (Eds.). , Vol. 41.2007, XIV. ISBN: 978-1-4020-5465-5 Springer Science and Business Media, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (URL)


Guelman S, Suganuma T, Florens L, Swanson SK, Kiesecker CK, Kusch T, Anderson S, Yates JR 3rd, Washburn MP, Abmayr SM, Workman JL (2006). Host Cell Factor (dHCF) and an uncharacterized SANT-domain protein are stable components of ATAC, a novel dAda2A/dGcn5-containing HAT complex in Drosophila. Mol Cell Biol., 26:871-82 (URL)


Jin J, Cai Y, Li B, Conaway RC, Workman JL, Conaway JW, Kusch T (2005). In and Out: Histone Variant Exchange in Chromatin. Trends Biochem Sci. 30 (12): 680-7; Epub Oct 27 (URL)
Review was one of top 25 most-downloaded articles in Oct-Dec 2005 (source: http://top25.sciencedirect.com/)


Cai Y, Jin J, Florens L, Swanson SK, Kusch T, Li B, Workman JL, Washburn MP, Conaway RC, Conaway JW (2005). The mammalian YL1 protein is a shared subunit of the TRRAP/TIP60 histone acetyltransferase and SRCAP complexes. J Biol Chem, 280:13665-70. Epub 2005 Jan 11 (URL)


Kusch T, Florens L, Macdonald WH, Swanson SK, Glaser RL, Yates JR 3rd, Abmayr SM, Washburn MP, Workman JL (2004). Acetylation by Tip60 is required for selective histone variant exchange at DNA lesions. Science 306 (5704):2084-7. Epub 2004 Nov 04. (URL)
See comments in:
Editor's Choice: ci. STKE, 21 December 2004, Vol. 2004, Issue 264, p. tw460
'Though Breaks', Research Highlight in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Vol. 11   
         (12), December 2004 (URL)
Faculty of 1000: - http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1022606/evaluation


Carrozza, MJ, Kusch T, Workman JL (2003) Repairing of nucleosomes during transcription. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 10, 879-80 (URL)


Kusch T, Guelman S, Abmayr, SM, Workman JL (2003). Two Drosophila Ada2 homologues function in different multiprotein complexes. Mol Cell Biol. 23, 3305-19 (URL)


Howe L, Kusch T, Muster N, Chaterji R, Yates JR 3rd, Workman JL (2002). Yng1p modulates the activity of Sas3p as a component of the yeast NuA3 histone acetyltransferase complex. Mol Cell Biol. 22, 5047-53. (URL)


Kusch T, Storck T, Walldorf U, Reuter R (2002). Brachyury proteins regulate target genes through modular binding sites in a cooperative fashion. Genes Dev. 16, 518-29. (URL)


Kusch T, Reuter R (1999). Functions for Drosophila brachyenteron and fork head in mesoderm specification and cell signalling. Development 126, 3991-4003. (URL)



Other Contributions to Scientific Publications (see left):
Front Cover Photography for Journal Molecular and Cellular Biology, 23, Number 18

Front Cover Photography for CTMI Book: 'Protein Complexes that Modify Chromatin',
Springer Verlag, Heidelberg New York, ISBN 3-540-44208-1
Cover photo from Kusch et al, 2003. Shown is the tip of a polytene chromosome from Drosophila larvae stained for components of the SAGA histone acetyltransferase complex. The DNA is counterstained in blue.
Cover photo from 'Protein complexes...' (for details see right). Shown is a dividing S2 cell from Drosophila. The mitotic spindle is visualized in red, chromosomes are painted in green.