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Melissa M. Harrison

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Melissa M. Harrison — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 33
Works: 67
Citations: 5,380

Most-cited papers

Genome Engineering of Drosophila with the CRISPR RNA-Guided Cas9 Nuclease
S. Gratz, Alexander M. Cummings, Jennifer N. Nguyen, Danielle C Hamm +4 more
2013Genetics1,076 citations Open access
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Mechanisms regulating zygotic genome activation
Katharine N. Schulz, Melissa M. Harrison
2018Nature reviews genetics472 citations Open access
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Zelda Binding in the Early Drosophila melanogaster Embryo Marks Regions Subsequently Activated at the Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition
Melissa M. Harrison, Xiao-Yong Li, Tommy Kaplan, M. Botchan +1 more
2011PLoS Genetics352 citations Open access
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Safeguarding gene drive experiments in the laboratory
O. Akbari, Hugo J. Bellen, E. Bier, S. Bullock +23 more
2015Science262 citations Open access
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A CRISPR view of development
Melissa M. Harrison, Brian V. Jenkins, Kate M. O'Connor-Giles, Jill Wildonger
2014Genes & Development229 citations Open access
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CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in Drosophila
S. Gratz, C. D. Rubinstein, Melissa M. Harrison, Jill Wildonger +1 more
2015Current Protocols in Molecular Biology215 citations Open access
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Establishment of regions of genomic activity during the Drosophila maternal to zygotic transition
Xiao-Yong Li, Melissa M. Harrison, J. Villalta, Tommy Kaplan +1 more
2014bioRxiv208 citations Open access
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Dynamic multifactor hubs interact transiently with sites of active transcription in Drosophila embryos
Mustafa Mir, M. Stadler, Stephan A. Ortiz, Colleen E. Hannon +3 more
2018bioRxiv187 citations Open access
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Structural Features of Transcription Factors Associating with Nucleosome Binding
Meilin Fernandez Garcia, Cedric Moore, Katharine N. Schulz, Oscar Alberto +4 more
2019Molecules and Cells186 citations Open access
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Zelda is differentially required for chromatin accessibility, transcription factor binding, and gene expression in the early Drosophila embryo
Katharine N. Schulz, Eliana R Bondra, Arbel Moshe, J. Villalta +4 more
2015Genome Research175 citations Open access
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Some C. elegans class B synthetic multivulva proteins encode a conserved LIN-35 Rb-containing complex distinct from a NuRD-like complex
Melissa M. Harrison, C. Ceol, Xiao-Wei Lu, H. Horvitz
2006Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America154 citations Open access
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Temporal control of gene expression by the pioneer factor Zelda through transient interactions in hubs
Jérémy Dufourt, A. Trullo, J. Hunter, Carola Fernandez +9 more
2018Nature Communications153 citations Open access
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Advances in Engineering the Fly Genome with the CRISPR-Cas System
E. Bier, Melissa M. Harrison, Kate M. O'Connor-Giles, Jill Wildonger
2017Genetics136 citations Open access
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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome engineering and the promise of designer flies on demand
S. Gratz, Jill Wildonger, Melissa M. Harrison, Kate M. O'Connor-Giles
2013Fly120 citations Open access
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H3 K27M and EZHIP Impede H3K27-Methylation Spreading by Inhibiting Allosterically Stimulated PRC2
Siddhant U. Jain, Andrew Q. Rashoff, Samuel D. Krabbenhoft, Dominik Hoelper +10 more
2020bioRxiv116 citations Open access
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Continued activity of the pioneer factor Zelda is required to drive zygotic genome activation
Stephen L. McDaniel, T. Gibson, Katharine N. Schulz, Meilin Fernandez Garcia +5 more
2019Molecules and Cells109 citations Open access
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GAF is essential for zygotic genome activation and chromatin accessibility in the early Drosophila embryo
Marissa M. Gaskill, T. Gibson, Elizabeth D. Larson, Melissa M. Harrison
2020bioRxiv103 citations Open access
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Grainyhead and Zelda compete for binding to the promoters of the earliest-expressed Drosophila genes
Melissa M. Harrison, M. Botchan, T. W. Cline
2010Developmental Biology96 citations Open access
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Regulatory principles governing the maternal-to-zygotic transition: insights from Drosophila melanogaster
Danielle C Hamm, Melissa M. Harrison
2018Royal Society Open Biology74 citations Open access
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Chromosome-Biased Binding and Gene Regulation by the Caenorhabditis elegans DRM Complex
T. Tabuchi, B. Deplancke, N. Osato, L. Zhu +5 more
2011PLoS Genetics68 citations Open access
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Precise Genome Editing of Drosophila with CRISPR RNA-Guided Cas9
S. Gratz, Melissa M. Harrison, Jill Wildonger, Kate M. O'Connor-Giles
2015Methods in molecular biology66 citations Open access
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Pioneering the Developmental Frontier
Elizabeth D. Larson, A. Marsh, Melissa M. Harrison
2021Molecules and Cells62 citations Open access
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Transcriptional Activation of the Zygotic Genome in Drosophila.
Melissa M. Harrison, M. Eisen
2015Current Topics in Developmental Biology57 citations
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Stable Binding of the Conserved Transcription Factor Grainy Head to its Target Genes Throughout Drosophila melanogaster Development
Markus Nevil, Eliana R Bondra, Katharine N. Schulz, Tommy Kaplan +1 more
2016Genetics52 citations Open access
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The control of transcriptional memory by stable mitotic bookmarking
Maelle Bellec, Jérémy Dufourt, G. Hunt, Helene Lenden-Hasse +11 more
2021Nature Communications51 citations Open access
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LIN-61, One of Two Caenorhabditis elegans Malignant-Brain-Tumor-Repeat-Containing Proteins, Acts With the DRM and NuRD-Like Protein Complexes in Vulval Development but Not in Certain Other Biological Processes
Melissa M. Harrison, Xiao-Wei Lu, H. Horvitz
2007Genetics48 citations Open access
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A conserved maternal-specific repressive domain in Zelda revealed by Cas9-mediated mutagenesis in Drosophila melanogaster
Danielle C Hamm, Elizabeth D. Larson, Markus Nevil, K. E. Marshall +2 more
2017bioRxiv47 citations Open access
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Transcriptional Activation Is a Conserved Feature of the Early Embryonic Factor Zelda That Requires a Cluster of Four Zinc Fingers for DNA Binding and a Low-complexity Activation Domain*
Danielle C Hamm, Eliana R Bondra, Melissa M. Harrison
2014Journal of Biological Chemistry45 citations Open access
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Identification and Classification of Genes That Act Antagonistically to let-60 Ras Signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans Vulval Development
Craig J. Ceol, F. Stegmeier, Melissa M. Harrison, H. Horvitz
2006Genetics45 citations
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Pioneer factors — key regulators of chromatin and gene expression
M. Bulyk, J. Drouin, Melissa M. Harrison, J. Taipale +1 more
2023Nature reviews genetics43 citations
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Cell-type-specific chromatin occupancy by the pioneer factor Zelda drives key developmental transitions in Drosophila
Elizabeth D. Larson, H. Komori, T. Gibson, Cyrina M Ostgaard +4 more
2021Nature Communications41 citations Open access
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A Hdac1/Rpd3-poised circuit balances continual self-renewal and rapid restriction of developmental potential during asymmetric stem cell division
Derek H. Janssens, Danielle C Hamm, Lucas Anhezini, Q. Xiao +4 more
2017Developmental Cell41 citations Open access
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Evolution of the Drosophila Feminizing Switch Gene Sex-lethal
T. W. Cline, M. Dorsett, Shan Sun, Melissa M. Harrison +3 more
2010Genetics38 citations Open access
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Grainyhead-like Protein 2: The Emerging Role in Hormone-Dependent Cancers and Epigenetics.
Rebecca M. Reese, Melissa M. Harrison, E. Alarid
2019Endocrinology31 citations Open access
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Localization of the Drosophila pioneer factor GAF to subnuclear foci is driven by DNA binding and required to silence satellite repeat expression
Marissa M. Gaskill, Isabella V. Soluri, Annemarie E Branks, Alan P. Boka +8 more
2023Developmental Cell28 citations Open access
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Setting the stage for development: the maternal-to-zygotic transition in Drosophila.
Melissa M. Harrison, A. Marsh, C. Rushlow
2023Genetics27 citations
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Establishment of chromatin accessibility by the conserved transcription factor Grainy head is developmentally regulated
Markus Nevil, T. Gibson, Constantine Bartolutti, Anusha Iyengar +1 more
2019Development24 citations Open access
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Protein-intrinsic properties and context-dependent effects regulate pioneer-factor binding and function
T. Gibson, Elizabeth D. Larson, Melissa M. Harrison
2024Nature Structural & Molecular Biology22 citations Open access
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lin-8, Which Antagonizes Caenorhabditis elegans Ras-Mediated Vulval Induction, Encodes a Novel Nuclear Protein That Interacts With the LIN-35 Rb Protein
Ewa M. Davison, Melissa M. Harrison, A. Walhout, M. Vidal +1 more
2005Genetics22 citations
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Premature translation of the Drosophila zygotic genome activator Zelda is not sufficient to precociously activate gene expression
Elizabeth D. Larson, H. Komori, Zoe A. Fitzpatrick, Samuel D. Krabbenhoft +2 more
2022G315 citations Open access
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Reprogramming of three-dimensional chromatin organization in the early embryo
Alexandra Theis, Melissa M. Harrison
2023Current Opinion in Structural Biology10 citations Open access
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Catalytic-dependent and independent functions of the histone acetyltransferase CBP promote pioneer factor-mediated zygotic genome activation
A. Marsh, Sergei Pirogov, Yadwinder Kaur, Abby J. Ruffridge +5 more
2025Molecules and Cells9 citations Open access
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Protein-intrinsic properties and context-dependent effects regulate pioneer-factor binding and function
T. Gibson, Melissa M. Harrison
2023bioRxiv8 citations Open access
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Three-dimensional genome reorganization foreshadows zygotic genome activation in Drosophila
Noura Maziak, Yuchen Zhang, Fabian Groll, Haley E Brown +5 more
2026Nature Genetics7 citations Open access
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Catalytic-dependent and independent functions of the histone acetyltransferase CBP promote pioneer factor-mediated zygotic genome activation
Audrey J. Marsh, Sergei Pirogov, Abby J. Ruffridge, Suresh Sajwan +5 more
2024bioRxiv6 citations Open access
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Tissue-Specific DNA Replication Defects in Drosophila melanogaster Caused by a Meier-Gorlin Syndrome Mutation in Orc4
Stephen L. McDaniel, Allison J. Hollatz, Anna M Branstad, Marissa M. Gaskill +2 more
2019Genetics6 citations Open access
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Exploring the reciprocity between pioneer factors and development.
Meghan M Freund, Melissa M. Harrison, Eliana F. Torres-Zelada
2024Development5 citations
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Low-level repressive histone marks fine-tune gene transcription in neural stem cells
Arjun Rajan, Lucas Anhezini, Noemí Rives-Quinto, Jaya Chhabra +5 more
2023eLife5 citations Open access
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Tissue-Specific DNA Replication Defects in Drosophila melanogaster Caused by a Meier-Gorlin Syndrome Mutation in Orc4.
Stephen L. McDaniel, Allison J. Hollatz, Anna M Branstad, Marissa M. Gaskill +2 more
2020Genetics5 citations Open access
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Optogenetic Inactivation of Transcription Factors in the Early Embryo of Drosophila.
Stephen L. McDaniel, Melissa M. Harrison
2019Bio-protocol5 citations Open access
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