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University of California Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA, US

2006-01 to present | Professor (Molecular Cell Developmental Biology)
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Rohinton Kamakaka

National Institutes of Health: Bethesda, MD, US

1996-10 to 2005-12 | Unit Chief (NICHD)
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Rohinton Kamakaka

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

1994-11 to 1996-10 | Post-Doctoral Researcher (Molecular and Cell Biology)
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Rohinton Kamakaka

University of California San Diego: La Jolla, CA, US

1989-11 to 1994-11 | Post-Doctoral Researcher (Biology)
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Education and qualifications (4)

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

1984-10 to 1988-05 | Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
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Rohinton Kamakaka

University Of Poona: Pune, Maharashtra, IN

1983 to 1984 | M. Phil (Zoology)
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Rohinton Kamakaka

University of Poona: Pune, Maharashtra, IN

1981 to 1983 | M. Sc. (Zoology)
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Rohinton Kamakaka

University of Poona: Pune, Maharashtra, IN

1978 to 1981 | B. Sc. (Zoology)
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Rohinton Kamakaka

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Transcriptional silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: known unknowns

Epigenetics & Chromatin
2024-09-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13072-024-00553-7
Part of ISSN: 1756-8935
Contributors: Namrita Dhillon; Rohinton T. Kamakaka
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Clarifying Mendelian vs non-Mendelian inheritance

GENETICS
2024-07-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyae078
Part of ISSN: 1943-2631
Contributors: Susan Strome; Needhi Bhalla; Rohinton Kamakaka; Upasna Sharma; William Sullivan
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Yeast heterochromatin stably silences only weak regulatory elements by altering burst duration

Cell Reports
2024-04 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113983
Part of ISSN: 2211-1247
Contributors: Kenneth Wu; Namrita Dhillon; Antone Bajor; Sara Abrahamsson; Rohinton Kamakaka
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Rohinton Kamakaka

A cancer-associated RNA polymerase III identity drives robust transcription and expression of snaR-A noncoding RNA

Nature Communications
2022-05-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30323-6
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Kevin Van Bortle; David Marciano; Qing Liu; Tristan Chou; Andrew M. Lipchik; Sanjay Gollapudi; Benjamin Geller; Emma Monte; Rohinton T. Kamakaka; Michael Snyder
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Measuring the buffering capacity of gene silencing in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-12-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2111841118
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
Contributors: Kenneth Wu; Namrita Dhillon; Kelvin Du; Rohinton Kamakaka
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

<i>De novo</i> reconstitution of chromatin using wheat germ cell‐free protein synthesis

FEBS Open Bio
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13178
Part of ISSN: 2211-5463
Part of ISSN: 2211-5463
Contributors: Yaeta Endo; Nobuaki Takemori; Szilvia K. Nagy; Kei‐ichi Okimune; Rohinton Kamakaka; Hitoshi Onouchi; Taichi Takasuka
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Permutational analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae regulatory elements.

Synthetic biology (Oxford, England)
2020-06-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/synbio/ysaa007
PMID: 32775697
PMC: PMC7402160
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka
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Enabling community-based metrology for wood-degrading fungi.

Fungal biology and biotechnology
2020-03-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s40694-020-00092-2
PMID: 32206323
PMC: PMC7081594
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka
grade
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tRNA Genes Affect Chromosome Structure and Function via Local Effects.

Molecular and cellular biology
2019-04-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00432-18
PMID: 30718362
PMC: PMC6447413
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka
grade
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Methods to Study the Atypical Roles of DNA Repair and SMC Proteins in Gene Silencing.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
2017-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6545-8_10
PMID: 27797079
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Heterochromatin formation via recruitment of DNA repair proteins.

Molecular biology of the cell
2015-01-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-09-1413
PMID: 25631822
PMC: PMC4454184
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Dyskerin, tRNA genes, and condensin tether pericentric chromatin to the spindle axis in mitosis.

The Journal of cell biology
2014-10-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201405028
PMID: 25332162
PMC: PMC4210444
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Long-range heterochromatin association is mediated by silencing and double-strand DNA break repair proteins.

The Journal of cell biology
2013-06-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201211105
PMID: 23733345
PMC: PMC3678155
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Rohinton Kamakaka

TFIIIC bound DNA elements in nuclear organization and insulation.

Biochimica et biophysica acta
2012-09-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.09.006
PMID: 23000638
PMC: PMC3552062
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Human tRNA genes function as chromatin insulators.

The EMBO journal
2011-11-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.406
PMID: 22085927
PMC: PMC3261562
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Nucleoporin mediated nuclear positioning and silencing of HMR.

PloS one
2011-07-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021923
PMID: 21818277
PMC: PMC3139579
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Dynamics of Sir3 spreading in budding yeast: secondary recruitment sites and euchromatic localization.

The EMBO journal
2011-02-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.30
PMID: 21336256
PMC: PMC3061035
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Insulators and promoters: closer than we think.

Nature reviews. Genetics
2010-05-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2765
PMID: 20442713
PMC: PMC3477808
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Rohinton Kamakaka

The human Pol III transcriptome and gene information flow.

Nature structural & molecular biology
2010-05-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb0510-539
PMID: 20442738
PMC: PMC3465079
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

tRNA insulator function: insight into inheritance of transcription states?

Epigenetics
2010-02-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4161/epi.5.2.10775
PMID: 20168086
PMC: PMC3465082
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

DNA polymerase epsilon, acetylases and remodellers cooperate to form a specialized chromatin structure at a tRNA insulator.

The EMBO journal
2009-07-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.198
PMID: 19629037
PMC: PMC2738695
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Transcription independent insulation at TFIIIC-dependent insulators.

Genetics
2009-07-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.106203
PMID: 19596900
PMC: PMC2746139
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Rohinton Kamakaka

The DNA end-binding protein Ku regulates silencing at the internal HML and HMR loci in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Genetics
2008-09-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.094490
PMID: 18791224
PMC: PMC2581944
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Rohinton Kamakaka
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe Hst4 functions in DNA damage response by regulating histone H3 K56 acetylation.

Eukaryotic cell
2008-03-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/ec.00379-07
PMID: 18344406
PMC: PMC2394969
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Long-range communication between the silencers of HMR.

Molecular and cellular biology
2008-01-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01647-07
PMID: 18195043
PMC: PMC2268393
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Different mating-type-regulated genes affect the DNA repair defects of Saccharomyces RAD51, RAD52 and RAD55 mutants.

Genetics
2006-06-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.058685
PMID: 16782999
PMC: PMC1569815
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Rohinton Kamakaka

tRNA genes as chromatin barriers.

Nature structural & molecular biology
2006-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb0306-192
PMID: 16518388
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Chromatin insulators.

Annual review of genetics
2006-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.39.073003.113546
PMID: 16953792
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Rohinton Kamakaka

H2A.Z functions to regulate progression through the cell cycle.

Molecular and cellular biology
2006-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.2.489-501.2006
PMID: 16382141
PMC: PMC1346916
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Construction and characterization of a series of vectors for Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Yeast (Chichester, England)
2005-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/yea.1332
PMID: 16358314
Source: Self-asserted source
Rohinton Kamakaka

Analyses of SUM1-1-mediated long-range repression.

Genetics
2005-11-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.050427
PMID: 16272409
PMC: PMC1456157
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Barrier function at HMR.

Molecular cell
2005-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.07.022
PMID: 16137626
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Histone variants: deviants?

Genes & development
2005-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1272805
PMID: 15687254
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Barrier proteins remodel and modify chromatin to restrict silenced domains.

Molecular and cellular biology
2004-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.5.1956-1967.2004
PMID: 14966276
PMC: PMC350565
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Purification of Sir2 proteins from yeast.

Methods in enzymology
2004-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(03)77014-1
PMID: 14979029
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Heterochromatin: proteins in flux lead to stable repression.

Current biology : CB
2003-04-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00236-7
PMID: 12699644
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Chromatin: a connection between loops and barriers?

Current biology : CB
2002-08-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)01032-1
PMID: 12176379
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Blockers and barriers to transcription: competing activities?

Current opinion in cell biology
2002-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-0674(02)00327-7
PMID: 12067651
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Braking the silence: how heterochromatic gene repression is stopped in its tracks.

BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology
2002-04-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10072
PMID: 11948620
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Breaking through to the other side: silencers and barriers.

Current opinion in genetics & development
2002-04-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0959-437x(02)00285-x
PMID: 11893492
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Sir2p exists in two nucleosome-binding complexes with distinct deacetylase activities.

The EMBO journal
2001-08-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.16.4522
PMID: 11500379
PMC: PMC125569
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Rohinton Kamakaka

In vitro transcription.

Current protocols in cell biology
2001-05-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/0471143030.cb1106s02
PMID: 18228311
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Rohinton Kamakaka

RNA polymerase III and RNA polymerase II promoter complexes are heterochromatin barriers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

The EMBO journal
2001-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.3.520
PMID: 11157758
PMC: PMC133458
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Rohinton Kamakaka

A histone variant, Htz1p, and a Sir1p-like protein, Esc2p, mediate silencing at HMR.

Molecular cell
2000-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)00076-9
PMID: 11090616
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Rohinton Kamakaka

The RCAF complex mediates chromatin assembly during DNA replication and repair.

Nature
1999-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/990147
PMID: 10591219
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Rohinton Kamakaka

A role for the replication proteins PCNA, RF-C, polymerase epsilon and Cdc45 in transcriptional silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Genetics
1999-11-01 | Journal article
PMID: 10545450
PMC: PMC1460823
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Chromatin assembly: biochemical identities and genetic redundancy.

Current opinion in genetics & development
1999-04-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0959-437x(99)80028-8
PMID: 10322140
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Rohinton Kamakaka

The boundaries of the silenced HMR domain in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Genes & development
1999-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.6.698
PMID: 10090726
PMC: PMC316548
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Sir- and silencer-independent disruption of silencing in Saccharomyces by Sas10p.

Genetics
1998-06-01 | Journal article
PMID: 9611201
PMC: PMC1460156
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Rohinton Kamakaka

Silencers and locus control regions: opposite sides of the same coin.

Trends in biochemical sciences
1997-04-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(96)10074-8
PMID: 9149531
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Rohinton Kamakaka
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