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Publications

• Tzur, Y.B. and Colaiacovo, M.P. (2009): Genetics: Crossover control in two steps. Nature (In Press).
• Saito, T.T., Youds, J.L., Boulton, S.J. and Colaiacovo, M.P. (2009): Caenorhabditis elegans HIM-18/SLX-4 interacts with SLX-1 and XPF-1 and maintains genomic integrity in the germline by processing recombination intermediates. PLoS Genetics (In Press).
• Smolikov, S., Schild-Prufert, K. and Colaiacovo, M.P. (2009): A yeast two-hybrid screen for SYP-3 interactors identifies SYP-4, a component required for synaptonemal complex assembly and chiasma formation in C. elegans meiosis. PLoS Genetics 5(10): e1000669.pdf
• Nottke, A. and Colaiacovo, M.P. (2009): Wrestling with chromosomes: The roles of SUMO during meiosis, in SUMO regulation of cellular processes. (ed, V. Wilson). Springer Publishing (In Press).
• Martinez-Perez, E.* and Colaiacovo, M.P.* (2009): Distribution of meiotic recombination events: Talking to your neighbors. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 19:105-112. (*Co-corresponding authors).pdf
• Nottke, A., Colaiacovo, M.P. and Shi, Y. (2009): Developmental roles of the histone lysine demethylases. Development 136: 879-889.pdf
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  Egydio de Carvalho, C., Zaaijer, S., Smolikov, S., Gu, Y., Schumacher, J.M. and Colaiacovo, M.P. (2008): LAB-1 antagonizes the Aurora B kinase in C. elegans. Genes Dev. 22: 2869-2885.pdf
• Smolikov, S., Schild-Prufert K and Colaiacovo, M.P. (2008): CRA-1 uncovers a double-strand break-dependent pathway promoting the assembly of central region proteins on chromosome axes during C. elegans meiosis. PLoS Genetics 4(6): e1000088.pdf
• Smolikov, S., Eizinger, A., Schild-Prufert, K., Hurlburt, A,, McDonald, K., Engebrecht, J., Villeneuve, A.M. and Colaiacovo, M.P. (2007):  SYP-3 restricts synaptonemal complex assembly to bridge paired chromosome axes during meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 176(4): 2015-2025.pdf
  
  Smolikov, S., Eizinger, A., Hurlburt, A., Rogers, E., Villeneuve, A.M. and Colaiacovo, M.P. (2007): Synapsis-defective mutants reveal a correlation between chromosome conformation and the mode of double-strand break repair during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis. Genetics 176(4): 2027-2033.pdf
• Egydio de Carvalho, C. and Colaiacovo, M.P. (2006): SUMO-mediated regulation of synaptonemal complex formation during meiosis. Genes Dev. 20: 1986-1992.pdf
• Whetstine, J.R., Nottke, A., Lan, F., Huarte, M., Smolikov, S., Chen, Z., Spooner, E., Li, E., Zhang, G., Colaiacovo, M. and Shi, Y (2006): Reversal of Histone Lysine Trimethylation by the JMJD2 Family of Histone Demethylases. Cell 125(3):467-81.pdf
• Colaiacovo, M.P. (2006): The many facets of SC function during C. elegans meiosis. Chromosoma 115(3):195-211.pdf
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  Nabeshima, K., Villeneuve, A.M. and Colaiacovo, M.P. (2005): Crossing over is coupled to late meiotic prophase bivalent differentiation through asymmetric disassembly of the SC. J Cell Biol. 168(5):683-9.pdf
• Colaiacovo, M.P., MacQueen, A.J., Martinez-Perez, E., McDonald, K., Adamo, A., La Volpe, A. and Villeneuve, A.M. (2003): Synaptonemal complex assembly in C. elegans is dispensable for loading strand-exchange proteins but critical for proper completion of recombination. Dev Cell. 5(3): 463-74.
• Colaiacovo, M.P., Stanfield, G.M., Reddy, K.C., Reinke, V., Kim, S.K. and Villeneuve, A.M. (2002): A targeted RNAi screen for genes involved in chromosome morphogenesis and nuclear organization in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline. Genetics 162(1): 113-28.
• MacQueen, A.J., Colaiacovo, M.P., McDonald, K. and Villeneuve, A.M. (2002): Synapsis-dependent and -independent mechanisms stabilize homolog pairing during meiotic prophase in C. elegans. Genes Dev. 16(18): 2428-42.
• Dernburg, A.F.*, Zalevsky, J.*, Colaiacovo, M.P. and Villeneuve A.M. (2000): Transgene-mediated cosuppression in the C. elegans germ line. Genes Dev. 14(13): 1578-83. (*These authors contributed equally to this publication).
• Colaiacovo, M.P., Paques, F. and Haber, J.E. (1999): Removal of one nonhomologous DNA end during gene conversion by a RAD1-, MSH2- independent pathway. Genetics 151: 1409-1423.
• Sugawara, N.*, Paques, F.*, Colaiacovo, M. and Haber, J.E. (1997): Role of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Msh2 and Msh3 repair proteins in double-strand break-induced recombination. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94: 9214-9219. (*These authors contributed equally to this publication).