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Varun Sood

PhD Candidate, Northwestern University
Verified email at u.northwestern.edu
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[HTML][HTML] A conserved role for human Nup98 in altering chromatin structure and promoting epigenetic transcriptional memory

WH Light, J Freaney, V Sood, A Thompson… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The interaction of nuclear pore proteins (Nups) with active genes can promote their transcription.
In yeast, some inducible genes interact with the nuclear pore complex both when active …

Molecular Basis for the Role of Staphylococcus aureus Penicillin Binding Protein 4 in Antimicrobial Resistance

V Navratna, S Nadig, V Sood, K Prasad… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) are membrane-associated proteins that catalyze the final
step of murein biosynthesis. These proteins function as either transpeptidases or …

Nuclear pore interactions with the genome

V Sood, JH Brickner - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2014 - Elsevier
Within the nucleus, chromatin is functionally organized into distinct nuclear compartments.
The nuclear periphery, containing Nuclear Pore Complexes (NPCs), plays an important role …

The stochastic nature of genome organization and function

V Sood, T Misteli - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2022 - Elsevier
Genomes have complex three-dimensional structures. High-resolution population-based
biochemical studies over the last decade have painted a mostly static picture of the genome …

Epigenetic Transcriptional Memory of GAL Genes Depends on Growth in Glucose and the Tup1 Transcription Factor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

V Sood, I Cajigas, A D'Urso, WH Light, JH Brickner - Genetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Previously expressed inducible genes can remain poised for faster reactivation for multiple
cell divisions, a conserved phenomenon called epigenetic transcriptional memory. The GAL …

Strategies to regulate transcription factor–mediated gene positioning and interchromosomal clustering at the nuclear periphery

C Randise-Hinchliff, R Coukos, V Sood… - Journal of Cell …, 2016 - rupress.org
In budding yeast, targeting of active genes to the nuclear pore complex (NPC) and
interchromosomal clustering is mediated by transcription factor (TF) binding sites in the gene …

Subnuclear positioning and interchromosomal clustering of the GAL1-10 locus are controlled by separable, interdependent mechanisms

DG Brickner, V Sood, E Tutucci, R Coukos… - Molecular biology of …, 2016 - Am Soc Cell Biol
On activation, the GAL genes in yeast are targeted to the nuclear periphery through interaction
with the nuclear pore complex. Here we identify two cis-acting “DNA zip codes” from the …

Quantitation and characterization of glutathionyl haemoglobin as an oxidative stress marker in chronic renal failure by mass spectrometry

AK Mandal, M Woodi, V Sood, PR Krishnaswamy… - Clinical …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES:: Glutathionyl haemoglobin (GS-Hb) belonging to the class of glutathionylated
proteins has been investigated as a possible marker of oxidative stress in different chronic …

Blank spots on the map: some current questions on nuclear organization and genome architecture

…, S Shachar, S Vidak, EH Finn, V Sood… - Histochemistry and Cell …, 2018 - Springer
The past decades have provided remarkable insights into how the eukaryotic cell nucleus
and the genome within it are organized. The combined use of imaging, biochemistry and …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic and epigenetic strategies potentiate Gal4 activation to enhance fitness in recently diverged yeast species

V Sood, JH Brickner - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Certain genes show more rapid reactivation for several generations following repression, a
conserved phenomenon called epigenetic transcriptional memory. Following previous …