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Soumya Bouchouika

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Akbar ZainuiD· 1 shared Alexia PigeotiD· 1 shared Alja Kozulic-Pirher· 1 shared Amal Zine El AabidineiD· 1 shared Anne CucchiariniiD· 1 shared Bernard de MassyiD· 1 shared Cyril EsnaultiD· 1 shared Daniela VergaiD· 1 shared

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G-quadruplexes are promoter elements controlling nucleosome exclusion and RNA polymerase II pausing

Cyril Esnault, Amal Zine El Aabidine, Marie-Cécile Robert, Anne Cucchiarini, Talha Magat, Alexia Pigeot, Soumya Bouchouika, Encar García-Oliver, Kevin Gawron, Eugenia I. Basyuk, Magdalena A. Karpińska, Alja Kozulic-Pirher, Yu Luo, Daniela Verga, Raphaël Mourad, , Jean‐Christophe Andrau

This study identifies G-quadruplexes as promoter elements that exclude nucleosomes and facilitate RNA polymerase II pausing.

Nature Genetics · Jul 22, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics

The FIGNL1-FIRRM complex is required to complete meiotic recombination in the mouse and prevents massive DNA damage-independent RAD51 and DMC1 loading

Akbar Zainu, Dupaigne Pauline, Soumya Bouchouika, Julien Cau, Julie A. J. Clément, Pauline Auffret, Virginie Ropars, Jean‐Baptiste Charbonnier, Bernard de Massy, Raphaël Mercier, Rajeev Kumar, Frédéric Baudat

This study identifies the FIGNL1-FIRRM complex as essential for completing meiotic recombination in mice by regulating RAD51 and DMC1 loading, independent of DNA damage.

bioRxiv · May 17, 2023 · PreprintGenetics