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Heather Skye Comstra

Emory UniversityORCID 0000-0001-6481-8440Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Assay:ChIP-seq· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Lauren J. HodkinsoniD· 3 shared Leila E. RiederiD· 3 shared Casey A. SchmidtiD· 2 shared Mellisa Xie· 2 shared Alvaro Perez DaissoniD· 1 shared Ava S. Lewandowski· 1 shared Blake A. Miller· 1 shared Bukola A. Ajani· 1 shared

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintJan 6, 2023

A bioinformatics screen reveals Hox and chromatin remodeling factors at the Drosophila histone locus

Lauren J. Hodkinson, Connor Smith, Heather Skye Comstra…·Leila E. Rieder

The paper identifies new Hox and chromatin remodeling factors interacting with the Drosophila histone gene array using a ChIP dataset screen.

2 citations

DrosophilaChIP-seq

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintDec 14, 2022

MSL2 targets histone genes in Drosophila virilis

Mellisa Xie, Lauren J. Hodkinson, Heather Skye Comstra…·Leila E. Rieder

The paper identifies MSL2 recruitment to a specific histone locus in D. virilis and shows differences in cis-regulatory mechanisms compared to D. melanogaster.

5 citations

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintSep 11, 2022

Max is likely not at the Drosophila histone locus

Mellisa Xie, Heather Skye Comstra, Casey A. Schmidt…·Leila E. Rieder

The paper investigates whether Max is part of the Drosophila histone locus body and concludes it is not based on ChIP-seq and ChIP-nexus data.

2 citations

DrosophilaChIP-seq

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