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Najma Shaheen

Lahore University of Management SciencesORCID 0000-0002-1474-7776Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Molecular Biology· 2 Genetics· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Jawad AkhtariD· 2 shared Muhammad Haider Farooq KhaniD· 2 shared Muhammad TariqiD· 2 shared Zain Umer· 2 shared Amir FaisaliD· 1 shared Ammad Shaukat· 1 shared Ananya AcharyaiD· 1 shared Andrea Marton MenendeziD· 1 shared

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2021-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 29, 2026

Critical roles of MCM8 in meiotic recombination during mouse spermatogenesis

Lava Kumar Surarapu, Kevin Tilton, Maria Rosaria Dello Stritto…·Devanshi Jain

This study investigates the role of MCM8 in meiotic recombination in mouse spermatocytes, showing it regulates DSB number and post-resection intermediate formation.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.28.714908

mouseDNA methylation

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintApr 23, 2021

Polycomb requires Tcp-1η chaperonin for maintaining gene silencing in Drosophila

Najma Shaheen, Jawad Akhtar, Zain Umer…·Muhammad Tariq

This study identifies Tcp-1η as a chaperonin subunit that interacts with Polycomb to maintain gene silencing in Drosophila, supporting its role in PcG targeting and chromatin association.

DOI 10.1101/2021.04.23.441114

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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Molecular BiologyFrontiers in Cell and Developmental BiologyPeer-reviewedMar 5, 2021

Kinome-wide RNAi screen uncovers role of Ballchen in maintenance of gene activation by trithorax group in Drosophila

Muhammad Haider Farooq Khan, Jawad Akhtar, Zain Umer…·Muhammad Tariq

The paper identifies Ballchen as a trithorax group regulator that counteracts Polycomb group repression by maintaining gene activation through histone modification.

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DrosophilaChIP-seq

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