Francheska López-Rivera

The paper identifies suppressor mutations in yeast that allow survival without the essential transcription factor Spn1/Iws1 by revealing multiple pathways that compensate for its loss.

This study identifies a network of histone chaperones and elongation factors that coordinate transcriptional accuracy and chromatin structure through their physical interactions.

The paper shows that a mutation in a minimal enhancer of Drosophila eve stripe 2 is buffered by flanking sequences in extended enhancer constructs, but not in the endogenous context.

The paper shows that Caudal counter-represses Hunchback to enable even-skipped stripe 2 expression in Drosophila embryos, challenging the traditional view of Hunchback as a direct activator.