Tsutomu Aoki

The paper investigates Zelda's role in histone gene regulation in Drosophila melanogaster and finds that Zelda does not affect histone mRNA levels or histone locus body formation when depleted.

The paper shows that the Drosophila transcription factor CLAMP uses both cis element and local sequence information to perform context-specific functions at different genomic loci.

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

This study investigates the in vivo functions of BEN-solo proteins in Drosophila embryos, showing they act as insulators to partition active chromatin and regulate gene activation.

The paper identifies a novel role for the iab-7 Polycomb Response Element in boundary function by showing its interaction with the LBC and GAF protein, and reveals that HS1 alone can partially function as a boundary.