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Nicholas P. Rice

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolORCID 0000-0002-9023-6820Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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William E. TheurkaufiD· 3 shared Zhiping WengiD· 3 shared Samantha HoiD· 2 shared Tianxiong YuiD· 2 shared Gen Zhang· 1 shared Swapnil S. ParhadiD· 1 shared

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Developmental BiologyRNAPeer-reviewedDec 15, 2025

Rapid disassembly and Piwi-independent reassembly of Drosophila piRNA cluster heterochromatin following acute heat shock

Nicholas P. Rice, Samantha Ho, Zhiping Weng, William E. Theurkauf

This study shows that acute heat shock rapidly disassembles and reassembles Drosophila piRNA cluster heterochromatin, with RDC re-localization independent of maternal piRNAs.

2 citations

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 25, 2023

Aub, Vasa and Armi localization to phase separated nuage is dispensable for piRNA biogenesis and transposon silencing in Drosophila

Samantha Ho, Nicholas P. Rice, Tianxiong Yu…·William E. Theurkauf

2 citations

DrosophilaChIP-seq

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GeneticsCell ReportsPeer-reviewedFeb 1, 2020

Adaptive evolution targets a piRNA precursor transcription network

Swapnil S. Parhad, Tianxiong Yu, Gen Zhang…·William E. Theurkauf

The paper identifies a network involving Cuff, TRF2, and CtBP that balances canonical and non-canonical piRNA precursor transcription in Drosophila.

28 citations

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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