Oksana G Maksimenko

The paper identifies and characterizes a unique C2H2 zinc finger domain in Drosophila that mediates dimerization through a conserved CGEx motif, revealing its structural and evolutionary significance.

The paper determines the structural basis of the interaction between CLAMP and MSL2 proteins, showing how this interaction enables specific recruitment of the dosage compensation complex to the male X chromosome in Drosophila.

This study shows that dCTCF is not essential for Drosophila survival but is involved in Abd-B gene regulation and fertility, with functional compensation from other proteins.

This study identifies two regions in Pita that interact with CP190 and shows that this interaction is critical for Pita's enhancer blocking activity but not required for its chromatin binding.

This study shows that the N-terminal region of MSL1 is essential for MSL complex stability and function in dosage compensation in Drosophila males.

The paper investigates how MSL2 and CLAMP cooperate to distinguish functional from non-functional MREs in Drosophila dosage compensation.

This study shows that CLAMP directly interacts with MSL2 to aid in the recruitment of the MSL complex to the X chromosome in Drosophila.

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.