Pedro Costa-Nunes

Research Scientist
Department of Plant Science
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
United States of America

Biography

Pedro Costa-Nunes studied at University of Lisbon and presently working as Research Scientist at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Research Intrest

His research interests include Epigenetics, RNAi, Heterochomatin, Regulation of Gene Expression

List of Publications
Earley KW, Pontvianne F, Wierzbicki AT, Blevins T, Tucker S, Costa-Nunes P, Pontes O, Pikaard CS. Mechanisms of HDA6-mediated rRNA gene silencing: suppression of intergenic Pol II transcription and differential effects on maintenance versus siRNA-directed cytosine methylation. Genes & development. 2010 Jun 1;24(11):1119-32.
Pontes O, Li CF, Nunes PC, Haag J, Ream T, Vitins A, Jacobsen SE, Pikaard CS. The Arabidopsis chromatin-modifying nuclear siRNA pathway involves a nucleolar RNA processing center. Cell. 2006 Jul 14;126(1):79-92.
Onodera Y, Haag JR, Ream T, Nunes PC, Pontes O, Pikaard CS. Plant nuclear RNA polymerase IV mediates siRNA and DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation. Cell. 2005 Mar 11;120(5):613-22.

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