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Research
Her lab undertakes research to understand the process of quiescence in stem cells and the benefits of this for stem cell function.

Selected Publications
Puri, D.R., Dhawan, J. and Mishra, R. (2010). The paternal hidden agenda: Epigenetic inheritance through sperm chromatin Epigenetics. Jul 13;5(5).

Srivastava, S., Mishra, R.K. and J. Dhawan. (2010). Regulation of cellular chromatin state: insights from quiescence and differentiation. (invited review) Organogenesis 6:37-47.

Cheedipudi,S., Pavlath G.K. and Dhawan, J. (2009). MLL5, a trithorax homolog, indirectly regulates H3K4 methylation, represses Cyclin A2 expression, and promotes myogenic differentiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 106: 4719-4724.

Sambasivan, R., Cheedipudi, S., Pasupuleti, N., Saleh, A., Pavlath, G.K. and Dhawan, J. (2009). The small chromatin protein p8/Nupr1 co-ordinates anti-proliferative and pro-myogenic proteins targeting the Myogenin promoter J. Cell Sci. 122:3481-91.

Andrews, P., et al. (2009) Consensus Guidance for Banking and Supply of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines for Research Purposes- International Cell Banking Initiative. Stem Cell Rev. and Rep. 5(4):301-14.

Sachidanandan, C., Ramkumar, S. and Dhawan, J. (2002) Tristetraprolin and LPS-inducible CXC chemokine are transiently induced in presumptive satellite cells in response to skeletal muscle injury. J. Cell. Sci. 115 (13) 2701-2712.

Dhawan, J. and Helfman, D.M. (2004) Modulation of acto-myosin contractility in skeletal muscle myoblasts uncouples growth arrest from differentiation J Cell Sci 117: 3735-3748.

Dhawan, J. and Rando, T.A. (2005). Stem Cells in Postnatal Myogenesis: Molecular Mechanisms of Satellite Cell Quiescence, Activation and Replenishment. Trends Cell Biol. 15:666-676.

Sebastian, S., Sreenivas, P., Ramkumar, S., Prashanth, K., Cheedipudi,S., Pavlath G.K. and Dhawan, J. (2009). MLL5, a trithorax homolog, indirectly regulates H3K4 methylation, represses Cyclin A2, expression, and promotes myogenic differentiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 106: 4719-4724.