Beth A. Sullivan, PhD
Publications
- Dai, J, BA Sullivan, and JMG Higgins (2006) Regulation of mitotic chromosome cohesion by haspin and aurora B, Dev Cell 11:741-750 (BAS-cover illustration). pdf
- Schueler, MG and BA Sullivan (2006) Structural and functional dynamics of human centromeric chromatin. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 7:301-13. pdf
- Lam, AL, CD Boivin, CF Bonney, MK Rudd, and BA Sullivan (2006) Human centromeric chromatin is a dynamic chromosomal domain that can spread over non-centromeric DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:4186-4191. pdf
- Scott, KC & BA Sullivan (2005) Epigenetic Inheritance and RNAi at the centromere and heterochromatin. In Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, (Section editor: R. Nicholls),
Edited by Lynn Jorde (John Wiley & Sons),
DOI: 10.1002/04701153X.g103322. - Wilson, KC, DJ Cattel, Z Wan, S Rahangdale, F Ren, H Kornfeld, BA Sullivan, WW Cruikshank and DM Center (2005) Regulation of prointerleukin-16 and p27Kip1 in primary human T lymphocytes, Cell Immunol 237:17-27.
- Lam, AL, DE Pazin, and BA Sullivan (2005) Control of gene expression and assembly of chromosomal subdomains by chromatin regulators with antagonistic functions. Chromosoma 114:242-51. pdf
- Sullivan, BA (2004) Centromeres. In Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry. (W.J. Lennarz and M.D. Lane eds), Elsevier, Oxford, Vol.1, pp. 367-371.
- Sullivan, BA & GH Karpen (2004) Centromeric chromatin displays a histone modification pattern that is distinct from both euchromatin and heterochromatin. Nat Struc Mol Biol 11:1076-1083 (+ cover illustration). pdf
- Sullivan, BA (2002) Centromere round-up at the heterochromatin corral. Trends Biotech 20:89-92.
pdf - Blower, MD* BA Sullivan* & GH Karpen (2002) Conserved organization of centromeric chromatin in flies and humans. Dev Cell 2:319-330 (*joint first authors; BAS-cover illustration). pdf
- Hoskins, RA et al. (2002) Heterochromatic sequences in a Drosophila whole-genome shotgun assembly. Genome Biol 3:85.1-85.16.
- Sullivan, BA, MD Blower, & GH Karpen (2001) Determining Centromere Identity: Cyclical Stories And Forking Paths. Nat Rev Genet 2:584-596.
pdf - Sullivan, B & G Karpen (2001) Centromere identity in Drosophila is not determined in vivo by replication timing. J Cell Biol 154:683-690. pdf
- Gong, Y, RB Slee et al. (2001) LDL Receptor-Related Protein 5 (LRP5) affects bone accrual and eye development. Cell 107:513–523.
- Sullivan, BA & WA Bickmore (2000) Unusual chromosome architecture and behaviour at an HSR. Chromosoma 109:173-180. pdf
- Sullivan, BA & PE Warburton (1999) Studying the progression of vertebrate chromosomes through mitosis by immunofluorescence and FISH. In Chromosome Structural Analysis: A Practical Approach, p 81-101, Edited by Dr. Wendy Bickmore (IRL Press).
- Sullivan, BA & HF Willard (1998) Stable dicentric X chromosomes with two functional centromeres. Nat Genet 20:227-228. pdf
- Flejter, WL, B Issa, BA Sullivan, JC Carey, & AR Brothman (1997) Variegated aneuploidy in two siblings with microcephaly, growth deficiency, and minor somatic anomalies. Amer J Med Genet 75:45-51.
- Depinet, TW, JL Zackowski, WC Earnshaw, S Kaffe, GS Sekhon, R Stallard, BA Sullivan, GH Vance, DL Van Dyke, HF Willard, AB Zinn, & S Schwartz (1997) Characterization of neo-centromeres in marker chromosomes lacking detectable alpha-satellite DNA. Hum Mol Genet 6:1195-1204.
- Warburton, PE, CA Cooke, S Bourassa, O Vafa, BA Sullivan, G Stetten, G Gimelli, D Warburton, C Tyler-Smith, KF Sullivan, GG Poirier, & WC Earnshaw (1997) Immunolocalization of CENP-A, a kinetochore-specific histone H3 variant, suggests a distinct nucleosome structure at the inner kinetochore plate of active centromeres. Curr Biol 7:901-904.
- Sullivan BA, S Schwartz, & HF Willard (1996) Centromeres of human chromosomes. Environ Mol Mutagenesis 28:182-191.
- Sullivan BA, CA Schiffer, SR Patil, D Hulseberg, J Leana-Cox, & S Schwartz (1995) Application of FISH to rearrangements associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 82:93-99.
- Sullivan BA & S Schwartz (1995) Identification of centromeric antigens in dicentric Robertsonian translocations: CENP-C and CENP-E are essential components of functional centromeres. Hum Mol Genet 4:2189-2198 (+ cover illustration). pdf
- Sullivan BA, LJ Jenkins, J Leana-Cox, E Karson, & S Schwartz (1995) Evidence for structural heterogeneity from molecular cytogenetic analysis of dicentric Robertsonian translocations. Amer J Hum Genet 59:167-175.
- Sullivan BA, DJ Wolff, and S Schwartz (1994) Analysis of centromeric activity in dicentric Robertsonian translocations: Implications for a functional acrocentric hierarchy. Chromosoma 103:459-467.
- Leana-Cox J, S Levin, R Surana, E Wulfsberg, CL Keene, LJ Raffel, B Sullivan, and S Schwartz (1993) Characterization of de novo duplications in eight patients by using fluorescence in situ hybridization with chromosome-specific DNA libraries. Amer J Hum Genet 52:1067-1073.
- Sullivan BA, Leana-Cox J, and S Schwartz (1993) Clarification of subtle reciprocal rearrangements using fluorescence in situ hybridization. Amer J Med Genet 47:223-230.
Contact Information
Beth Sullivan
Phone: 919-684-9038
CIEMAS 2343
beth.sullivan@duke.edu