Growth factor-induced MAPK network topology shapes Erk response determining PC-12 cell fate

SDM Santos, PJ Verveer, PIH Bastiaens - Nature cell biology, 2007 - nature.com
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) network is a conserved signalling module that
regulates cell fate by transducing a myriad of growth-factor signals 1 . The ability of this …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial positive feedback at the onset of mitosis

SDM Santos, R Wollman, T Meyer, JE Ferrell - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Mitosis is triggered by the activation of Cdk1-cyclin B1 and its translocation from the cytoplasm
to the nucleus. Positive feedback loops regulate the activation of Cdk1-cyclin B1 and help …

An atlas of human kinase regulation

…, J Selkrig, A Typas, J Villén, SDM Santos… - Molecular systems …, 2016 - embopress.org
The coordinated regulation of protein kinases is a rapid mechanism that integrates diverse
cues and swiftly determines appropriate cellular responses. However, our understanding of …

[PDF][PDF] Positive feedback keeps duration of mitosis temporally insulated from upstream cell-cycle events

AR Araujo, L Gelens, RSM Sheriff, SDM Santos - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
Cell division is characterized by a sequence of events by which a cell gives rise to two
daughter cells. Quantitative measurements of cell-cycle dynamics in single cells showed that …

[PDF][PDF] GATA3 mediates a fast, irreversible commitment to BMP4-driven differentiation in human embryonic stem cells

…, R Goldstone, R Wollman, P East, SDM Santos - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
During early development, extrinsic triggers prompt pluripotent cells to begin the process of
differentiation. When and how human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) irreversibly commit to …

[HTML][HTML] H4K16ac activates the transcription of transposable elements and contributes to their cis-regulatory function

…, OA Grant, MR Branco, S Basu, SDM Santos… - Nature structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
Mammalian genomes harbor abundant transposable elements (TEs) and their remnants, with
numerous epigenetic repression mechanisms enacted to silence TE transcription. However…

From clocks to dominoes: lessons on cell cycle remodelling from embryonic stem cells

J Padgett, SDM Santos - FEBS letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cell division is a fundamental cellular process and the evolutionarily conserved networks
that control cell division cycles adapt during development, tissue regeneration, cell de‐…

[PDF][PDF] The apparent requirement for protein synthesis during G2 phase is due to checkpoint activation

…, J Kamenz, Y Chen, M Kang, AR Reddy, SDM Santos… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Protein synthesis inhibitors (eg, cycloheximide) block mitotic entry, suggesting that cell cycle
progression requires protein synthesis until right before mitosis. However, cycloheximide is …

On the cell cycle and its switches

SDM Santos, JE Ferrell - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Silvia DM SantosSilvia DM Santos and James E. Ferrell are in the Department of
Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California …

[HTML][HTML] An optimized protocol for ChIP-seq from human embryonic stem cell cultures

AE Sullivan, SDM Santos - STAR protocols, 2020 - Elsevier
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) followed by next-generation sequencing is a powerful
technique that characterizes the genome-wide DNA-binding profile of a protein of interest. …