Older Publications

Noyer-Weidner M, Paro R, Walter J.
Highlight: 59th Mosbach Kolloquium.
Biol. Chem. 2008; 389: 321 (editorial).

Hauenschild A, Ringrose L, Altmutter C, Paro R, Rehmsmeier M.
Evolutionary plasticity of polycomb/trithorax response elements in Drosophila species.
PLoS Biol. 2008 Oct 28;6(10):e261.

Fedorova E, Sadoni N, Dahlsveen IK, Koch J, Kremmer E, Eick D, Paro R, Zink D.
The nuclear organization of Polycomb/Trithorax group response elements in larval tissues of Drosophila melanogaster.
Chromosome Res. 2008;16(4):649-73. Epub 2008 Jun 3.

Schoenfelder S, Smits G, Fraser P, Reik W, Paro R.
Non-coding transcripts in the H19 imprinting control region mediate gene silencing in transgenic Drosophila.
EMBO Rep. 2007 Nov;8(11):1068-73. Epub 2007 Oct 19.

Beisel C, Buness A, Roustan-Espinosa IM, Koch B, Schmitt S, Haas SA, Hild M, Katsuyama T, Paro R.
Comparing active and repressed expression states of genes controlled by the Polycomb/Trithorax group proteins.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Oct 16;104(42):16615-20. Epub 2007 Oct 5.

Ringrose L, Paro R.
Polycomb/Trithorax response elements and epigenetic memory of cell identity.
Development. 2007 Jan;134(2):223-32.

Maurange C, Lee N, Paro R.
Signaling meets chromatin during tissue regeneration in Drosophila.
Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2006 Oct;16(5):485-9. Epub 2006 Aug 17. Review.

Lyko F, Beisel C, Marhold J, Paro R.
Epigenetic regulation in Drosophila.
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2006;310:23-44. Review.

Dorner S, Lum L, Kim M, Paro R, Beachy PA, Green R.
A genomewide screen for components of the RNAi pathway in Drosophila cultured cells.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 8;103(32):11880-5. Epub 2006 Aug 1.

Schmitt S, Paro R.
RNA at the steering wheel.
Genome Biol. 2006;7(5):218. Epub 2006 May 26. Review.

Lee N, Maurange C, Ringrose L, Paro R.
Suppression of Polycomb group proteins by JNK signalling induces transdetermination in Drosophila imaginal discs.
Nature. 2005 Nov 10;438(7065):234-7.

Soba P, Eggert S, Wagner K, Zentgraf H, Siehl K, Kreger S, Löwer A, Langer A, Merdes G, Paro R, Masters CL, Müller U, Kins S, Beyreuther K.
Homo- and heterodimerization of APP family members promotes intercellular adhesion.
EMBO J. 2005 Oct 19;24(20):3624-34. Epub 2005 Sep 29. Erratum in: EMBO J. 2006 Feb 8;25(3):653.

Schmitt S, Prestel M, Paro R.
Intergenic transcription through a polycomb group response element counteracts silencing.
Genes Dev. 2005 Mar 15;19(6):697-708. Epub 2005 Mar 1.

Merdes G, Soba P, Loewer A, Bilic MV, Beyreuther K, Paro R.
Interference of human and Drosophila APP and APP-like proteins with PNS development in Drosophila.
EMBO J. 2004 Oct 13;23(20):4082-95. Epub 2004 Sep 23. (first author = corresponding author)

Loewer A, Soba P, Beyreuther K, Paro R, Merdes G.
Cell-type-specific processing of the amyloid precursor protein by Presenilin during Drosophila development.
EMBO Rep. 2004 Apr;5(4):405-11.

Schoenfelder S, Paro R.
Drosophila Su(Hw) regulates an evolutionarily conserved silencer from the mouse H19 imprinting control region.
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2004;69:47-54.

Ringrose L, Rehmsmeier M, Dura JM, Paro R.
Genome-wide prediction of Polycomb/Trithorax response elements in Drosophila melanogaster.
Dev Cell. 2003 Nov;5(5):759-71.

Muyrers-Chen I, Paro R.
Epigenetics: unforeseen regulators in cancer.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2001 Nov 30;1552(1):15-26. Review.

Ringrose L, Paro R.
Gene regulation. Cycling silence.
Nature. 2001 Aug 2;412(6846):493-4.

Lyko F, Paro R.
Chromosomal elements conferring epigenetic inheritance.
Bioessays. 1999 Oct;21(10):824-32. Review.

Dietzel S, Niemann H, Brückner B, Maurange C, Paro R.
The nuclear distribution of Polycomb during Drosophila melanogaster development shown with a GFP fusion protein.
Chromosoma. 1999 May;108(2):83-94.

Cavalli G, Paro R.
Chromo-domain proteins: linking chromatin structure to epigenetic regulation.
Curr Opin Cell Biol. 1998 Jun;10(3):354-60. Review.

Brenton JD, Ainscough JF, Lyko F, Paro R, Surani MA.
Imprinting and gene silencing in mice and Drosophila.
Novartis Found Symp. 1998;214:233-44; discussion 244-50. Review.

Zhu TH, Bodem J, Keppel E, Paro R, Royer-Pokora B.
A single ancestral gene of the human LIM domain oncogene family LMO in Drosophila: characterization of the Drosophila Dlmo gene.
Oncogene. 1995 Oct 5;11(7):1283-90.

Franke A, Messmer S, Paro R.
Mapping functional domains of the polycomb protein of Drosophila melanogaster.
Chromosome Res. 1995 Sep;3(6):351-60.

Chiang A, O'Connor MB, Paro R, Simon J, Bender W.
Discrete Polycomb-binding sites in each parasegmental domain of the bithorax complex.
Development. 1995 Jun;121(6):1681-9.

Lonie A, D'Andrea R, Paro R, Saint R.
Molecular characterisation of the Polycomblike gene of Drosophila melanogaster, a trans-acting negative regulator of homeotic gene expression.
Development. 1994 Sep;120(9):2629-36.

Franke A, Messmer S, Möhrle A, Orlando V, Zink D, Paro R.
Mechanisms of heritable gene silencing during Drosophila development.
Biochem Soc Trans. 1994 Aug;22(3):561-5. Review.

Moehrle A, Paro R.
Spreading the silence: epigenetic transcriptional regulation during Drosophila development.
Dev Genet. 1994;15(6):478-84.

Orlando V, Paro R.
Mapping Polycomb-repressed domains in the bithorax complex using in vivo formaldehyde cross-linked chromatin.
Cell. 1993 Dec 17;75(6):1187-98.

Paro R.
Mechanisms of heritable gene repression during development of Drosophila.
Curr Opin Cell Biol. 1993 Dec;5(6):999-1005. Review.

Messmer S, Franke A, Paro R.
Analysis of the functional role of the Polycomb chromo domain in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genes Dev. 1992 Jul;6(7):1241-54.

Paro R.
Imprinting a determined state into the chromatin of Drosophila.
Trends Genet. 1990 Dec;6(12):416-21. Review.

Zink B, Paro R.
In vivo binding pattern of a trans-regulator of homoeotic genes in Drosophila melanogaster.
Nature. 1989 Feb 2;337(6206):468-71.

Bucheton A, Paro R, Sang HM, Pelisson A, Finnegan DJ.
The molecular basis of I-R hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila melanogaster: identification, cloning, and properties of the I factor.
Cell. 1984 Aug;38(1):153-63.

Gehring WJ, Paro R.
Isolation of a hybrid plasmid with homologous sequences to a transposing element of Drosophila melanogaster.
Cell. 1980 Apr;19(4):897-904.