Genevieve Thon

Genevieve Thon

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Role of the fission yeast SUMO E3 ligase Pli1p in centromere and telomere maintenance

    Xhemalce, B., Seeler, J. S., Thon, Genevieve, Dejean, A. & Arcangioli, B., 2004, In: EMBO Journal. Vol. 23 No. 19, p. 3844-3853

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  2. Published

    Establishment of expression-state boundaries by Rif1 and Taz1 in fission yeast

    Toteva, T., Mason, B., Kanoh, Y., Brøgger, P., Green, D., Hansen, J. V., Masai, H. & Thon, Genevieve, 31 Jan 2017, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114, 5, p. 1093-1098 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Anomalous Diffusion in Living Yeast Cells

    Tolic-Norrelykke, I. M., Munteanu, E. L., Thon, Genevieve, Oddershede, L. B. & Berg-Sorensen, K., 2004, In: Physical Review Letters. Vol. 93 No. 7, August 13th, p. Artikel No. 078102

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Positioning and elongation of the fission yeast spindle by microtubule-based pushing

    Tolic-Norrelykke, I. M., Sacconi, L., Thon, Genevieve & Pavone, F. S., 2004, In: Current Biology. Vol. 14. No. 13., p. 1181-1186

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  5. Published

    Mediator regulates non-coding RNA transcription at fission yeast centromeres

    Thorsen, M., Hansen, H., Venturi, M., Holmberg, Steen & Thon, Genevieve, 2012, In: Epigenetics & Chromatin. 5, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Expression-state boundaries in the mating-type region of fission yeast

    Thon, Genevieve, Bjerling, K. P., Bünner, C. M. & Hansen, J. V., 2002, In: Genetics. 161, p. 611-622

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Four chromo-domain proteins of Schizosaccharomyces pombe differentially repress transcription at various chromosomal locations

    Thon, Genevieve & Hansen, J. V., 2000, In: Genetics. 155, p. 551-568

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The clr1 locus regulates the expression of the cryptic mating-type loci of fission yeast

    Thon, Genevieve & Klar, A., 1992, In: Genetics. 131, 2, p. 287-296 10 p.

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  9. Published

    Directionality of fission yeast mating-type interconversion is controlled by the location of the donor loci

    Thon, Genevieve, 1993, In: Genetics. 134, 4, p. 1045-1054 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Histone modifications: Cycling with chromosomal replication

    Thon, Genevieve, 2008, In: Current Biology. 18, 9, p. 380-382 3 p.

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  11. Published

    Mating-type switching by homology-directed recombinational repair: a matter of choice

    Thon, Genevieve, Maki, T., Haber, J. E. & Iwasaki, H., 2019, In: Current Genetics. 65, 2, p. 351-362

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  12. Published

    Antigenic diversity by the recombination of pseudogenes

    Thon, Genevieve, Baltz, T. & Eisen, H., 1989, In: Genes & Development. 3, 8, p. 1247-1254 8 p.

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  13. Published

    Trypanosome variable surface glycoproteins: composite genes and order of expression

    Thon, Genevieve, Baltz, T., Giroud, C. & Eisen, H., 1990, In: Genes & Development. 4, 8, p. 1374-1383 10 p.

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  14. Published

    Three additional linkage groups that repress transcription and meiotic recombination in the mating-type region of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Thon, Genevieve, Cohen, A. & Klar, A., 1994, In: Genetics. 138, 1, p. 29-38 10 p.

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  15. Published

    Competing to destroy: a fight between two RNA-degradation systems

    Thon, Genevieve, 2008, In: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. 15, 10, p. 1001-2 2 p.

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  16. Published

    The Clr7 and Clr8 Directionality Factors and the Pcu4 Cullin Mediate Heterochromatin Formation in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Thon, Genevieve, Hansen, K. R., Altes, S. P., Sidhu, D., Singh, G., Verhein-Hansen, J., Bonaduce, M. J. & Klar, A. J. S., 2005, In: Genetics. 171, 4, p. 1583-1595

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Localization and properties of a silencing element near the mat3-M mating-type cassette of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Thon, Genevieve, Bjerling, P. & Nielsen, I. S., 1999, In: Genetics. 151, p. 945-963

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Epigenetic inheritance of transcriptional silencing and switching competence in fission yeast

    Thon, Genevieve & Friis, T., 1997, In: Genetics. 145, p. 685-696

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  19. Published

    Nucleation and spreading of a heterochromatic domain in fission yeast

    Obersriebnig, M. J., Pallesen, E. M. H., Sneppen, Kim, Trusina, Ala & Thon, Genevieve, 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 11 p., 11518.

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  20. Published

    The fission yeast ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes UbcP3, Ubc15, and Rhp6 affect transcriptional silencing of the mating-type region

    Nielsen, I. S., Nielsen, Olaf, Murray, J. M. & Thon, Genevieve, 1 Aug 2002, In: Eukaryotic Cell (Online Edition). 1, 4, p. 613-25 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Establishment of heterochromatin in domain-size-dependent bursts

    Nickels, Jan Fabio, Edwards, A. K., Charlton, Sebastian Jespersen, Mortensen, A. M., Hougaard, S. C. L., Trusina, Ala, Sneppen, Kim & Thon, Genevieve, 13 Apr 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 15, 11 p., e2022887118.

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  22. Published

    The transcription factor Atf1 lowers the transition barrier for nucleosome-mediated establishment of heterochromatin

    Nickels, Jan Fabio, Della-Rosa, M. E., Miguelez Goyeneche, I., Charlton, Sebastian Jespersen, Sneppen, Kim & Thon, Genevieve, 2022, In: Cell Reports. 39, 7, 17 p., 110828.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Fission yeast Swi2 designates cell-type specific donor and stimulates Rad51-driven strand exchange for mating-type switching

    Maki, T., Thon, Genevieve & Iwasaki, H., 2023, In: Nucleic acids symposium series. 51, 8, 19 p.

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  24. Published

    New insights into donor directionality of mating-type switching in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Maki, T., Ogura, N., Haber, J. E., Iwasaki, H. & Thon, Genevieve, May 2018, In: PLOS Genetics. 14, 5, p. 1-25 e1007424.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Targeting of SUMO substrates to a Cdc48-Ufd1-Npl4 segregase and STUbL pathway in fission yeast

    Køhler, J. B., Tammsalu, T., Jørgensen, M. L. M., Steen, N., Hay, R. T. & Thon, Genevieve, 2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 14 p., 8827.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Concerted action of the Ubiquitin-Fusion Degradation Protein 1 (Ufd1) and Sumo-Targeted Ubiquitin Ligases (STUbLs) in the DNA-damage response

    Køhler, J. B., Jørgensen, M. L. M., Beinoraite, G., Thorsen, M. & Thon, Genevieve, 2013, In: P L o S One. 8, 11, 15 p., e80442.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Structure of the replication regulator Sap1 reveals functionally important interfaces

    Jørgensen, M. L. M., Ekundayo, B., Zaratiegui, M., Skriver, Karen, Thon, Genevieve & Schalch, T., 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 9 p., 10930.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Two portable recombination enhancers direct donor choice in fission yeast heterochromatin

    Jakociunas, T., Holm, L. R., Hansen, J. V., Trusina, Ala & Thon, Genevieve, 2013, In: P L o S Genetics. 9, 10, 14 p., e1003762.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Subnuclear relocalization and silencing of a chromosomal region by an ectopic ribosomal DNA repeat

    Jakociunas, T., Domange Jordö, M. E., Mebarek, M. A., Bünner, C. M., Hansen, J. V., Oddershede, L. B. & Thon, Genevieve, 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 47, p. E4465-E4473 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Dependency of Heterochromatin Domains on Replication Factors

    Jahn, L. J., Mason, B., Brøgger, Peter, Toteva, T., Nielsen, D. K. & Thon, Genevieve, 2018, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (Bethesda). 8, 2, p. 477-489 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    New romance between RNA degradation pathways: Mmi1 and RNAi meet on heterochromatic islands

    Holm, L. R. & Thon, Genevieve, 2012, In: E M B O Journal. 31, p. 2242 - 2243 2 p.

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  32. Published

    Global Effects on Gene Expression in Fission Yeast by Silencing and RNA Interference Machineries

    Hansen, K. R., Burns, G., Mata, J., Volpe, T. A., Martienssen, R. A., Bähler, J. & Thon, Genevieve, 2005, In: Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25, 2, p. 590-601

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    H3K9me-independent gene silencing in fission yeast heterochromatin by Clr5 and histone deacetylases

    Hansen, K. R., Hazan, I., Shanker, S., Watt, S., Hansen, J. V., Bähler, J., Martienssen, R. A., Partridge, J. F., Cohen, A. & Thon, Genevieve, 2011, In: P L o S Genetics. 7, 1, 16 p.

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  34. Published

    Evolutionary-conserved telomere-linked helicase genes of fission yeast are repressed by silencing factors, RNAi components and the telomere-binding protein Taz1

    Hansen, K. R., Ibarra, P. T. & Thon, Genevieve, 2006, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 34, 1, p. 78-88

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  35. Published

    Euchromatin factors HULC and Set1C affect heterochromatin organization and mating-type switching in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Esquivel-Chávez, A., Maki, T., Tsubouchi, H., Handa, T., Kimura, H., Haber, J. E., Thon, Genevieve & Iwasaki, H., 2022, In: Genes and Genetic Systems. 97, 3, p. 123-138 16 p.

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  36. Published

    RNAi and heterochromatin repress centromeric meiotic recombination

    Ellermeier, C., Higuchi, E. C., Phadnis, N., Holm, L., Geelhood, J. L., Thon, Genevieve & Smith, G. R., 11 May 2010, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). 107, 19, p. 8701-5 5 p.

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  37. Published

    Genetic analysis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Ekwall, K. & Thon, Genevieve, Aug 2017, In: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2017, 8, p. 593-605 13 p.

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  38. Published

    Ethyl methanesulfonate mutagenesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Ekwall, K. & Thon, Genevieve, Aug 2017, In: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2017, 8, p. 643-646 4 p.

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  39. Published

    Setting up Schizosaccharomyces pombe crosses/matings

    Ekwall, K. & Thon, Genevieve, Jul 2017, In: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2017, 7, p. 533-536 4 p.

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  40. Published

    Selecting Schizosaccharomyces pombe diploids

    Ekwall, K. & Thon, Genevieve, Jul 2017, In: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2017, 7, p. 537-540 4 p.

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  41. Published

    Spore analysis and tetrad dissection of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Ekwall, K. & Thon, Genevieve, Jul 2017, In: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2017, 7, p. 541-544 4 p.

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  42. Published

    Mating-type determination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Ekwall, K. & Thon, Genevieve, Aug 2017, In: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2017, 8, p. 641-642 2 p.

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  43. Published

    Theoretical analysis of epigenetic cell memory by nucleosome modification

    Dodd, I. B., Micheelsen, M. A., Sneppen, Kim & Thon, Genevieve, 2007, In: Cell. 129, 4, p. 813-22 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Integrity of a heterochromatic domain ensured by its boundary elements

    Charlton, Sebastian Jespersen, Jørgensen, M. M. & Thon, Genevieve, 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 35, p. 21504-21511 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Genetic selection and DNA sequences of 4.5S RNA homologs

    Brown, Stanley, Thon, Genevieve & Tolentino, E., 1989, In: Journal of Bacteriology. 171, 12, p. 6517-20 4 p.

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  46. Published

    A novel type of silencing factor, Clr2, is necessary for transcriptional silencing at various chromosomal locations in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Bjerling, P., Ekwall, K., Egel, Richard & Thon, Genevieve, 2004, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 32, 15, p. 4421-8 7 p.

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  47. Published

    Functional divergence between histone deacetylases in fission yeast by distinct cellular localization and in vivo specificity

    Bjerling, P., Silverstein, R., Thon, Genevieve, Caudy, A., Grewal, S. & Ekwall, K., 2002, In: Mol. Cell. Biol.. 22, p. 2170-2181

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  48. Published

    Mating-type cassettes: structure, switching and silencing

    Arcangioli, B. & Thon, Genevieve, 2003, The Molecular Biology of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.. Springer, p. 129-148

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

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