Lee, A.S., Huang, C.-F., Su, T., Bodner, J., Kelleher, N.L., and Foltz, D.R. (2026). Replication stress alters CENP-A nucleosome stability during S phase. bioRxiv, 2025.2005.2023.655122. 10.1101/2025.05.23.655122. (under review).

Bodner, J.V., P; Helmin, K.A.; Liu, Q; Mendillo, M.L.; Singer, B.D.; Srivastava, S.; Foltz, D.R. (2026). Human CRAMP1 specifically promotes the expression of histone H1 genes. EMBO Reports, Mar;27(5):1122-1145.
 
Srivastava, S., Samaniego-Castruita, D., Khurana, S., Shukla, V., Ben-Sahra, I., and Foltz, D.R. (2025). Rate Limiting Enzymes in Nucleotide Metabolism Synchronize Nucleotide Biosynthesis and Chromatin Formation. Molecular Cell 85: 4510-4525 e4518

Khurana, S., Varma, D. and Foltz, D.R., Contribution of CENP-F to FOXM1-mediated discordant centromere and kinetochore transcriptional regulation. Contribution of CENP-F to FOXM1-Mediated Discordant Centromere and Kinetochore Transcriptional Regulation. Mol Cell Biol. 2024;44(6):209-225. doi: 10.1080/10985549.2024.2350543. Epub 2024 May 23. PMID: 38779933; PMCID: PMC11204039.
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Landeros A, Wallace D.A., Rahi A., Magdongon C.B., Suraneni P., Amin M.A., Chakraborty M., Adam S.A., Foltz D.R., Varma D.  Nuclear lamin A-associated proteins are required for centromere assembly. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Sep 26:2023.09.25.559341. doi: 10.1101/2023.09.25.559341. (Submitted to Currret Biology)

Shrestha, R.L., Balachandra, V., Kim, J.H., Rossi, A., Vadlamani, P., Ozbun, L., Lin, S., Cheng, K.C., Chari, R.,  Pegoraro, G., Foltz,D.R., Caplen, N.J., Basrai, M,A., Histone H3/H4 chaperone CHAF1B prevents the mislocalization of CENP-A for chromosomal stability. J Cell Sci.2023. May 15;136(10).
 
Rodrigues, A., MacQuarrie, K. L., Freeman, E., Lin, A., Willis, A. B., Xu, Z., Alvarez, A. A., Ma, Y., White, B. E. P., Foltz, D. R., Huang, S.., Nucleoli and the nucleoli-centromere association are dynamic during normal development and in cancer. Mol Biol Cell, 2023. 34(4)
 
Amici, D. R., Ansel, D. J., Metz, K. A., Smith, R. S., Phoumyvong, C. M., Gayatri, S., Chamera, T., Edwards, S. L., O'Hara, B. P., Srivastava, S., Brockway, S., Takagishi, S. R., Cho, B. K., Goo, Y. A., Kelleher, N. L., Ben-Sahra, I., Foltz, D. R., Li, J., Mendillo, M. L.C16orf72/HAPSTR1 is a molecular rheostat in an integrated network of stress response pathways. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022. 119(27): p. e2111262119. PMC9271168.

Hogan, A.K., Sathyan, K.M., Willis, A.B., Khurana, S., Srivastava, S., Zasadińzska, E., Lee, A.S., Bailey, A.O., Gaynes, M.N., Huang, J., Bodner, J., Rosencrance, C.D., Wong, K.A., Morgan, M.A., Eagen, K.P., Shilatifard, A., Foltz, .D.R. UBR7 acts as a histone chaperone for post-nucleosomal histone H3.EMBO J. 40, e108307 (2021).

Hogan, A.K. and Foltz, D.R. Reduce, Retain, Recycle: Mechanisms for Promoting Histone Protein Degradation versus Stability and Retention. Mol Cell Biol. 41, e0000721 (2021).

Shrestha, R.L., Rossi A., Wangsa D., Hogan A.K., Zaldana K.S., Suva E., Chung Y.J., Sanders C.L., Difilippantonio S., Karpova T.S., Karim B., Foltz D.R., Fachinetti D., Aplan P.D., Ried T., Basrai M.A. CENP-A overexpression promotes aneuploidy with karyotypic heterogeneity. J Cell Biol. 220, e202007195 (2021).

​Srivastava, S., Sahu, U., Zhu, Y., Hogan, A.K., Kizhakke, S.M., Bodner, J., Huang, J., Wong, K.A., Khalatyan, N., Savas, J.N.,  Ntziachristos, P., Ben-Sahra, I., Foltz, D.R. NOTCH1-driven UBR7 stimulates nucleotide biosynthesis to promote T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Sci Adv. 7, eabc9781 (2021).

​Willis, A.B. and Foltz, D.R. Cell Biology: Hacking Alpha Satellites out of the HAC. Curr Biol. 29, R1194-R1196 (2019).

Zasadzińska, E., Huang, J., Bailey, A.O., Guo, .L.Y., Lee, N.S., Srivastava, S., Wong, K.A., French, B.T., Black, B.E., Foltz, D.R. Inheritence of CENP-A Nucleosomes during DNA Replication Requires HJURP. Dev Cell. 47, 348-362.e7 (2018).

Srivastava, S., Zasadzińska, E., and Foltz, D.R. Posttranslational mechanisms controlling centromere function and assembly. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 52, 126-135 (2018). 

Srivastava, S. and Foltz D.R. Posttranslational modifications of CENP-A: marks of distinction. Chromosoma. 127, 279-290 (2018).

Zasadzińska, E. and Foltz D.R. Orchestrating the Specific Assembly of Centromeric Nucleosomes. Prog Mol Subcell Biol. 56, 165-192 (2017).

Shrestha RL, Ahn GS, Staples MI, Sathyan KM, Karpova TS, Foltz DR, Basrai MA  Mislocalization of centromeric histone H3 variant CENP-A contributes to chromosomal instability (CIN) in human cells.  Oncotarget 2017 Jul 18;8(29):46781-46800 PMID: 28596481, PMCID: PMC5564523

Sathyan KM, Fachinetti D, Foltz DR  α-amino trimethylation of CENP-A by NRMT is required for full recruitment of the centromere.  Nat Commun 2017 Mar 7;8:14678 PMID: 28266506, PMCID: PMC5343448

Barnhart-Dailey MC, Trivedi P, Stukenberg PT, Foltz DR  HJURP interaction with the condensin II complex during G1 promotes CENP-A deposition.  Mol Biol Cell 2017 Jan 1;28(1):54-64 PMID: 27807043, PMCID: PMC5221629

Stellfox ME, Nardi IK, Knippler CM, Foltz DR  Differential Binding Partners of the Mis18α/β YIPPEE Domains Regulate Mis18 Complex Recruitment to Centromeres.  Cell Rep 2016 Jun 7;15(10):2127-2135 PMID: 27239045, PMCID: PMC4899240

Zasadzińska E, Foltz DR  Centromeres of a Different CAL-ibre.  Dev Cell 2016 Apr 18;37(2):105-6 PMID: 27093076, PMCID: 

Nardi IK, Zasadzińska E, Stellfox ME, Knippler CM, Foltz DR  Licensing of Centromeric Chromatin Assembly through the Mis18α-Mis18β Heterotetramer.  Mol Cell 2016 Mar 3;61(5):774-787 PMID: 26942680, PMCID: PMC4935545

Bailey AO, Panchenko T, Shabanowitz J, Lehman SM, Bai DL, Hunt DF, Black BE, Foltz DR  Identification of the Post-translational Modifications Present in Centromeric Chromatin.  Mol Cell Proteomics 2016 Mar;15(3):918-31 PMID: 26685127, PMCID: PMC4813710

Barnhart-Dailey MC, Foltz DR  Centromere licensing: Mis18 is required to Polo-ver.  Curr Biol 2014 Sep 8;24(17):R808-10 PMID: 25202874, PMCID: PMC5881566

Bailey AO, Panchenko T, Sathyan KM, Petkowski JJ, Pai PJ, Bai DL, Russell DH, Macara IG, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF, Black BE, Foltz DR Posttranslational modification of CENP-A influences the conformation of centromeric chromatin.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 Jul 16;110(29):11827-32 PMID: 23818633, PMCID: PMC3718089

Zasadzińska E, Barnhart-Dailey MC, Kuich PH, Foltz DR  Dimerization of the CENP-A assembly factor HJURP is required for centromeric nucleosome deposition.  EMBO J 2013 Jul 31;32(15):2113-24 PMID: 23771058, PMCID: PMC3730228

Stellfox ME, Bailey AO, Foltz DR  Putting CENP-A in its place.  Cell Mol Life Sci 2013 Feb;70(3):387-406 PMID: 22729156, PMCID: PMC4084702

Bassett EA, DeNizio J, Barnhart-Dailey MC, Panchenko T, Sekulic N, Rogers DJ, Foltz DR, Black BE  HJURP uses distinct CENP-A surfaces to recognize and to stabilize CENP-A/histone H4 for centromere assembly.  Dev Cell 2012 Apr 17;22(4):749-62 PMID: 22406139, PMCID: PMC3353549

Foltz DR, Stukenberg PT  A new histone at the centromere?  Cell 2012 Feb 3;148(3):394-6 PMID: 22304909, PMCID: PMC3404608

Silva MC, Bodor DL, Stellfox ME, Martins NM, Hochegger H, Foltz DR, Jansen LE  Cdk activity couples epigenetic centromere inheritance to cell cycle progression.  Dev Cell 2012 Jan 17;22(1):52-63 PMID: 22169070

Mishra PK, Au WC, Choy JS, Kuich PH, Baker RE, Foltz DR, Basrai MA  Misregulation of Scm3p/HJURP causes chromosome instability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human cells.  PLoS Genet 2011 Sep;7(9):e1002303 PMID: 21980305, PMCID: PMC3183075

Barnhart MC, Kuich PH, Stellfox ME, Ward JA, Bassett EA, Black BE, Foltz DR  HJURP is a CENP-A chromatin assembly factor sufficient to form a functional de novo kinetochore.  J Cell Biol 2011 Jul 25;194(2):229-43 PMID: 21768289, PMCID: PMC3144403

Black BE, Jansen LE, Foltz DR, Cleveland DW  Centromere identity, function, and epigenetic propagation across cell divisions.  Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 2010;75:403-18 PMID: 21467140, PMCID: PMC3140419

Bassett EA, Wood S, Salimian KJ, Ajith S, Foltz DR, Black BE  Epigenetic centromere specification directs aurora B accumulation but is insufficient to efficiently correct mitotic errors.  J Cell Biol 2010 Jul 26;190(2):177-85 PMID: 20643881, PMCID: PMC2930274

Stukenberg PT, Foltz DR  Kinetochores: orchestrating the chromosomal minuet.  Curr Biol 2010 Jun 22;20(12):R522-5 PMID: 20620907, PMCID: PMC3148016

Foltz DR, Jansen LE, Bailey AO, Yates JR 3rd, Bassett EA, Wood S, Black BE, Cleveland DW  Centromere-specific assembly of CENP-a nucleosomes is mediated by HJURP.  Cell 2009 May 1;137(3):472-84 PMID: 19410544, PMCID: PMC2747366

Jansen LE, Black BE, Foltz DR, Cleveland DW  Propagation of centromeric chromatin requires exit from mitosis.  J Cell Biol 2007 Mar 12;176(6):795-805 PMID: 17339380, PMCID: PMC2064054

Black BE, Jansen LE, Maddox PS, Foltz DR, Desai AB, Shah JV, Cleveland DW  Centromere identity maintained by nucleosomes assembled with histone H3 containing the CENP-A targeting domain.  Mol Cell 2007 Jan 26;25(2):309-22 PMID: 17244537

Foltz DR, Jansen LE, Black BE, Bailey AO, Yates JR 3rd, Cleveland DW  The human CENP-A centromeric nucleosome-associated complex. Nat Cell Biol 2006 May;8(5):458-69 PMID: 16622419

Black BE, Foltz DR, Chakravarthy S, Luger K, Woods VL Jr, Cleveland DW  Structural determinants for generating centromeric chromatin. Nature 2004 Jul 29;430(6999):578-82 PMID: 15282608

​Kops GJ, Foltz DR, Cleveland DW  Lethality to human cancer cells through massive chromosome loss by inhibition of the mitotic checkpoint.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Jun 8;101(23):8699-704 PMID: 15159543, PMCID: PMC423258 Foltz DR, Santiago MC, Berechid BE, Nye JS  Glycogen synthase kinase-3beta modulates notch signaling and stability.  Curr Biol 2002 Jun 25;12(12):1006-11 PMID: 12123574, PMCID:  Berechid BE, Kitzmann M, Foltz DR, Roach AH, Seiffert D, Thompson LA, Olson RE, Bernstein A, Donoviel DB, Nye JS  Identification and characterization of presenilin-independent Notch signaling.  J Biol Chem 2002 Mar 8;277(10):8154-65 PMID: 11756438, PMCID:  Foltz DR, Nye JS  Hyperphosphorylation and association with RBP of the intracellular domain of Notch1.  Biochem Biophys Res Commun2001 Aug 24;286(3):484-92 PMID: 11511084, PMCID:  Franklin JL, Berechid BE, Cutting FB, Presente A, Chambers CB, Foltz DR, Ferreira A, Nye JS  Autonomous and non-autonomous regulation of mammalian neurite development by Notch1 and Delta1.  Curr Biol 1999 Dec 16-30;9(24):1448-57 PMID: 10607588, PMCID: