Selected
publications
- Sexton, T., Yaffe,
E., Kenigsberg, E., Bantignies, F., Leblanc, B., Hoichman, M.,
Parrinello, H., Tanay, A., and Cavalli,
G. (2012). Three-dimensional folding and functional organization
principles of the Drosophila genome. Cell 148,
458-472.
-
Bantignies,
F.,
Roure,
V., Comet, I., Leblanc, B., Schuettengruber, B., Bonnet, J.,
Tixier,
V., Mas, A., and Cavalli, G. (2011).
Polycomb-dependent regulatory contacts between distant Hox loci in Drosophila. Cell 144, 214-26. Faculty
of 1000 evaluation
- Martinez,
A.M.
,
Schuettengruber,
B.,
Sakr,
S., Janic, A., Gonzalez, C., and
Cavalli, G. (2009) Polyhomeotic has a tumor suppressor activity
mediated by repression of Notch signaling. Nat Genet,
doi:10.1038/ng.414 Faculty
of 1000 evaluation
- Schuettengruber,
B.,
Ganapathi,
M.,
Leblanc,
B.,
Portoso,
M., Jaschek, R., Tolhuis, B., van Lohuizen, M., Tanay, A., and Cavalli,
G. (2009). Functional Anatomy of Polycomb and Trithorax Chromatin
Landscapes in Drosophila Embryos. PloS Biol,
7(1):
e1000013.
doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.100

- Schuettengruber,
B.,
Chourrout,
D.,
Vervoort,
M.,
Leblanc, B., and Cavalli, G. (2007).
Genome Regulation by Polycomb and Trithorax Proteins. Cell 128,
735-745.
- Comet, I., Savitskaya, E.,
Schuettengruber, B., Negre, N., Lavrov, S., Parshikov, A., Juge, F.,
Gracheva, E., Georgiev, P., and Cavalli, G. (2006). PRE-Mediated Bypass
of Two Su(Hw) Insulators Targets PcG Proteins to a Downstream Promoter.
Dev
Cell 11, 117-124; Faculty
of 1000 evaluation
- Negre,
N.,
Hennetin,
J.,
Sun,
L.
V.,
Lavrov, S., Bellis, M., White, K. P., and Cavalli, G. (2006).
Chromosomal
Distribution of PcG Proteins during Drosophila Development. PLoS Biol 4, e170; Faculty of 1000 evaluation

- Grimaud,
C.,
Bantignies,
F.,
Pal-Bhadra,
M.,
Ghana, P., Bhadra, U., and Cavalli,
G. (2006). RNAi Components Are Required for Nuclear Clustering of
Polycomb Group Response Elements. Cell 124,
957-971; Faculty of 1000 evaluation
- Déjardin,
J.,
Rappailles,
A.,
Cuvier,
O.,
Grimaud, C., Decoville, M., Locker, D.,
and Cavalli, G. (2005). Recruitment of Drosophila Polycomb Group
proteins to chromatin by DSP1.
Nature, 434,
533-538 ;
doi:10.1038/nature03386. Pdf; Nature
link; Faculty
of 1000 evaluation

- Bantignies,
F.,
Grimaud,
C.,
Lavrov,
S.,
Gabut, M., and
Cavalli,
G.
(2003).
Inheritance
of
Polycomb-dependent chromosomal
interactions in Drosophila.
Genes Dev 17,
2406-2420; Faculty
of 1000 evaluation
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Full-list
2012
- Sexton, T.,
Yaffe, E., Kenigsberg, E., Bantignies, F., Leblanc, B., Hoichman, M.,
Parrinello, H., Tanay, A., and Cavalli, G. (2012). Three-dimensional
folding and functional organization principles of the Drosophila
genome. Cell 148, 458-472.
-
Cheutin, T., and Cavalli,
G. (2012). Progressive Polycomb Assembly on H3K27me3 Compartments
Generates
Polycomb Bodies with Developmentally Regulated Motion. PLoS Genet 8,
e1002465
2011
-
Schuettengruber, B, Martinez, AM, Iovino, N., Cavalli, G.
Trithorax group
proteins : switching genes on and keeping them active. Nature
Reviews Mol Cell Biol. (2011)
12, 799-814
- Bantignies, F., and Cavalli, G. Polycomb group proteins:
repression in 3D. Trends Genet,
doi:10.1016/j.tig.2011.06.008 (2011)
- Iovino, N. & Cavalli, G. Rolling ES Cells Down the
Waddington Landscape with
Oct4 and Sox2. Cell 145,
815-817, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.05.027 (2011)
- Tajbakhsh S, Cavalli G, Richet E. Integrated
Gene Regulatory Circuits: Celebrating the 50(th) Anniversary of the
Operon
Model. Mol Cell. 2011 Aug 19;43(4):505-14
- Bantignies,
F., Roure, V., Comet, I., Leblanc, B., Schuettengruber, B., Bonnet, J.,
Tixier,
V., Mas, A., and Cavalli, G. (2011).
Polycomb-dependent regulatory contacts between distant Hox loci in Drosophila. Cell 144, 214-26.
- Comet,
I., Schuettengruber, B., Sexton, T., and Cavalli,
G. (2011) A
chromatin insulator driving three-dimensional PRE contacts and Polycomb
association with the chromatin fiber. Proc Natl Acad
Sci USA, 108(6):2294-9. Epub 2011 Jan 24. 
2010
- Schuettengruber
B, Cavalli, G. (2010).
The DUBle life of Polycomb complexes. Dev
Cell 18:878-880
- Martinez, A.M., and Cavalli, G. (2010). Uncovering
a tumor-suppressor function for
Drosophila polycomb group genes. Cell
Cycle 9, 215-216.
2009
- Sexton,
T.,
Bantignies,
F.,
and
Cavalli,
G. (2009). Genomic interactions:
Chromatin loops and gene meeting points in transcriptional regulation.
Semin Cell Dev Biol.
- Martinez,
A.M.
,
Schuettengruber,
B.,
Sakr,
S., Janic, A., Gonzalez, C., and
Cavalli, G. (2009) Polyhomeotic has a tumor suppressor activity
mediated by repression of Notch signaling. Nat Genet, doi:10.1038/ng.414
- Schuettengruber,
B.,
Ganapathi,
M.,
Leblanc,
B.,
Portoso,
M., Jaschek, R., Tolhuis, B., van
Lohuizen, M., Tanay, A., and Cavalli, G. (2009). Functional Anatomy of
Polycomb and Trithorax Chromatin Landscapes in Drosophila Embryos. PloS
Biol,
7(1): e1000013. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.100
- Reuter
G,
Cavalli
G
(2009)
Epigenetics
and the control of multicellularity.
Workshop on chromatin at the nexus of cell division and
differentiation.
EMBO Rep 10(1): 25-29.
2008
- Mateos-Langerak
J,
Cavalli
G.
(2008)
Adv.
Genet 61, 45-66.
- Portoso, M, and Cavalli, G. (2008). The Role of RNAi and
Noncoding RNAs in Polycomb Mediated Control of Gene Expression and
Genomic Programming. Chapter 3 in: RNA and the Regulation of Gene
Expression: A Hidden Layer of Complexity. Ed. Kevin V. Morris The
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA. Caister Academic Press, UK.
2007
- Schuettengruber,
B.,
Chourrout,
D.,
Vervoort,
M.,
Leblanc, B., and Cavalli, G. (2007).
Genome Regulation by Polycomb and Trithorax Proteins. Cell 128, 735-745.
- Lanctot,
C.,
Cheutin,
T.,
Cremer,
M.,
Cavalli, G., and Cremer, T. (2007).
Dynamic genome architecture in the nuclear space: regulation of gene
expression in three dimensions. Nat Rev Genet 8, 104-115.
- Zuckerkandl,
E.,
and
Cavalli,
G.
(2007).
Combinatorial epigenetics, "junk DNA", and
the evolution of complex organisms. Gene 390, 232-242.
2006
-
Negre, N., Lavrov, S., Hennetin, J.,
Bellis, M., and Cavalli, G. (2006). Mapping the Distribution of
Chromatin Proteins by ChIP on Chip. Methods Enzymol 410, 316-341.
- Comet,
I., Savitskaya, E., Schuettengruber, B., Negre, N., Lavrov, S.,
Parshikov, A., Juge, F., Gracheva, E., Georgiev, P., and Cavalli, G.
(2006). PRE-Mediated Bypass of Two Su(Hw) Insulators Targets PcG
Proteins to a Downstream Promoter. Dev Cell 11, 117-124. Faculty
of
1000
- Grimaud,
C.,
Negre,
N.,
and
Cavalli,
G. (2006). From genetics to epigenetics:
the tale of Polycomb group and trithorax group genes. Chromosome Res
14, 363-375.
- Martinez,
A.
M.,
and
Cavalli,
G.
(2006). The role of polycomb group proteins in
cell cycle regulation during development. Cell Cycle 5, 1189-1197.
- Bantignies,
F.,
and
Cavalli,
G.
(2006).
Cellular memory and dynamic regulation of
polycomb group proteins. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 18, 275-83. Epub 2006 May 2
- Cavalli,
G.
(2006).
Chromatin
and
epigenetics
in development: blending cellular
memory with cell fate plasticity. Development 133, 2089-2094. 
- Negre, N., Hennetin, J., Sun, L. V.,
Lavrov, S., Bellis, M., White, K. P., and Cavalli, G. (2006).
Chromosomal Distribution of PcG Proteins during Drosophila Development. PLoS Biol 4, e170;
Faculty
of 1000
- Grimaud,
C.,
Bantignies,
F.,
Pal-Bhadra,
M.,
Ghana, P., Bhadra, U., and Cavalli,
G. (2006). RNAi Components Are Required for Nuclear Clustering of
Polycomb Group Response Elements. Cell 124, 957-971. Faculty
of 1000 evaluation
- Martinez
AM,
Colomb
S,
Dejardin
J,
Bantignies F, Cavalli G (2006) Polycomb
group-dependent Cyclin A repression in Drosophila. Genes Dev 20(4):
501-513. 
2005
- Akhtar
A,
Cavalli
G
(2005)
The
epigenome
network of excellence. PLoS Biol 2(5): e177.
10.1371/journal.pbio.0030177.
- Déjardin,
J.,
Rappailles,
A.,
Cuvier,
O.,
Grimaud, C., Decoville, M., Locker, D.,
and Cavalli, G. (2005). Recruitment of Drosophila Polycomb Group
proteins to chromatin by DSP1.
Nature,
434,
533-538 ;
doi:10.1038/nature03386. Pdf;
Nature
link;
Faculty of 1000 evaluation
- Déjardin,
J.,
and
Cavalli,
G.
(2005).
Epigenetic
inheritance
of chromatin states mediated by Polycomb- and trithorax group proteins
in Drosophila. Prog Mol Subcell Biol, 38, 31-64.
2004
-
*Melnikova,
L.,
*Juge,
F.,
Gruzdeva,
N., Mazur, A., **Cavalli, G., and
**Georgiev, P. (2004). Interaction between GAF and Mod(mdg4) proteins
promotes insulator bypass in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA,
101, 14806-14811. Epub 2004 Oct 01.
*
Co-first
authors.
**
Corresponding
authors. Faculty
of 1000 evaluation
-
Aravin,
A.
A.,
Klenov,
M.
S., Vagin, V. V., Bantignies, F., Cavalli,
G.,
and Gvozdev, V. A. (2004). Dissection of a natural RNA silencing
process
in the Drosophila melanogaster germ line. Mol Cell Biol 24, 6742-6750.
-
Chanas,
G.,
Lavrov,
S.,
Iral,
F., Cavalli, G., and Maschat, F. (2004).
Engrailed
and polyhomeotic maintain posterior cell identity through
cubitus-interruptus
regulation. Dev Biol 272, 522-535.
-
Nègre, N., Bantignies, F., and Cavalli, G.
(2004).
Polycomb, trithorax et la mémoire cellulaire. Biofutur 244,
27-31.
-
Déjardin, J., and Cavalli, G. (2004). Chromatin inheritance upon
Zeste-mediated Brahma recruitment at a minimal cellular memory module.
EMBO J 23, 857-868.
-
Lavrov,
S.,
Déjardin,
J.,
and
Cavalli, G. (2004). Combined
immunostaining and FISH analysis of polytene chromosomes. Methods Mol
Biol 247, 289-303.
2003
-
Bantignies,
F.,
Grimaud,
C.,
Lavrov,
S., Gabut, M., and
Cavalli,
G.
(2003).
Inheritance
of
Polycomb-dependent chromosomal
interactions in Drosophila. Genes Dev 17, 2406-2420. Faculty
of 1000 evaluation.
-
Bloyer,
S.,
Cavalli,
G.,
Brock,
H. W., and Dura, J. M. (2003). The
polyhomeotic PREs and TREs may constitute a new type of DNA element
conferring short
range quantitative PcG- and trxG-mediated regulation. Dev Biol 261,
426-442.
-
Sun,
L.
V.,
Chen,
L.,
Greil, F., Nègre, N., Li, T. R., Cavalli,
G., Zhao, H., Van Steensel, B., and White, K. (2003). Protein-DNA
interaction mapping using genomic tiling path microarrays in
Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100, 9428-9433.
-
Zraly,
C.
B.,
Marenda,
D.
R., Nanchal, R., Cavalli, G., Muchardt, C.,
and Dingwall, A. K. (2003). SNR1 is an essential subunit in a subset of
Drosophila brm complexes, targeting specific functions during
development.
Dev Biol 253, 291-308.
2002
-
Cavalli,
G.
(2002).
Chromatin
as
a eukaryotic template of genetic
information., Curr Opin Cell Biol 14, 269-278.
-
Grieneberger,
A.,
Sagnier,
T.,
Cavalli,
G., Schramke, V., Geli, V.,
Mariol, M., Berenger, H., Graba, Y., and Pradel, J. (2002). The
Drosophila histone acetyltransferase Chameau functions in epigenetic
mechanisms of transcriptional repression. Curr Biol 12, 762-766.
1999
-
Cavalli,
G.
and
Paro,
R.
(1999). Epigenetic inheritance of active
chromatin after removal of the main transactivator. Science. 286,
955-958.
-
Cavalli, G., Orlando, V., and Paro, R. (1999). Mapping
DNA target sites of chromatin-associated proteins by formaldehyde
cross-linking in Drosophila embryos. In: Chromosome Structural
Analysis: A Practical Approach, pp20-37. Ed. W. A. Bickmore. Oxford
University Press. UK.
1998
-
Cavalli,
G.
and
Paro,
R.
(1998). Chromo domain proteins: linking
chromatin structure to epigenetic regulation. Curr Opinion Cell Biol
10, 354-360.
-
Cavalli,
G.,
and
Paro,
R.
(1998). The Drosophila Fab-7 chromosomal
element conveys epigenetic inheritance during mitosis and meiosis. Cell
93, 505-518.
-
Paro,
R.,
Strutt,
H.
and
Cavalli, G. (1998). Heritable chromatin
states induced by the Polycomb and trithorax group genes. In:
Epigenetics.
Novartis Found. Symp. 214, 51-66. John Wiley and Sons Ltd Press,
Chichester,
UK.
1997
-
Strutt,
H.,
Cavalli,
G.
and
Paro, R. (1997) Co-localisation of Polycomb
protein and GAGA factor on regulatory elements responsible for the
maintenance of homeotic gene expression. EMBO J 16, 3621-3632.
1996
-
Cavalli,
G.,
Bachmann,
D.
and
Thoma, F. (1996). Inactivation of
topoisomerases affects transcription dependent chromatin transitions in
rDNA but not
in a gene transcribed by RNA-polymerase II. EMBO J 15, 590-597.
1993
-
Cavalli,
G.,
and
Thoma,
F.
(1993). Chromatin transitions during
activation and repression of galactose-regulated genes in yeast. EMBO J
12, 4603-4613.
- Thoma, F.,
Cavalli, G., and Tanaka, S. (1993). Structural and functional
organisation of yeast chromatin. The Eukaryotic Genome (eds Broda,
Oliver & Sims) Cambridge Univ Press, pp. 43-72.
1992
- Casali,
E., Cavalli, G., Spisni, A., and Masotti, L. (1992). Effect of
Hydroxystearic acid on proliferation of C108 cells from Lewis lung
carcinoma. In Recent Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology Eds
Wegmann, R, J and Wegmann, M, A Peeters Press 6, 245-250.
1991
-
Cavalli,
G.,
Casali,
E.,
Spisni,
A., and Masotti, L. (1991).
Identification of the peroxidation product Hydroxystearic acid in Lewis
lung carcinoma cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 178, 1260-1265.
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update: 07/02/2012