The Ume6 regulon coordinates metabolic and meiotic gene expression in yeast. Williams RM, Primig M, Washburn BK, Winzeler EA, Bellis M, de Menthiere CS, Davis RW, Esposito RE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Oct 15; 99(21):13431-6. [ PubMed]

A screen for genes required for meiosis and spore formation based on whole-genome expression. Rabitsch KP, Toth A, Galova M, Schleiffer A, Schaffner G, Aigner E, Rupp C, Penkner AM, Moreno-Borchart AC, Primig M, Esposito RE, Klein F, Knop M, Nasmyth K. Curr Biol. 2001 Jul 10;11(13):1001-9. [ PubMed]

Identification of the Sin3-binding site in Ume6 defines a two-step process for conversion of Ume6 from a transcriptional repressor to an activator in yeast. Washburn BK, Esposito RE. Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Mar;21(6):2057-69. [ PubMed]

The core meiotic transcriptome in budding yeasts. Primig M, Williams RM, Winzeler EA, Tevzadze GG, Conway AR, Hwang SY, Davis RW, Esposito RE. Nat Genet. 2000 Dec;26(4):415-23.         [ PubMed]

Recombination can partially substitute for SPO13 in regulating meiosis I in budding yeast. Rutkowski LH, Esposito RE. Genetics. 2000 Aug;155(4):1607-21. [ PubMed]

Spo1, a phospholipase B homolog, is required for spindle pole body duplication during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.Tevzadze GG, Swift H, Esposito RE. Chromosoma. 2000;109(1-2):72-85. [ PubMed]

Direct evidence for SIR2 modulation of chromatin structure in yeast rDNA. Fritze, C.E., K. Verschueren, R. Strich and R.E. Esposito. EMBO J. 1997; 16: 6495-6509.

Meiosis and sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Kupiec, M. Byers, B. Esposito, R.E., and A.P. Mitchell . In., The Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces. Eds, E.W. Jones, J.R. Pringle, and J.R. Broach, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Press, New York.. 1996; Vol 3:889-1036.

The SPO1 gene product required for meiosis in yeast has a high similarity to phospholipase B enzymes. Tevzadze GG, Mushegian AR, Esposito RE. Gene. 1996 Oct 24;177(1-2):253-5. [ PubMed]

UME6 is a central component of a developmental regulatory switch controlling meiosis-specific gene expression. Steber CM, Esposito RE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Dec 19;92(26):12490-4. [ PubMed]

UME6, a negative regulator of meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, contains a C-terminal Zn2Cys6 binuclear cluster that binds the URS1 DNA sequence in a zinc-dependent manner. Anderson SF, Steber CM, Esposito RE, Coleman JE. Protein Sci. 1995 Sep;4(9):1832-43. [ PubMed]

SPO13 negatively regulates the progression of mitotic and meiotic nuclear division in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. McCarroll RM, Esposito RE. Genetics. 1994 Sep;138(1):47-60. [ PubMed]

Reversal of cell determination in yeast meiosis: postcommitment arrest allows return to mitotic growth. Honigberg SM, Esposito RE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Jul 5;91(14):6559-63. [ PubMed]

The yeast UME5 gene regulates the stability of meiotic mRNAs in response to glucose. Surosky RT, Strich R, Esposito RE. Mol Cell Biol. 1994 May;14(5):3446-58. [ PubMed]

UME6 is a key regulator of nitrogen repression and meiotic development. Strich R, Surosky RT, Steber C, Dubois E, Messenguy F, Esposito RE. Genes Dev. 1994 Apr 1;8(7):796-810. [ PubMed]

Meiotic recombination in yeast. Atcheson CL, Esposito RE. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 1993 Oct;3(5):736-44. Review. [ PubMed]

Regulatory mechanisms in meiosis. Honigberg SM, McCarroll RM, Esposito RE. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 1993 Apr;5(2):219-25. Review. [ PubMed]

Humble Beginnings. in, The Early Days of Yeast Genetics. Esposito, R.E., Eds. M. Hall and P. Linder, Cold Spring Harbor Press, New York. 1993; 417-433.

Commitment to meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: involvement of the SPO14 gene. Honigberg, S.M., C. Conicella and R.E. Esposito. Genetics. 1992; 130: 703-716.

Early meiotic transcripts are highly unstable in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Surosky RT, Esposito RE. Mol Cell Biol. 1992 Sep;12(9):3948-58. [ PubMed]

RPD1 (SIN3/UME4) is required for maximal activation and repression of diverse yeast genes. Vidal M, Strich R, Esposito RE, Gaber RF. Mol Cell Biol. 1991 Dec;11(12):6306-16. PubMed

Identifying sporulation genes, visualizing synaptonemal complexes, and large-scale spore and spore wall purification. Esposito RE, Dresser M, Breitenbach M. Methods Enzymol. 1991;194:110-31. [ PubMed]

Nucleotide sequence and promoter analysis of SPO13, a meiosis-specific gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Buckingham LE, Wang HT, Elder RT, McCarroll RM, Slater MR, Esposito RE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Dec;87(23):9406-10. [ PubMed]

Identification of negative regulatory genes that govern the expression of early meiotic genes in yeast. Strich R, Slater MR, Esposito RE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Dec;86(24):10018-22. [ PubMed]

Evidence for two pathways of meiotic intrachromosomal recombination in yeast. Gottlieb S, Wagstaff J, Esposito RE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Sep;86(18):7072-6. [ PubMed]

A new role for a yeast transcriptional silencer gene, SIR2, in regulation of recombination in ribosomal DNA. Gottlieb S, Esposito RE. Cell. 1989 Mar 10;56(5):771-6. [ PubMed]

Isolation, DNA sequence, and regulation of a meiosis-specific eukaryotic recombination gene. Atcheson CL, DiDomenico B, Frackman S, Esposito RE, Elder RT. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Nov;84(22):8035-9. [ PubMed]

Developmental regulation of SPO13, a gene required for separation of homologous chromosomes at meiosis I. Wang HT, Frackman S, Kowalisyn J, Esposito RE, Elder R. Mol Cell Biol. 1987 Apr;7(4):1425-35. [ PubMed]

Meiotic exchange within and between chromosomes requires a common Rec function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Wagstaff JE, Klapholz S, Waddell CS, Jensen L, Esposito RE. Mol Cell Biol. 1985 Dec;5(12):3532-44. [ PubMed]

The role of the SPO11 gene in meiotic recombination in yeast. Klapholz S, Waddell CS, Esposito RE. Genetics. 1985 Jun;110(2):187-216. [ PubMed]

Chromosomes XIV and XVII of Saccharomyces cerevisiae constitute a single linkage group. Klapholz S, Esposito RE. Mol Cell Biol. 1982 Nov;2(11):1399-409. [ PubMed]

Meiosis in haploid yeast. Wagstaff JE, Klapholz S, Esposito RE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1982 May;79(9):2986-90. [ PubMed]

A new mapping method employing a meiotic rec-mutant of yeast. Klapholz S, Esposito RE. Genetics. 1982 Mar;100(3):387-412. [ PubMed]

Meiosis and ascospore development. Esposito, R.E. and S. Klapholz. In: The Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces. Edited by J.N. Strathern, E.W. Jones and J.R. Broach. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Press, New York. 1982; Vol. 1: pp. 211-287.

Recombinationless meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Malone RE, Esposito RE. Mol Cell Biol. 1981 Oct;1(10):891-901. [ PubMed]

Recombination and chromosome segregation during the single division meiosis in SPO12-1 and SPO13-1 diploids. Klapholz S, Esposito RE. Genetics. 1980 Nov;96(3):589-611. [ PubMed]

Isolation of SPO12-1 and SPO13-1 from a natural variant of yeast that undergoes a single meiotic division. Klapholz S, Esposito RE. Genetics. 1980 Nov;96(3):567-88. [ PubMed]

The RAD52 gene is required for homothallic interconversion of mating types and spontaneous mitotic recombination in yeast. Malone RE, Esposito RE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Jan;77(1):503-7. [ PubMed]

Gene conversion, paramutation and controlling elements: a treasure of exceptions. Esposito, M.S. and R.E. Esposito. In: Cell Biology, A Comprehensive Treatise. Edited by D.H. Prescott and L. Goldstein. Academic Press, New York. 1978; Vol. 1, pp. 59-92.

Aspects of the genetic control of meiosis and ascospore development inferred from the study of spo (sporulation-deficient) mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Esposito, M.S. and R.E. Esposito. Biologie Cellulaire. 1978; 33:93-102.

Meiosis in a temperature-sensitive DNA-synthesis mutant and in an apomictic yeast strain (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Moens PB, Mowat M, Esposito MS, Esposito RE. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1977 Mar 21;277(955):351-8. [ PubMed]

The effect of ochre suppression on meiosis and ascospore formation in Saccharomyces. Rothstein RJ, Esposito RE, Esposito MS. Genetics. 1977 Jan;85(1):35-54. [ PubMed]

The genetic control of meiosis. Baker BS, Carpenter AT, Esposito MS, Esposito RE, Sandler L. Annu Rev Genet. 1976;10:53-134. Review. [ PubMed]

Antimutator activity during mitosis by a meiotic mutant of yeast. Esposito MS, Bolotin-Fukuhara M, Esposito RE. Mol Gen Genet. 1975 Aug 5;139(1):9-18. [ PubMed]

Single-strand scissions of chromosomal DNA during commitment to recombination at meiosis. Jacobson GK, Pinon R, Esposito RE, Esposito MS. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1975 May;72(5):1887-91. [ PubMed]

Mutants of meiosis and ascospore formation. Esposito MS, Esposito RE. Methods Cell Biol. 1975;11:303-26. Review. [ PubMed]

Current trends in the genetic and biochemical study of yeast sporulation. Haber, J.E., M.S. Esposito, P.T. Magee and R.E. Esposito. In: Spores. Edited by P. Gerhardt, R.N. Costilow and H. Sadoff. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Washington.. 1975; Vol. VI:132-137.

Genes controlling meiosis and spore formation in yeast. Esposito MS, Esposito RE. Genetics. 1974 Sep;78(1):215-25. [ PubMed]

Genetic recombination and commitment to meiosis in Saccharomyces. Esposito RE, Esposito MS. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1974 Aug;71(8):3172-6. [ PubMed]

Aberrant nuclear behavior at meiosis and anucleate spore formation by sporulation-deficient (SPO) mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Moens PB, Esposito RE, Esposito MS. Exp Cell Res. 1974 Jan;83(1):166-74. [ PubMed]

The relationship between genetic recombination and commitment to chromosomal segregation at meiosis. Esposito, R.E., D.J. Plotkin and M.S. Esposito. In: Mechanisms of Recombination. Edited by R.F. Gress. Plenum Press, New York. 1974; 277-285.

Genetic analysis of two-spored asci produced by the spo3 mutant of Saccharomyces. Esposito, M.S. and R.E. Esposito and P.B. Moens. Molec. Gen. Genet. 1974; 135:91-95.

Genetics and physiology of meiosis and sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Esposito, M.S. and R.E. Esposito. In: Regulation de la sporulation microbienne, Coll. International. du C.N.R.S. Gif-sur-Yvette. 1973.

Molecular studies of meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Pinon, R., Y. Salts, G. Simchen, M. Esposito, R.E. Esposito, T. Petes, W. Fangman, B. Byers and H.L. Roman. In: Chromosome Today, Suppl. to Heredity. 1973; 4:77-84.

The genetic control of sporulation in Saccharomyces. II. Dominance and complementation of mutants of meiosis and spore formation. Esposito RE, Frink N, Bernstein P, Esposito MS. Mol Gen Genet. 1972;114(3):241-8. [ PubMed]

Conditional mutants of meiosis in yeast. Esposito MS, Esposito RE, Arnaud M, Halvorson HO. J Bacteriol. 1970 Oct;104(1):202-10. [ PubMed]

Acetate utilization and macromolecular synthesis during sporulation of yeast. Esposito MS, Esposito RE, Arnaud M, Halvorson HO. J Bacteriol. 1969 Oct;100(1):180-6. [ PubMed]

The genetic control of sporulation in Saccharomyces. I. The isolation of temperature-sensitive sporulation-deficient mutants. Esposito MS, Esposito RE. Genetics. 1969 Jan;61(1):79-89. [ PubMed]

Genetic recombination in synchronized cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Esposito RE. Genetics. 1968 Jun;59(2):191-210. [ PubMed]

The effect of 5-fluorodeoxyuridine on genetic replication and mitotic crossing over in synchronized cultures of Ustilago maydis. Esposito, R.E. and R. Holliday. Genetics. 1964; 50:1009-1017.