Publications

The following publications were published exclusively under the affiliation of the Max Planck Society. For publications by the principal investigator outside of the Max Planck Society, see the links on the lower left.

Journal Article (16)

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Altendorfer, E.; Mundlos, S.; Mayer, A.: A transcription coupling model for how enhancers communicate with their target genes. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 32 (4), pp. 598 - 606 (2025)
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Müller, J. M.; Altendorfer, E.; Freier, S.; Moos, K.; Mayer, A.; Tresch, A.: Halfpipe: a tool for analyzing metabolic labeling RNA-seq data to quantify RNA half-lives. NAR: genomics and bioinformatics 7 (1), Article lqaf006 (2025)
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Ulicevic, J.; Shao, Z.; Jasnovidova, O.; Bressin, A.; Gajos, M.; Ng, A. H.; Annaldasula, S.; Meierhofer, D.; Church, G. M.; Busskamp, V. et al.; Mayer, A.: Uncovering the dynamics and consequences of RNA isoform changes during neuronal differentiation. Molecular Systems Biology 20 (7), pp. 767 - 798 (2024)
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Bressin, A.; Jasnovidova, O.; Arnold, M.; Altendorfer, E.; Trajkovski , F.; Kratz, T. A.; Handzlik, J. E.; Hnisz, D.; Mayer, A.: High-sensitive nascent transcript sequencing reveals BRD4-specific control of widespread enhancer and target gene transcription. Nature Communications 14 (1), Article 4971 (2023)
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Nabavizadeh, N.; Bressin, A.; Shboul, M.; Moreno Traspas, R.; Chia, P. H.; Bonnard, C.; Szenker-Ravi, E.; Saribas, B.; Beillard, E.; Altunoglu, U. et al.; Hojati, Z.; Drutman, S.; Freier, S.; El-Khateeb, M.; Fathallah, R.; Casanova, J.-L.; Soror, W.; Arafat, A.; Escande-Beillard, N.; Mayer, A.; Reversade, B.: A progeroid syndrome caused by a deep intronic variant in TAPT1 is revealed by RNA/SI-NET sequencing. Embo Molecular Medicine 15 (2), Article e16478 (2023)
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Eischer, N.; Arnold, M.; Mayer, A.: Emerging roles of BET proteins in transcription and co-transcriptional RNA processing. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: WIREs RNA 14 (1), e1734 (2023)
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Altendorfer, E.; Mochalova, Y.; Mayer, A.: BRD4: a general regulator of transcription elongation. Transcription 13 (1-3), pp. 70 - 81 (2022)
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Bressin, A.; Mayer, A.: Neue Einblicke in die Genregulation mittels funktioneller Multiomik. Biospektrum 28 (3), pp. 276 - 278 (2022)
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Arnold, M.; Bressin, A.; Jasnovidova, O.; Meierhofer, D.; Mayer, A.: A BRD4-mediated elongation control point primes transcribing RNA polymerase II for 3′-processing and termination. Molecular Cell 81 (17), pp. 3589 - 3603 (2021)
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Gajos, M.; Jasnovidova, O.; van Bömmel, A.; Freier, S.; Vingron, M.; Mayer, A.: Conserved DNA sequence features underlie pervasive RNA polymerase pausing. Nucleic Acids Research (London) 49 (8), pp. 4402 - 4420 (2021)
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Annaldasula, S.; Gajos, M.; Mayer, A.: IsoTV: processing and visualizing functional features of translated transcript isoforms. Bioinformatics 37 (18), pp. 3070 - 3072 (2021)
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Real, F. M.; Haas, S. A.; Franchini, P.; Xiong, P.; Simakov, O.; Kuhl, H.; Schöpflin, R.; Heller, D.; Moeinzadeh, M. H.; Heinrich, V. et al.; Krannich , T.; Bressin, A.; Hartmann, M. F.; Wudy, S. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Hurtado, A.; Barrionuevo, F. J.; Schindler, M.; Harabula, I.; Osterwalder, M.; Hiller, M.; Wittler, L.; Visel, A.; Timmermann, B.; Meyer, A.; Vingron, M.; Jiménez, R.; Mundlos, S.; Lupiáñez, D. G.: The mole genome reveals regulatory rearrangements associated with adaptive intersexuality. Science 370 (6513), pp. 208 - 214 (2020)
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Mayer, A.: Genome Transcription Regulation During Cell Differentiation. Scientia 133, pp. 6 - 9 (2020)
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Winter, G. E.; Mayer, A.; Buckley, D. L.; Erb, M. A.; Roderick, J. E.; Vittori, S.; Reyes,, J. M.; di Iulio, J.; Souza, A.; Ott, C. J. et al.; Roberts, J. M.; Zeid, R.; Scott, T. G.; Paulk, J.; Lachance, K.; Olson, C. M.; Dastjerdi, S.; Bauer, S.; Lin, C. Y.; Gray, N. S.; Kelliher, M. A.; Churchman, L. S.; Bradner, J. E.: BET bromodomain proteins function as master transcription elongation factors independent of CDK9 recruitment. Molecular Cell 67 (1), pp. 5 - 18 (2017)
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Mayer, A.; Landry, H. M.; Churchman, L. S.: Pause & go: from the discovery of RNA polymerase pausing to its functional implications. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 46, pp. 72 - 80 (2017)
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Mayer, A.; Churchman, L. S.: Genome-wide profiling of RNA polymerase transcription at nucleotide resolution in human cells with native elongating transcript sequencing. Nature Protocols 11 (4), pp. 813 - 433 (2016)

Book Chapter (2)

Book Chapter
Jasnovidova, O.; Arnold, M.; Mayer, A.: Illuminating enhancer transcription at nucleotide resolution with native elongating transcript sequencing (NET-Seq). In: Enhancers and Promoters - Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology ; 2351), Vol. 2351, pp. 41 - 65 (Ed. Borggrefe, T.). Humana, New York, NY (2021)
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Mayer, A.; Churchman, L. S.: A detailed protocol for subcellular RNA sequencing (subRNA-seq). In: Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Vol. Suppl. 120, pp. 4.29.1 - 4.29.18 (Ed. Ausubel, F. M.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (2017)

Thesis - PhD (2)

Thesis - PhD
Bressin, A. S.: A Multi-Omics Analysis of Transcription Control by BRD4. Dissertation, ix, 205 pp. (2023)
Thesis - PhD
Gajos, M.: Analysis of the determinants of Pol II pausing. Dissertation, vi, 125 pp. (2022)
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