Kexin Xu
Professor, Genome Sciences
Primary Location
West Complex
MSB 3238
Charlottesville, VA 22903
MSB 3238
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Primary Phone Number
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Bio & Overview
Academic Information
- Department
- Genome Sciences
Other Affiliations
- Genomic Sciences
Research Interests
Researching fundamental roles of the epigenome in control of the context-specific transcriptional programs.
Research Disciplines
- Computational Biology
Research Opportunities
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Biology
- Computational Biology
- Epigenetics
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Pharmacology
PhD Programs
- Computational Biology
- Microbiology
Selected Publications
2022
Liao, Y., Chen, C. -H., Xiao, T., de la Peña Avalos, B., Dray, E. V., Cai, C., . . . Xu, K. (2022). Inhibition of EZH2 transactivation function sensitizes solid tumors to genotoxic stress.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(3), e2105898119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2105898119
2020
Yang, M., Lee, J. H., Zhang, Z., De La Rosa, R., Bi, M., Tan, Y., . . . Xu, K. (2020). Enhancer RNAs Mediate Estrogen-Induced Decommissioning of Selective Enhancers by Recruiting ERα and Its Cofactor.. Cell reports, 31(12), 107803. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107803