Transcription factor networks in cellular quiescence (2025) Nature Cell Biology. M. Mitra*, S. L. Batista, and H. A. Coller* (*correponding authors). Article Link Read here 

Pan-cancer landscape of epigenetic factor expression predicts tumor outcome (2023) Communications Biology. M. W. Cheng, M. Mitra* and H. A. Coller* (*equal contributions). Article Link Press Release: UCLA Health  NIH

Screen time: an unbiased search for histone mutations that affect quiescence and chronological aging (2023). The FEBS Journal. M. Mitra and H. A. Coller. Article Link

Is there a Histone Code for Cellular Quiescence? (2021). Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. K. Bonitto, K. Sarathy, K. Atai, M. Mitra*, and H. A. Coller* (*last authors). Article Link

Intron Retention is a Robust Marker of Intertumoral Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (2020). NPJ Genomic Medicine. D. J. Tan, M. Mitra*, A. M. Chiu, and H. A. Coller* (*equal contributions). Article Link

Splicing Busts the Move: Alternative Isoform Use as a Regulator of Cell Migration (2020). Trends in Cell Biology. M. Mitra, H. N. Lee, and H. A. Coller. Article Link

Alternative Polyadenylation Factors Link Cell Cycle to Migration (2018). Genome Biology. M. Mitra, E. L. Johnson, V. S. Swamy, L. E. Nersesian, D. C. Corney, D. G. Robinson, D. G. Taylor, A. Ambrus, D. Jelinek, W. Wang, S. L. Batista, and H. A. Coller. Article Link Press Release: UCLA Health

Integrative Analysis of the Inter-Tumoral Heterogeneity in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (2018). Scientific Reports. A. M. Chiu, M. Mitra, L. Boymoushakian, and H. A. Coller. Article Link Summary Article: Atlas of Science

RECK Isoforms have Opposite Effects on Cell Migration (2018). Molecular Biology of Cell. H. N. Lee, M. Mitra, O. Bosompra, D. C. Corney, E. L. Johnson, N. Rashed, L. D. Ho, and H. A. Coller. Article Link Press Release: UCLA Health

Determining Genome-wide Transcript Decay Rates in Proliferating and Quiescent Human Fibroblasts (2018). Journal of Visualized Experiments. M. Mitra, H. N. Lee, and H. A. Coller. Article Link Video Link

An In Vitro Model of Cellular Quiescence in Primay Human Dermal Fibroblasts (2018). Methods in Molecular Biology. M. Mitra, L. D. Ho, and H. A. Coller. Article Link

RNAs That Make a Heart Beat (2016). Annals in Translational Medicine. M. Mitra and H. A. Coller. RNAs That Make a Heart Beat. Annals in Translational Medicine. 4:469. Article Link

Alternative Polyadenylation can Regulate Post- translational Membrane Localization (2015). Trends in Cell and Molecular Biology. M. Mitra, E. L. Johnson, and H. A. Coller. Article Link

NMR Structure of the APOBEC3B Catalytic Domain: The Structural Basis of Substrate Binding and DNA Deaminase Activity (2016). Biochemistry. I.-J. L. Byeon, C.-H Byeon, T. Wu, M. Mitra, D. Singer, J.G. Levin, and A.M. Gronenborn. Article Link

Sequence and Structural Determinants of Human APOBEC3H Deaminase and Anti-HIV-1 Activities (2015). Retrovirology. M. Mitra, D. Singer, Y. Mano, J. Hritz, G. Nam, R.J. Gorelick, I.-J. L. Byeon, A.M. Gronenborn, Y. Iwatani, and J.G. Levin. Article Link

Structural Determinants of Human APOBEC3A Enzymatic and Nucleic Acid Binding Properties (2014). Nucleic Acids Research. M. Mitra, K. Hercík, I.-J. L. Byeon, J. Ahn, S. Hill, K. Hinchee-Rodriguez, D. Singer, C.-H. Byeon, L.M. Charlton, G. Nam, G. Heidecker, A.M. Gronenborn, and J.G. Levin. Article Link

NMR Structure of Human Restriction Factor APOBEC3A: Substrate Binding and Enzyme Specificity (2013). Nature Communications. I.-J. L. Byeon, J. Ahn, M. Mitra, C.-H. Byeon, K. Hercík, J. Hritz, L.M. Charlton, J.G. Levin, and A.M. Gronenborn. Article Link

Zinc Finger Function of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein is Required for Removal of 5’ Terminal Genomic RNA Fragments: A Paradigm for RNA Removal Reactions in HIV-1 Reverse Transcription (2012). Virus Research. C.B. Hergott, M. Mitra, J. Guo, T. Wu, J.T. Miller, Y. Iwatani, R.J. Gorelick, and J.G. Levin. Article Link   

Role of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein in HIV-1 Reverse Transcription (2010). RNA Biology. J.G. Levin, M. Mitra, A. Mascarenhas, and K. Musier-Forsyth. Article Link

Fundamental Differences Between the Nucleic Acid Chaperone Activities of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein and Gag or Gag-Derived Proteins: Biological Implications (2010). Virology. T. Wu, S.A.K. Datta, M. Mitra, R.J. Gorelick, A. Rein, and J.G. Levin. Article Link

Distinct Nucleic Acid Interaction Properties of HIV Nucleocapsid Protein Precursor (NCp15) Explain Reduced Viral Infectivity (2014). Nucleic Acids Research. W. Wang, N. Naiyer, M. Mitra, J. Li, M. Williams, I. Rouzina, R. Gorelick, Z. Wu, and K. Musier-Forsyth. Article Link

Differential Contributions of Basic Residues to HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein’s Nucleic Acid Chaperone Function and Retroviral Replication (2014). Nucleic Acids Research. 

H. Wu, M. Mitra, M.J. McCauley, J.A. Thomas, R.J. Gorelick, I. Rouzina, K. Musier-Forsyth, and M.C. Williams. Article Link

The N-terminal Zinc Finger and Flanking Basic Domains Represent the Minimal Region of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein For Targeting Chaperone Function (2013). Biochemistry. M. Mitra, W.Wang, M.-N. Vo, I. Rouzina, G. Barany, and K. Musier-Forsyth. Article Link

Aromatic Residue Mutations Reveal Direct Correlation Between HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein’s Nucleic Acid Chaperone Activity and Retroviral Replication (2012). Virus Research. H. Wu, M. Mitra, M.J. McCauley, J.A. Thomas, I. Rouzina, K. Musier-Forsyth, M.C. Williams, and R.J. Gorelick. Article Link

C-terminal Domain Modulates the Nucleic Acid Chaperone Activity of Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type-1 Nucleocapsid Protein via an Electrostatic Mechanism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. D.F. Qualley, K.M. Stewart-Maynard, F. Wang, M. Mitra, R.J. Gorelick, I. Rouzina, M.C. Williams, and K. Musier-Forsyth (2010). Article Link