Lee K. C. and Kraus W. L. (2001) Nuclear receptors, coactivators and chromatin: new approaches, new insights. Trends Endocrin. Metab. 12:191-197. (Review)

    Kim M. Y., Hsiao S. J., Kraus W. L. (2001) A role for coactivators and histone acetylation in estrogen receptor-mediated transcription initiation. EMBO J. 20:6084-6094.

    Cheung E., Zarifyan A., Kraus W. L. (2002) Histone H1 represses estrogen receptor transcriptional activity by selectively inhibiting receptor-mediated transcription initiation. Mol. Cell. Biol. 22:2463-2471.

    Kraus W. L. and Wong J. (2002) Nuclear receptor-dependent transcription with chromatin: is it all about enzymes? Eur. J. Biochem. 269:2275-2283. (Review)

    Acevedo M. L. and Kraus W. L. (2003) Mediator and p300/CBP-steroid receptorcoactivator complexes have distinct roles, but function synergistically, during estrogen receptor-dependent transcription with chromatin templates. Mol. Cell Biol. 23:335-348.

    Cheung E., Schwabish M. A., Kraus W. L. (2003) Chromatin exposes intrinsic differences in the transcriptional activities of ERαand ERβ. EMBO J. 2:600-611.

    Lee K. C., Li J., Cole P. A., Wong J., Kraus W. L. (2003) Transcriptional activation by thyroid hormone receptor involves chromatin remodeling, histone acetylation, and cooperative stimulation by p300 and SRC coactivators. Molecular Endocrinology 17:908-922.

    Kraus W. L. and Lis, J. T. (2003) PARP goes transcription. Cell 113:677-683. (Review)

    Acevedo M. L., Lee K. C., Stender J. D., Katzenellenbogen B. S., Kraus W. L. (2004) Selective recognition of distinct classes of coactivators by a ligand-inducible activation domain.Molecular Cell 13:725-738.

    Kim M. Y., Mauro S. A., Gévry N., Lis J. T., Kraus W. L. (2004) NAD+-dependent modulation of chromatin structure and transcription by nucleosome-binding properties of PARP-1. Cell 119:803-814. (Featured in a "Preview" in the same issue of Cell, p. 735 - 736).

    Acevedo M. L. and Kraus W. L. (2004) Transcriptional activation by nuclear receptors. Essays in Biochemistry 40:73-88. (Review)

    Cheung E., Acevedo M. L., Cole P. A., Kraus W. L. (2005) Altered   pharmacology and distinct coactivator usage for estrogen receptor-dependent transcription through activating protein-1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:559-564.

    Brower-Toland B., Wacker D. A., Fulbright R. M, Lis J. T., Kraus W. L., Wang M. D. (2005) Specific contributions of histone tails and their acetylation to the mechanical stability of nucleosomes. J. Mol. Biol. 346:135-146

    Kim M. Y., Zhang, T., Kraus W. L (2005) Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation by PARP-1: "PARlaying" NAD+ into a nuclear signal. Genes Dev. 19:1951-1967. (Review)

    Kim M. Y., Woo E., Homenko D. R., Chong Y. T. E., Kraus W. L. (2006) Acetylation of estrogen receptor alpha by p300 at lysines 266 and 268 enhances the deoxyribonucleic acid binding and transactivation activities of the receptor. Mol. Endocrinol. 20:1479-1493. (Featured on the cover; Winner of the 2006 "Outstanding First Authored Student Paper" award for Molecular Endocrinology).

    Lis J. T., Kraus W. L. (2006) Promoter cleavage: A topoIIband PARP-1 collaboration. Cell 125:1225-1227. (Review)

    Gamble, M. J., Kraus W. L. (2007) Visualizing the histone code on LSD1. Cell 128:433-434. (Review)

    Kininis M., Chen B. S., Diehl A. G., Isaacs G. D., Zhang T., Siepel A. C., Clark A. G., Kraus W. L. (2007) Genomic analyses of transcription factor binding, histone acetylation, and gene expression reveal mechanistically distinct classes of estrogen-regulated promoters. Mol. Cell. Biol. 27:5090-5104.

    Wacker D. A., Ruhl D. D., Balagamwala E. H., Hope K. M., Zhang T., and Kraus W. L. (2007) The DNA binding and catalytic domains of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 cooperate in the regulation of chromatin structure and transcription. Mol. Cell. Biol. 27:7475-7485. (Featured on the cover).

    Wacker D. A., Frizzell K. M., Zhang T., Kraus W. L. (2007) Regulation of chromatin structure and transcription by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1: Possible targets for drug based therapies. Subcell. Biochem. 41:45-69. (Review)

    Krishnakumar R., Gamble M. J., Frizzell K. M., Berrocal J. G., Kininis M., and Kraus W.L. (2008) Reciprocal binding of PARP-1 and histone H1 at promoters specifies transcriptional outcomes. Science 319:819-821.

    Kininis M., Kraus W. L. (2008) A global view of transcriptional regulation by nuclear receptors: gene expression, factor localization, and DNA sequence analysis. Nucl. Recept. Signal. 6:e005. (Review)

    Kraus W. L. (2008) Transcriptional control by PARP-1: chromatin modulation, enhancer binding, coregulation, and insulation. Curr. Op. Cell Biol. 20:294-302. (Review)

    Kininis M., Isaacs G. D., Core L. J., Hah N., and Kraus W. L. (2009) Postrecruitment regulation of RNA polymerase II directs rapid signaling responses at the promoters of estrogen target genes. Mol. Cell. Biol. 29:1123-33.

    Zhang T., Berrocal J. G., Frizzell K. M., Gamble M. J., DuMond M. E., Krishnakumar R., Yang T., Sauve A. A., and Kraus W. L. (2009) Enzymes in the NAD+ salvage pathway regulate SIRT1 activity at target gene promoters. J. Biol. Chem. 284:20408-17.

    Frizzell K. M., Gamble M. J., Berrocal J. G., Zhang T., Krishnakumar R., Cen Y., Sauve A. A., and Kraus W. L. (2009) Global analysis of transcriptional regulation by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 and poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. J. Biol. Chem. (in press)