1. Shaheen, N., Akhtar, J., Umer, Z., Khan, M. H., Bakhtiari, M. H., Saleem, M., Faisal, A., & Tariq, M.*(2021). Polycomb requires chaperonin containing TCP-1 subunit 7 for maintaining gene silencing in drosophila. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.727972 
2. Shaukat, A., Khan, M. H., Ahmad, H., Umer, Z., & Tariq, M.* (2021). Interplay between ball and CREB binding protein maintains H3K27 acetylation on active genes in drosophila. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.740866 
3. Gondal MN, Butt RN, Shah OS, Sultan MU, Mustafa G, Nasir Z, Hussain R, Khawar H, Qazi R, Tariq M, Faisal A and Chaudhary SU (2021) A Personalized Therapeutics Approach Using an In Silico Drosophila Patient Model Reveals Optimal Chemo- and Targeted Therapy Combinations for Colorectal Cancer. Front. Oncol. 11:692592. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.692592
4. Khan, MHF., Akhtar, J., Umer, Z., Shaheen, N., Shaukat, A., Munir, MS., Mithani, A., Anwar, S and Tariq, M*. (2021). Kinome-Wide RNAi Screen Uncovers Role of Ballchen in Maintenance of Gene Activation by Trithorax Group in Drosophila. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021; 9: 637873. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.637873
5.  Ullah, R., Naz, A., Akram, HS., Ullah, Z., Tariq, M., Mithani, A., and Faisal, A. (2020). Transcriptomic analysis reveals differential gene expression, alternative splicing, and novel exons during mouse trophoblast stem cell differentiation. Stem cell research & therapy 11 (1), 1-1
6. Umer, Z., Akhtar, J., Khan, MHF., Shaheen, N., Haseeb, MA., Mazhar, K., Mithani, A., Anwar, S and Tariq, M^*. (2019). Genome-wide RNAi screen in Drosophila reveals Enok as a novel Trithorax group regulator. Epigenetics and Chromatin 12, 55 (2019) doi:10.1186/s13072-019-0301-x
7. Sharif, F,, Roman, S., Asif, A., Gigliobianco, G., Ghafoor, S., Tariq, M., Siddiqui, SA., Mahmood, F., Muhammad, N., Rehman, IU and MacNeil, S. (2019). J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 12: https://doi.org/ 10.1002/term.2867
8. Ahmad M, Keebaugh ES, Tariq M* and Ja WW. (2018). Evolutionary responses of Drosophila melanogaster under chronic malnutrition. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6:47. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00047
9. Khan, S., Iqbal, M., Tariq, M., Baing, SM and Abbas, W. (2018). Epigenetic regulation of HIV-I latency: focus on Polycomb group (PcG) proteins. BMC Clinical Epigenetics 10:14; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-018-0441-z
10. Sharif, F, Tabassum, S., Mustafa, W., Asif, A., Zarif, F., Tariq, M., Siddiqui, SA., Gilani, MA., Rehman, IU., and MacNeil, S. (2018). Bioresorbable antibacterial PCL‐PLA‐nHA composite membranes for oral and maxillofacial defects. Polymer COMPOSITES 40: 1564-1575
11. Siddiqi, SA., Azhar, U., Manzoor, F., Jamal, A., Tariq, M., Saleem, M., Chaudhry, AA., Rehman, IU. (2018). Fabrication of biocompatible nano-carbonated hydroxyapatite/polymer spongy scaffold. Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures. Vol.13, No.2
12. Hamera, S., Yan, Y., Song, X., Chaudhary, SU., Murtaza, I., Su, L., Tariq, M., Chen, X., Fang, R. (2016).  Expression of Cucumber mosaic virus suppressor 2b alters FWA methylation and its siRNA accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biology Open, 2016 5: 1727-1734; doi: 10.1242/bio.017244
13. Siddiqi, S., Manzoor, F., Jamal, A., Tariq, M., Ahmad, R., Kamran, M., Chaudhry, AA.,  and Rehman, I. (2016). Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) viability on PVA and PCL polymers coated hydroxyapatite scaffolds derived from cuttlefish. RSC Adv. DOI: 10.1039/C5RA22423C
14. Ahmad, M., Chaudhary, S.U., Afzal, A.J., Tariq, M*. (2015). Starvation-Induced Dietary Behaviour inDrosophila melanogaster Larvae and Adults. Scientific Reports, 5:14285
15. Abbas, W., Tariq, M., Iqbal, M., Kumar, A., Herbein, G. (2015). Eradication of HIV-1 from the Macrophage Reservoir: An Uncertain Goal? Viruses, 7 (4): 1578-1598
16. Tariq, M*., Wegrzyn, R., Anwar, S., Bukau, B and Paro, R. (2013). Drosophila GAGA factor polyglutamine domains exhibit prion-like behavior. BMC Genomics, 14:374. DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-14-374
17. Galli A., Robay D., Osterwalder M., Bao Z., Benazet J., Tariq M., Paro R., Mackem S and Zeller R. (2010). Distinct roles of Hand2 in initiating polarity and posterior Shh expression during the onset of mouse limb bud development. PLoS Genetics, 6(4) e1000901
18. Tariq, M., Nussbaumer, U., Chen, Y., Beisel, C and Paro, R. (2009). TRITHORAX requires Hsp90 for maintenance of active chromatin at sites of gene expression. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 106:1157-1162
19. Habu, Y., Mathieu, O., Tariq, M., Probst, A., Smathajitt, S., Zhu T and Paszkowski, J. (2006). Epigenetic regulation of transcription in intermediate heterochromatin. EMBO rep. 7:1279-1284
20. Tariq, M* and Paszkowski, J. (2004). DNA and histone methylation in plants. Trends in Genetics, 20:244-251
21. Bowler, C., Benvenuto, G., Laflamme, P., Molino, D., Probst, A., Tariq, M., Paszkowski, J. (2004). Chromatin techniques in plant cells. The Plant J. 39:776-789
22. Tariq, M*., Saze, H., Probst, A V., Lichota, J., Habu, Y. and Paszkowski, J. (2003). Erasure of CpG methylation in Arabidopsis alters patterns of histone H3 methylation in heterochromatin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100:8823-8827 
23. Tariq, M*., Habu, Y. and Paszkowski, J. (2002). Depletion of MOM1 in non-dividing cells of Arabidopsis plants releases transcriptional gene silencing. EMBO reports, 3:951-955

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