Histone post-translational modifications—cause and consequence of genome function

G Millán-Zambrano, A Burton, AJ Bannister… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Much has been learned since the early 1960s about histone post-translational modifications
(PTMs) and how they affect DNA-templated processes at the molecular level. This …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic inflammation and the hallmarks of aging

JJ Baechle, N Chen, P Makhijani, S Winer… - Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Recently, the hallmarks of aging were updated to include dysbiosis, disabled
macroautophagy, and chronic inflammation. In particular, the low-grade chronic …

Lateral thinking: how histone modifications regulate gene expression

M Lawrence, S Daujat, R Schneider - Trends in Genetics, 2016 - cell.com
The DNA of each cell is wrapped around histone octamers, forming so-called 'nucleosomal
core particles'. These histone proteins have tails that project from the nucleosome and many …

Born to run: control of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II

FX Chen, ER Smith, A Shilatifard - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
The dynamic regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is an
integral part of the implementation of gene expression programmes during development. In …

Histone core modifications regulating nucleosome structure and dynamics

P Tessarz, T Kouzarides - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
Post-translational modifications of histones regulate all DNA-templated processes, including
replication, transcription and repair. These modifications function as platforms for the …

[HTML][HTML] Polycomb-dependent H3K27me1 and H3K27me2 regulate active transcription and enhancer fidelity

KJ Ferrari, A Scelfo, SG Jammula, A Cuomo, I Barozzi… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
H3K27me3 is deposited at promoters by the preferential association of Polycomb repressive
complex 2 (PRC2) with CpG-rich DNA elements regulating development by repressing gene …

Histone H4 lysine 20 mono-methylation directly facilitates chromatin openness and promotes transcription of housekeeping genes

M Shoaib, Q Chen, X Shi, N Nair, C Prasanna… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Histone lysine methylations have primarily been linked to selective recruitment of reader or
effector proteins that subsequently modify chromatin regions and mediate genome functions …

High-resolution profiling of histone methylations in the human genome

A Barski, S Cuddapah, K Cui, TY Roh, DE Schones… - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
Histone modifications are implicated in influencing gene expression. We have generated
high-resolution maps for the genome-wide distribution of 20 histone lysine and arginine …

Genome-wide maps of chromatin state in pluripotent and lineage-committed cells

TS Mikkelsen, M Ku, DB Jaffe, B Issac, E Lieberman… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
We report the application of single-molecule-based sequencing technology for high-
throughput profiling of histone modifications in mammalian cells. By obtaining over four …

Structure and function of mammalian DNA methyltransferases

RZ Jurkowska, TP Jurkowski, A Jeltsch - Chembiochem, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation plays an important role in epigenetic signalling, having an impact on gene
regulation, chromatin structure, development and disease. Here, we review the structures …