The molecular hallmarks of epigenetic control

CD Allis, T Jenuwein - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Over the past 20 years, breakthrough discoveries of chromatin-modifying enzymes and
associated mechanisms that alter chromatin in response to physiological or pathological …

Organization and function of the 3D genome

B Bonev, G Cavalli - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Understanding how chromatin is organized within the nucleus and how this 3D architecture
influences gene regulation, cell fate decisions and evolution are major questions in cell …

[HTML][HTML] A compendium of chromatin contact maps reveals spatially active regions in the human genome

AD Schmitt, M Hu, I Jung, Z Xu, Y Qiu, CL Tan, Y Li… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
The three-dimensional configuration of DNA is integral to all nuclear processes in
eukaryotes, yet our knowledge of the chromosome architecture is still limited. Genome-wide …

Activation of proto-oncogenes by disruption of chromosome neighborhoods

D Hnisz, AS Weintraub, DS Day, AL Valton, RO Bak… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Oncogenes are activated through well-known chromosomal alterations such as gene fusion,
translocation, and focal amplification. In light of recent evidence that the control of key genes …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin domains: the unit of chromosome organization

JR Dixon, DU Gorkin, B Ren - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
How eukaryotic chromosomes fold inside the nucleus is an age-old question that remains
unanswered today. Early biochemical and microscopic studies revealed the existence of …

[HTML][HTML] The 3D genome as moderator of chromosomal communication

J Dekker, L Mirny - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Proper expression of genes requires communication with their regulatory elements that can
be located elsewhere along the chromosome. The physics of chromatin fibers imposes a …

[HTML][HTML] Insulated neighborhoods: structural and functional units of mammalian gene control

D Hnisz, DS Day, RA Young - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Understanding how transcriptional enhancers control over 20,000 protein-coding genes to
maintain cell-type-specific gene expression programs in all human cells is a fundamental …

HiChIP: efficient and sensitive analysis of protein-directed genome architecture

MR Mumbach, AJ Rubin, RA Flynn, C Dai, PA Khavari… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Genome conformation is central to gene control but challenging to interrogate. Here we
present HiChIP, a protein-centric chromatin conformation method. HiChIP improves the yield …

CTCF and cohesin in genome folding and transcriptional gene regulation

M Merkenschlager, EP Nora - Annual review of genomics and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Genome function, replication, integrity, and propagation rely on the dynamic structural
organization of chromosomes during the cell cycle. Genome folding in interphase provides …

HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibody precursor B cells revealed by germline-targeting immunogen

JG Jardine, DW Kulp, C Havenar-Daughton, A Sarkar… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) is a major HIV vaccine goal. Germline-
targeting immunogens aim to initiate bnAb induction by activating bnAb germline precursor …