Heterochromatin: guardian of the genome

A Janssen, SU Colmenares… - Annual review of cell and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Constitutive heterochromatin is a major component of the eukaryotic nucleus and is
essential for the maintenance of genome stability. Highly concentrated at pericentromeric …

H3K9me3-dependent heterochromatin: barrier to cell fate changes

JS Becker, D Nicetto, KS Zaret - Trends in Genetics, 2016 - cell.com
Establishing and maintaining cell identity depends on the proper regulation of gene
expression, as specified by transcription factors and reinforced by epigenetic mechanisms …

Distinct viral reservoirs in individuals with spontaneous control of HIV-1

C Jiang, X Lian, C Gao, X Sun, KB Einkauf… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Sustained, drug-free control of HIV-1 replication is naturally achieved in less than 0.5% of
infected individuals (here termed 'elite controllers'), despite the presence of a replication …

[HTML][HTML] A 3D map of the human genome at kilobase resolution reveals principles of chromatin looping

SSP Rao, MH Huntley, NC Durand, EK Stamenova… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
We use in situ Hi-C to probe the 3D architecture of genomes, constructing haploid and
diploid maps of nine cell types. The densest, in human lymphoblastoid cells, contains 4.9 …

Genome architecture: domain organization of interphase chromosomes

WA Bickmore, B Van Steensel - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
The architecture of interphase chromosomes is important for the regulation of gene
expression and genome maintenance. Chromosomes are linearly segmented into hundreds …

A census of human transcription factors: function, expression and evolution

JM Vaquerizas, SK Kummerfeld, SA Teichmann… - Nature Reviews …, 2009 - nature.com
Transcription factors are key cellular components that control gene expression: their
activities determine how cells function and respond to the environment. Currently, there is …

Signatures of immune selection in intact and defective proviruses distinguish HIV-1 elite controllers

X Lian, C Gao, X Sun, C Jiang, KB Einkauf… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Increasing evidence suggests that durable drug-free control of HIV-1 replication is enabled
by effective cellular immune responses that may induce an attenuated viral reservoir …

Constitutive nuclear lamina–genome interactions are highly conserved and associated with A/T-rich sequence

W Meuleman, D Peric-Hupkes, J Kind… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
In metazoans, the nuclear lamina is thought to play an important role in the spatial
organization of interphase chromosomes, by providing anchoring sites for large genomic …

Proximity RNA labeling by APEX-seq reveals the organization of translation initiation complexes and repressive RNA granules

A Padrón, S Iwasaki, NT Ingolia - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Diverse ribonucleoprotein complexes control mRNA processing, translation, and decay.
Transcripts in these complexes localize to specific regions of the cell and can condense into …

Genomic and proteomic resolution of heterochromatin and its restriction of alternate fate genes

JS Becker, RL McCarthy, S Sidoli, G Donahue… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Heterochromatin is integral to cell identity maintenance by impeding the activation of genes
for alternate cell fates. Heterochromatic regions are associated with histone 3 lysine 9 …