Controlling gene expression with deep generative design of regulatory DNA

J Zrimec, X Fu, AS Muhammad, C Skrekas… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Design of de novo synthetic regulatory DNA is a promising avenue to control gene
expression in biotechnology and medicine. Using mutagenesis typically requires screening …

The biogenesis and function of nucleosome arrays

AK Singh, T Schauer, L Pfaller, T Straub… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Numerous chromatin remodeling enzymes position nucleosomes in eukaryotic cells. Aside
from these factors, transcription, DNA sequence, and statistical positioning of nucleosomes …

[HTML][HTML] SWI/SNF-dependent genes are defined by their chromatin landscape

L Basurto-Cayuela, JA Guerrero-Martínez… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
SWI/SNF complexes are evolutionarily conserved, ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling
machines. Here, we characterize the features of SWI/SNF-dependent genes using BRM014 …

Comprehensive computational analysis of epigenetic descriptors affecting CRISPR-Cas9 off-target activity

JK Mak, F Störtz, P Minary - BMC genomics, 2022 - Springer
Background A common issue in CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing is off-target activity, which
prevents the widespread use of CRISPR-Cas9 in medical applications. Among other factors …

Supervised generative design of regulatory DNA for gene expression control

J Zrimec, X Fu, AS Muhammad, C Skrekas, V Jauniskis… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
In order to control gene expression, regulatory DNA variants are commonly designed using
random synthetic approaches with mutagenesis and screening. This however limits the size …

Sequence-dependent nucleosome formation in trinucleotide repeats evaluated by in vivo chemical mapping

K Katsumata, Y Ichikawa, T Fuse, H Kurumizaka… - Biochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Trinucleotide repeat sequences (TRSs), consisting of 10 unique classes of repeats in DNA,
are members of microsatellites and abundantly and non-randomly distributed in many …

Asymmetric patterns of nucleosome positioning sequences in protein-coding regions

H Kato, M Shimizu, T Urano - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Although nucleosome positioning is key to epigenetic regulation, how the DNA sequence
contributes to positioning remains elusive, especially in the context of transcription direction …

A Conserved DNA Rereplication Response in Adaptation to Environmental Stress

G Wright - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Intratumor heterogeneity is a major factor in cancer treatment and relapse resulting in
subclones that respond differently to local environments and treatment. Traditionally …