Evolution of diverse strategies for promoter regulation

V Brázda, M Bartas, RP Bowater - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
DNA is fundamentally important for all cellular organisms due to its role as a store of
hereditary genetic information. The precise and accurate regulation of gene transcription …

Spatial and temporal organization of chromatin at small and large scales

H Schiessel - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
DNA molecules with a total length of two meters contain the genetic information in every cell
in our body. To control access to the genes, to organize its spatial structure in the nucleus …

Bi-directional nucleosome sliding by the Chd1 chromatin remodeler integrates intrinsic sequence-dependent and ATP-dependent nucleosome positioning

S Park, GB Brandani, T Ha… - Nucleic acids research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Chromatin remodelers use a helicase-type ATPase motor to shift DNA around the histone
core. Although not directly reading out the DNA sequence, some chromatin remodelers …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale modeling of genome organization with maximum entropy optimization

X Lin, Y Qi, AP Latham, B Zhang - The Journal of chemical physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT Three-dimensional (3D) organization of the human genome plays an essential
role in all DNA-templated processes, including gene transcription, gene regulation, and …

Exploring the free energy landscape of nucleosomes

B Zhang, W Zheng, GA Papoian… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The nucleosome is the fundamental unit for packaging the genome. A detailed molecular
picture for its conformational dynamics is crucial for understanding transcription and gene …

[HTML][HTML] Coarse-grained modeling of DNA curvature

GS Freeman, DM Hinckley, JP Lequieu… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The interaction of DNA with proteins occurs over a wide range of length scales, and
depends critically on its local structure. In particular, recent experimental work suggests that …

DNA sliding in nucleosomes via twist defect propagation revealed by molecular simulations

GB Brandani, T Niina, C Tan, S Takada - Nucleic acids research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
While nucleosomes are highly stable structures as fundamental units of chromatin, they also
slide along the DNA, either spontaneously or by active remodelers. Here, we investigate the …

In silico evidence for sequence-dependent nucleosome sliding

J Lequieu, DC Schwartz… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Nucleosomes represent the basic building block of chromatin and provide an important
mechanism by which cellular processes are controlled. The locations of nucleosomes …

DNA methylation cues in nucleosome geometry, stability, and unwrapping

S Li, Y Peng, D Landsman, A Panchenko - Biophysical Journal, 2022 - cell.com
2532-Pos A study on alterations in membrane physiology of human erythrocytes due to
extracellular tonicity through dielectrophoresis Jogu Sumathi, Mohd Abdul Saleem, Adeel …

Coarse-grained modeling of DNA oligomer hybridization: length, sequence, and salt effects

DM Hinckley, JP Lequieu, JJ de Pablo - The Journal of chemical …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
A recently published coarse-grained DNA model [DM Hinckley, GS Freeman, JK Whitmer,
and JJ de Pablo, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 144903 (2013)] is used to study the hybridization …