Cis-regulatory elements: molecular mechanisms and evolutionary processes underlying divergence

PJ Wittkopp, G Kalay - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Cis-regulatory sequences, such as enhancers and promoters, control development and
physiology by regulating gene expression. Mutations that affect the function of these …

Tuning gene expression to changing environments: from rapid responses to evolutionary adaptation

L López-Maury, S Marguerat, J Bähler - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2008 - nature.com
Organisms are constantly exposed to a wide range of environmental changes, including
both short-term changes during their lifetime and longer-term changes across generations …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative Hi-C reveals that CTCF underlies evolution of chromosomal domain architecture

MV Rudan, C Barrington, S Henderson, C Ernst… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
Topological domains are key architectural building blocks of chromosomes, but their
functional importance and evolutionary dynamics are not well defined. We performed …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

ENCODE Project Consortium - Nature, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The human genome encodes the blueprint of life, but the function of the vast majority of its
nearly three billion bases is unknown. The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) …

Comparison of the transcriptional landscapes between human and mouse tissues

S Lin, Y Lin, JR Nery, MA Urich… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Although the similarities between humans and mice are typically highlighted,
morphologically and genetically, there are many differences. To better understand these two …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution mapping reveals a conserved, widespread, dynamic mRNA methylation program in yeast meiosis

S Schwartz, SD Agarwala, MR Mumbach, M Jovanovic… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Summary N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) is the most ubiquitous mRNA base modification, but
little is known about its precise location, temporal dynamics, and regulation. Here, we …

A comparative encyclopedia of DNA elements in the mouse genome

F Yue, Y Cheng, A Breschi, J Vierstra, W Wu, T Ryba… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The laboratory mouse shares the majority of its protein-coding genes with humans, making it
the premier model organism in biomedical research, yet the two mammals differ in …

[HTML][HTML] Waves of retrotransposon expansion remodel genome organization and CTCF binding in multiple mammalian lineages

D Schmidt, PC Schwalie, MD Wilson, B Ballester… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
CTCF-binding locations represent regulatory sequences that are highly constrained over the
course of evolution. To gain insight into how these DNA elements are conserved and spread …

A recently evolved transcriptional network controls biofilm development in Candida albicans

CJ Nobile, EP Fox, JE Nett, TR Sorrells, QM Mitrovich… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
A biofilm is an organized, resilient group of microbes in which individual cells acquire
properties, such as drug resistance, that are distinct from those observed in suspension …

Transposable elements have rewired the core regulatory network of human embryonic stem cells

G Kunarso, NY Chia, J Jeyakani, C Hwang, X Lu… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Detection of new genomic control elements is critical in understanding transcriptional
regulatory networks in their entirety. We studied the genome-wide binding locations of three …