Transcriptional Regulation and Implications for Controlling Hox Gene Expression

Z Afzal, R Krumlauf - Journal of Developmental Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hox genes play key roles in axial patterning and regulating the regional identity of cells and
tissues in a wide variety of animals from invertebrates to vertebrates. Nested domains of Hox …

In vitro reconstitution of chromatin domains shows a role for nucleosome positioning in 3D genome organization

E Oberbeckmann, K Quililan, P Cramer… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Eukaryotic genomes are organized into chromatin domains. The molecular mechanisms
driving the formation of these domains are difficult to dissect in vivo and remain poorly …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between nucleosome positioning and higher-order genome folding

A Aljahani, C Mauksch, AM Oudelaar - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic genomes are organized into 3D structures, which range from small-scale
nucleosome arrays to large-scale chromatin domains. These structures have an important …

MiOS, an integrated imaging and computational strategy to model gene folding with nucleosome resolution

MV Neguembor, JP Arcon, D Buitrago… - Nature structural & …, 2022 - nature.com
The linear sequence of DNA provides invaluable information about genes and their
regulatory elements along chromosomes. However, to fully understand gene function and …

Super-resolution visualization of chromatin loop folding in human lymphoblastoid cells using interferometric photoactivated localization microscopy

Z Parteka-Tojek, JJ Zhu, B Lee, K Jodkowska… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The three-dimensional (3D) genome structure plays a fundamental role in gene
regulation and cellular functions. Recent studies in 3D genomics inferred the very basic …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale molecular modeling of chromatin with MultiMM: From nucleosomes to the whole genome

S Korsak, K Banecki, D Plewczynski - Computational and Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Motivation: We present a user-friendly 3D chromatin simulation model for the human
genome based on OpenMM, addressing the challenges posed by existing models with use …

In vitro reconstitution of chromatin domains

K Quililan, E Oberbeckmann, P Cramer, AM Oudelaar - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The spatial organization of the genome modulates nuclear processes, including
transcription, replication, and DNA repair,. Eukaryotic genomes are organized into distinct …

DNA Sequence-Dependent Properties of Nucleosome Positioning in Regions of Distinct Chromatin States in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

G Liu, Z Zhang, B Dong, J Liu - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chromatin architecture is orchestrated, and plays crucial roles during the developmental
process by regulating gene expression. In embryonic stem cells (ESCs), three types of …

Determining mesoscale chromatin structure parameters from spatially correlated cleavage data using a coarse-grained oligonucleosome model

AB Clerkin, N Pagane, DW West, AJ Spakowitz… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The three-dimensional structure of chromatin has emerged as an important feature of
eukaryotic gene regulation. Recent technological advances in DNA sequencing-based …

[HTML][HTML] Novel biological insights revealed from the investigation of multiscale genome architecture

T Ding, H Zhang - Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Gene expression and cell fate determination require precise and coordinated epigenetic
regulation. The complex three-dimensional (3D) genome organization plays a critical role in …