[HTML][HTML] Genome regulation by polycomb and trithorax: 70 years and counting

B Schuettengruber, HM Bourbon, L Di Croce, G Cavalli - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Polycomb (PcG) and Trithorax (TrxG) group proteins are evolutionarily conserved chromatin-
modifying factors originally identified as part of an epigenetic cellular memory system that …

Roles and regulation of histone methylation in animal development

A Jambhekar, A Dhall, Y Shi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Histone methylation can occur at various sites in histone proteins, primarily on lysine and
arginine residues, and it can be governed by multiple positive and negative regulators, even …

[HTML][HTML] Symmetric inheritance of parental histones governs epigenome maintenance and embryonic stem cell identity

A Wenger, A Biran, N Alcaraz, A Redó-Riveiro… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Modified parental histones are segregated symmetrically to daughter DNA strands during
replication and can be inherited through mitosis. How this may sustain the epigenome and …

Nascent RNA analyses: tracking transcription and its regulation

EM Wissink, A Vihervaara, ND Tippens… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The programmes that direct an organism's development and maintenance are encoded in its
genome. Decoding of this information begins with regulated transcription of genomic DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Gene silencing triggers polycomb repressive complex 2 recruitment to CpG islands genome wide

EM Riising, I Comet, B Leblanc, X Wu, JV Johansen… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are required for normal differentiation and development and
are frequently deregulated in cancer. PcG proteins are involved in gene silencing; however …

Polycomb and Trithorax Group Genes in Drosophila

JA Kassis, JA Kennison, JW Tamkun - Genetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Polycomb group (PcG) and Trithorax group (TrxG) genes encode important
regulators of development and differentiation in metazoans. These two groups of genes …

Mechanisms of polycomb gene silencing: knowns and unknowns

JA Simon, RE Kingston - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
Polycomb proteins form chromatin-modifying complexes that implement transcriptional
silencing in higher eukaryotes. Hundreds of genes are silenced by Polycomb proteins …

[HTML][HTML] KDM2B links the Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1) to recognition of CpG islands

AM Farcas, NP Blackledge, I Sudbery, HK Long… - elife, 2012 - elifesciences.org
CpG islands (CGIs) are associated with most mammalian gene promoters. A subset of CGIs
act as polycomb response elements (PREs) and are recognized by the polycomb silencing …

[HTML][HTML] H3K36 methylation antagonizes PRC2-mediated H3K27 methylation

W Yuan, M Xu, C Huang, N Liu, S Chen… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
H3K27 methylation mediated by the histone methyltransferase complex PRC2 is critical for
transcriptional regulation, Polycomb silencing, Drosophila segmentation, mammalian X …

Trithorax group proteins: switching genes on and keeping them active

B Schuettengruber, AM Martinez, N Iovino… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2011 - nature.com
Cellular memory is provided by two counteracting groups of chromatin proteins termed
Trithorax group (TrxG) and Polycomb group (PcG) proteins. TrxG proteins activate …