Generating specificity in genome regulation through transcription factor sensitivity to chromatin

L Isbel, RS Grand, D Schübeler - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Cell type-specific gene expression relies on transcription factors (TFs) binding DNA
sequence motifs embedded in chromatin. Understanding how motifs are accessed in …

Refactoring transcription factors for metabolic engineering

C Deng, Y Wu, X Lv, J Li, Y Liu, G Du, J Chen… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the ability to regulate target metabolic pathways globally and dynamically, metabolic
regulation systems composed of transcription factors have been widely used in metabolic …

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 …

Multi-feature clustering of CTCF binding creates robustness for loop extrusion blocking and Topologically Associating Domain boundaries

LH Chang, S Ghosh, A Papale, JM Luppino… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Topologically Associating Domains (TADs) separate vertebrate genomes into
insulated regulatory neighborhoods that focus genome-associated processes. TADs are …

ChIP-seq of plasma cell-free nucleosomes identifies gene expression programs of the cells of origin

R Sadeh, I Sharkia, G Fialkoff, A Rahat, J Gutin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in human plasma provides access to molecular information about the
pathological processes in the organs or tumors from which it originates. These DNA …

Single-cell omics in ageing: a young and growing field

X He, S Memczak, J Qu, JCI Belmonte, GH Liu - Nature Metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
Organismal ageing results from interlinked molecular changes in multiple organs over time.
The study of ageing at the molecular level is complicated by varying decay characteristics …

Epigenome regulation by dynamic nucleosome unwrapping

S Brahma, S Henikoff - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Gene regulation in eukaryotes requires the controlled access of sequence-specific
transcription factors (TFs) to their sites in a chromatin landscape dominated by …

Genome information processing by the INO80 chromatin remodeler positions nucleosomes

E Oberbeckmann, N Krietenstein, V Niebauer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The fundamental molecular determinants by which ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers
organize nucleosomes across eukaryotic genomes remain largely elusive. Here, chromatin …

Building transcription factor binding site models to understand gene regulation in plants

X Lai, A Stigliani, G Vachon, C Carles, C Smaczniak… - Molecular plant, 2019 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) are key cellular components that control gene expression. They
recognize specific DNA sequences, the TF binding sites (TFBSs), and thus are targeted to …

Single-cell technologies in multiple myeloma: new insights into disease pathogenesis and translational implications

M Chen, J Jiang, J Hou - Biomarker Research, 2023 - Springer
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological malignancy characterized by clonal proliferation
of plasma cells. Although therapeutic advances have been made to improve clinical …