High-resolution TADs reveal DNA sequences underlying genome organization in flies

F Ramírez, V Bhardwaj, L Arrigoni, KC Lam… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Despite an abundance of new studies about topologically associating domains (TADs), the
role of genetic information in TAD formation is still not fully understood. Here we use our …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin insulators and long-distance interactions in Drosophila

O Kyrchanova, P Georgiev - FEBS letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Data on long-distance enhancer-mediated activation of gene promoters and complex
regulation of gene expression by multiple enhancers have prompted the hypothesis that the …

Mechanisms and proteins involved in long-distance interactions

O Maksimenko, P Georgiev - Frontiers in genetics, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Due to advances in genome-wide technologies, consistent distant interactions within
chromosomes of higher eukaryotes have been revealed. In particular, it has been shown …

Sub-kb Hi-C in D. melanogaster reveals conserved characteristics of TADs between insect and mammalian cells

Q Wang, Q Sun, DM Czajkowsky, Z Shao - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Topologically associating domains (TADs) are fundamental elements of the eukaryotic
genomic structure. However, recent studies suggest that the insulating complexes …

Essential role of Cp190 in physical and regulatory boundary formation

A Kaushal, J Dorier, B Wang, G Mohana… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Boundaries in animal genomes delimit contact domains with enhanced internal contact
frequencies and have debated functions in limiting regulatory cross-talk between domains …

A Comprehensive Map of Insulator Elements for the Drosophila Genome

N Nègre, CD Brown, PK Shah, P Kheradpour… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Insulators are DNA sequences that control the interactions among genomic regulatory
elements and act as chromatin boundaries. A thorough understanding of their location and …

Different enhancer classes in Drosophila bind distinct architectural proteins and mediate unique chromatin interactions and 3D architecture

C Cubenas-Potts, MJ Rowley, X Lyu, G Li… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Eukaryotic gene expression is regulated by enhancer–promoter interactions but the
molecular mechanisms that govern specificity have remained elusive. Genome-wide studies …

Single-cell absolute contact probability detection reveals chromosomes are organized by multiple low-frequency yet specific interactions

DI Cattoni, AM Cardozo Gizzi, M Georgieva… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
At the kilo-to megabase pair scales, eukaryotic genomes are partitioned into self-interacting
modules or topologically associated domains (TADs) that associate to form nuclear …

Three subclasses of a Drosophila insulator show distinct and cell type-specific genomic distributions

AM Bushey, E Ramos, VG Corces - Genes & development, 2009 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Insulators are protein-bound DNA elements that are thought to play a role in chromatin
organization and the regulation of gene expression by mediating intra-and …

Chromatin insulator factors involved in long-range DNA interactions and their role in the folding of the Drosophila genome

J Vogelmann, A Le Gall, S Dejardin, F Allemand… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Chromatin insulators are genetic elements implicated in the organization of chromatin and
the regulation of transcription. In Drosophila, different insulator types were characterized by …