Liquid–liquid phase separation in chromatin

K Rippe - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2022 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
In eukaryotic cells, protein and RNA factors involved in genome activities like transcription,
RNA processing, DNA replication, and repair accumulate in self-organizing membraneless …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular basis of MeCP2 function in the brain

R Tillotson, A Bird - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
MeCP2 is a reader of the DNA methylome that occupies a large proportion of the genome
due to its high abundance and the frequency of its target sites. It has been the subject of …

Single-cell nuclear architecture across cell types in the mouse brain

Y Takei, S Zheng, J Yun, S Shah, N Pierson, J White… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Diverse cell types in tissues have distinct gene expression programs, chromatin states, and
nuclear architectures. To correlate such multimodal information across thousands of single …

MeCP2 links heterochromatin condensates and neurodevelopmental disease

CH Li, EL Coffey, A Dall'Agnese, NM Hannett, X Tang… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) is a key component of constitutive
heterochromatin, which is crucial for chromosome maintenance and transcriptional …

Epigenetic regulation: a new frontier for biomedical engineers

Z Chen, S Li, S Subramaniam… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Gene expression in mammalian cells depends on the epigenetic status of the chromatin,
including DNA methylation, histone modifications, promoter–enhancer interactions, and …

Biotin tagging of MeCP2 in mice reveals contextual insights into the Rett syndrome transcriptome

BS Johnson, YT Zhao, M Fasolino, JM Lamonica… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Mutations in MECP2 cause Rett syndrome (RTT), an X-linked neurological disorder
characterized by regressive loss of neurodevelopmental milestones and acquired …

Presymptomatic training mitigates functional deficits in a mouse model of Rett syndrome

NP Achilly, W Wang, HY Zoghbi - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Mutations in the X-linked gene MECP2 cause Rett syndrome, a progressive neurological
disorder in which children develop normally for the first one or two years of life before …

Site-directed RNA repair of endogenous Mecp2 RNA in neurons

JR Sinnamon, SY Kim, GM Corson… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a debilitating neurological disorder caused by mutations in the gene
encoding the transcription factor Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (MECP2). A distinct disorder …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting three-dimensional genome organization with chromatin states

Y Qi, B Zhang - PLoS computational biology, 2019 - journals.plos.org
We introduce a computational model to simulate chromatin structure and dynamics. Starting
from one-dimensional genomics and epigenomics data that are available for hundreds of …

Chromatin regulation of neuronal maturation and plasticity

DA Gallegos, U Chan, LF Chen, AE West - Trends in neurosciences, 2018 - cell.com
Neurons are dynamic cells that respond and adapt to stimuli throughout their long
postmitotic lives. The structural and functional plasticity of neurons requires the regulated …