Regulation, functions and transmission of bivalent chromatin during mammalian development

TA Macrae, J Fothergill-Robinson… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Cells differentiate and progress through development guided by a dynamic chromatin
landscape that mediates gene expression programmes. During development, mammalian …

The roles of Polycomb repressive complexes in mammalian development and cancer

A Piunti, A Shilatifard - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2021 - nature.com
More than 80 years ago, the first Polycomb-related phenotype was identified in Drosophila
melanogaster. Later, a group of diverse genes collectively called Polycomb group (PcG) …

Molecular mechanisms directing PRC2 recruitment and H3K27 methylation

A Laugesen, JW Højfeldt, K Helin - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is a chromatin-associated methyltransferase
catalyzing mono-, di-, and trimethylation of lysine 27 on histone H3 (H3K27). This activity is …

[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 …

The interplay of histone modifications–writers that read

T Zhang, S Cooper, N Brockdorff - EMBO reports, 2015 - embopress.org
Histones are subject to a vast array of posttranslational modifications including acetylation,
methylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitylation. The writers of these modifications play …

The interplay between DNA and histone methylation: molecular mechanisms and disease implications

Y Li, X Chen, C Lu - EMBO reports, 2021 - embopress.org
Methylation of cytosine in CpG dinucleotides and histone lysine and arginine residues is a
chromatin modification that critically contributes to the regulation of genome integrity …

Epigenetic balance of gene expression by Polycomb and COMPASS families

A Piunti, A Shilatifard - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Multicellular organisms depend on the precise orchestration of gene
expression to direct embryonic development and to maintain tissue homeostasis through …

Transcriptional plasticity promotes primary and acquired resistance to BET inhibition

P Rathert, M Roth, T Neumann, F Muerdter, JS Roe… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Following the discovery of BRD4 as a non-oncogene addiction target in acute myeloid
leukaemia (AML),, bromodomain and extra terminal protein (BET) inhibitors are being …

Transcriptional regulation by Polycomb group proteins

L Di Croce, K Helin - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2013 - nature.com
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are epigenetic regulators of transcription that have key roles
in stem-cell identity, differentiation and disease. Mechanistically, they function within …

PRC1 catalytic activity is central to polycomb system function

NP Blackledge, NA Fursova, JR Kelley, MK Huseyin… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
The Polycomb repressive system is an essential chromatin-based regulator of gene
expression. Despite being extensively studied, how the Polycomb system selects its target …