CTCF and cohesin in genome folding and transcriptional gene regulation

M Merkenschlager, EP Nora - Annual review of genomics and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Genome function, replication, integrity, and propagation rely on the dynamic structural
organization of chromosomes during the cell cycle. Genome folding in interphase provides …

Decoding the spermatogenesis program: new insights from transcriptomic analyses

M Rabbani, X Zheng, GL Manske… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Spermatogenesis is a complex differentiation process coordinated spatiotemporally across
and along seminiferous tubules. Cellular heterogeneity has made it challenging to obtain …

Targeted degradation of CTCF decouples local insulation of chromosome domains from genomic compartmentalization

EP Nora, A Goloborodko, AL Valton, JH Gibcus… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The molecular mechanisms underlying folding of mammalian chromosomes remain poorly
understood. The transcription factor CTCF is a candidate regulator of chromosomal …

A comprehensive roadmap of murine spermatogenesis defined by single-cell RNA-seq

CD Green, Q Ma, GL Manske, AN Shami, X Zheng… - Developmental cell, 2018 - cell.com
Spermatogenesis requires intricate interactions between the germline and somatic cells.
Within a given cross section of a seminiferous tubule, multiple germ and somatic cell types …

Characterizing mutagenic effects of recombination through a sequence-level genetic map

BV Halldorsson, G Palsson, OA Stefansson, H Jonsson… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Diversity in the sequence of the human genome, arising from
recombinations and mutations, is fundamental to human evolution and human diversity …

Staged developmental mapping and X chromosome transcriptional dynamics during mouse spermatogenesis

C Ernst, N Eling, CP Martinez-Jimenez… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Male gametes are generated through a specialised differentiation pathway involving a
series of developmental transitions that are poorly characterised at the molecular level …

Molecular basis of CTCF binding polarity in genome folding

EP Nora, L Caccianini, G Fudenberg, K So… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Current models propose that boundaries of mammalian topologically associating domains
(TADs) arise from the ability of the CTCF protein to stop extrusion of chromatin loops by …

High-resolution mapping of chromatin packaging in mouse embryonic stem cells and sperm

BR Carone, JH Hung, SJ Hainer, MT Chou… - Developmental cell, 2014 - cell.com
Mammalian embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and sperm exhibit unusual chromatin packaging
that plays important roles in cellular function. Here, we extend a recently developed …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput single-cell sequencing with linear amplification

Y Yin, Y Jiang, KWG Lam, JB Berletch, CM Disteche… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Conventional methods for single-cell genome sequencing are limited with respect to
uniformity and throughput. Here, we describe sci-L3, a single-cell sequencing method that …

DNA methylation regulates discrimination of enhancers from promoters through a H3K4me1-H3K4me3 seesaw mechanism

A Sharifi-Zarchi, D Gerovska, K Adachi, M Totonchi… - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background DNA methylation at promoters is largely correlated with inhibition of gene
expression. However, the role of DNA methylation at enhancers is not fully understood …