The molecular principles of gene regulation by Polycomb repressive complexes

NP Blackledge, RJ Klose - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2021 - nature.com
Precise control of gene expression is fundamental to cell function and development.
Although ultimately gene expression relies on DNA-binding transcription factors to guide the …

[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 …

Context-specific Polycomb mechanisms in development

JJ Kim, RE Kingston - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are crucial chromatin regulators that maintain repression of
lineage-inappropriate genes and are therefore required for stable cell fate. Recent advances …

Mechanisms of Polycomb group protein function in cancer

V Parreno, AM Martinez, G Cavalli - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer arises from a multitude of disorders resulting in loss of differentiation and a stem cell-
like phenotype characterized by uncontrolled growth. Polycomb Group (PcG) proteins are …

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 …

Synergy between variant PRC1 complexes defines polycomb-mediated gene repression

NA Fursova, NP Blackledge, M Nakayama, S Ito… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The Polycomb system modifies chromatin and plays an essential role in repressing gene
expression to control normal mammalian development. However, the components and …

Identifying transposable element expression dynamics and heterogeneity during development at the single-cell level with a processing pipeline scTE

J He, IA Babarinde, L Sun, S Xu, R Chen, J Shi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) make up a majority of a typical eukaryote's genome, and
contribute to cell heterogeneity in unclear ways. Single-cell sequencing technologies are …

Polycomb gene silencing mechanisms: PRC2 chromatin targeting, H3K27me3'readout', and phase separation-based compaction

Y Guo, S Zhao, GG Wang - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Modulation of chromatin structure and/or modification by Polycomb repressive complexes
(PRCs) provides an important means to partition the genome into functionally distinct …

PRC2 facilitates the regulatory topology required for poised enhancer function during pluripotent stem cell differentiation

S Cruz-Molina, P Respuela, C Tebartz, P Kolovos… - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Poised enhancers marked by H3K27me3 in pluripotent stem cells have been implicated in
the establishment of somatic expression programs during embryonic stem cell (ESC) …

PRC1 drives Polycomb-mediated gene repression by controlling transcription initiation and burst frequency

P Dobrinić, AT Szczurek, RJ Klose - Nature structural & molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The Polycomb repressive system plays a fundamental role in controlling gene expression
during mammalian development. To achieve this, Polycomb repressive complexes 1 and 2 …