Ten principles of heterochromatin formation and function

RC Allshire, HD Madhani - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Heterochromatin is a key architectural feature of eukaryotic chromosomes, which endows
particular genomic domains with specific functional properties. The capacity of …

[HTML][HTML] The sound of silence: Transgene silencing in mammalian cell engineering

A Cabrera, HI Edelstein, F Glykofrydis, KS Love… - Cell Systems, 2022 - cell.com
To elucidate principles operating in native biological systems and to develop novel
biotechnologies, synthetic biology aims to build and integrate synthetic gene circuits within …

Role of mammalian DNA methyltransferases in development

Z Chen, Y Zhang - Annual review of biochemistry, 2020 - annualreviews.org
DNA methylation at the 5-position of cytosine (5mC) plays vital roles in mammalian
development. DNA methylation is catalyzed by DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), and the …

Mobile DNA in health and disease

HH Kazazian Jr, JV Moran - New England Journal of Medicine, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
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[HTML][HTML] Primate-specific transposable elements shape transcriptional networks during human development

J Pontis, C Pulver, CJ Playfoot, E Planet, D Grun… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The human genome contains more than 4.5 million inserts derived from transposable
elements (TEs), the result of recurrent waves of invasion and internal propagation …

Host–transposon interactions: conflict, cooperation, and cooption

RL Cosby, NC Chang, C Feschotte - Genes & development, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA sequences that colonize genomes and
threaten genome integrity. As a result, several mechanisms appear to have emerged during …

[HTML][HTML] LTR-retrotransposon control by tRNA-derived small RNAs

AJ Schorn, MJ Gutbrod, C LeBlanc, R Martienssen - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Transposon reactivation is an inherent danger in cells that lose epigenetic silencing during
developmental reprogramming. In the mouse, long terminal repeat (LTR)-retrotransposons …

KRAB zinc finger proteins

G Ecco, M Imbeault, D Trono - Development, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Krüppel-associated box domain zinc finger proteins (KRAB-ZFPs) are the largest family of
transcriptional regulators in higher vertebrates. Characterized by an N-terminal KRAB …

[HTML][HTML] Silencing and transcriptional regulation of endogenous retroviruses: an overview

FK Geis, SP Goff - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Almost half of the human genome is made up of transposable elements (TEs), and about 8%
consists of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). ERVs are remnants of ancient exogenous …

[HTML][HTML] Hominoid-specific transposable elements and KZFPs facilitate human embryonic genome activation and control transcription in naive human ESCs

J Pontis, E Planet, S Offner, P Turelli, J Duc, A Coudray… - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
Expansion of transposable elements (TEs) coincides with evolutionary shifts in gene
expression. TEs frequently harbor binding sites for transcriptional regulators, thus enabling …