[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 …

CTCF shapes chromatin structure and gene expression in health and disease

B Dehingia, M Milewska, M Janowski, A Pękowska - EMBO reports, 2022 - embopress.org
CCCTC‐binding factor (CTCF) is an eleven zinc finger (ZF), multivalent transcriptional
regulator, that recognizes numerous motifs thanks to the deployment of distinct combinations …

Visualizing DNA folding and RNA in embryos at single-cell resolution

LJ Mateo, SE Murphy, A Hafner, IS Cinquini, CA Walker… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The establishment of cell types during development requires precise interactions between
genes and distal regulatory sequences. We have a limited understanding of how these …

RNA interactions are essential for CTCF-mediated genome organization

R Saldaña-Meyer, J Rodriguez-Hernaez, T Escobar… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The function of the CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) in the organization of the genome has
become an important area of investigation, but the mechanisms by which CTCF dynamically …

Topologically associating domain boundaries are required for normal genome function

S Rajderkar, I Barozzi, Y Zhu, R Hu, Y Zhang… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Topologically associating domain (TAD) boundaries partition the genome into distinct
regulatory territories. Anecdotal evidence suggests that their disruption may interfere with …

PRC2 is high maintenance

JR Yu, CH Lee, O Oksuz, JM Stafford… - Genes & …, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
As the process that silences gene expression ensues during development, the stage is set
for the activity of Polycomb-repressive complex 2 (PRC2) to maintain these repressed gene …

Functional dissection of the Sox9Kcnj2 locus identifies nonessential and instructive roles of TAD architecture

A Despang, R Schöpflin, M Franke, S Ali, I Jerković… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The genome is organized in three-dimensional units called topologically associating
domains (TADs), through a process dependent on the cooperative action of cohesin and the …

Static and dynamic DNA loops form AP-1-bound activation hubs during macrophage development

DH Phanstiel, K Van Bortle, D Spacek, GT Hess… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
The three-dimensional arrangement of the human genome comprises a complex network of
structural and regulatory chromatin loops important for coordinating changes in transcription …

Shark genomes provide insights into elasmobranch evolution and the origin of vertebrates

Y Hara, K Yamaguchi, K Onimaru, M Kadota… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Modern cartilaginous fishes are divided into elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates) and
chimaeras, and the lack of established whole-genome sequences for the former has …

Comparison of computational methods for the identification of topologically associating domains

M Zufferey, D Tavernari, E Oricchio, G Ciriello - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
Background Chromatin folding gives rise to structural elements among which are clusters of
densely interacting DNA regions termed topologically associating domains (TADs). TADs …