Generating specificity in genome regulation through transcription factor sensitivity to chromatin

L Isbel, RS Grand, D Schübeler - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Cell type-specific gene expression relies on transcription factors (TFs) binding DNA
sequence motifs embedded in chromatin. Understanding how motifs are accessed in …

Mechanisms of action and regulation of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodelling complexes

CR Clapier, J Iwasa, BR Cairns… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Cells utilize diverse ATP-dependent nucleosome-remodelling complexes to carry out
histone sliding, ejection or the incorporation of histone variants, suggesting that different …

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 …

Energy-driven genome regulation by ATP-dependent chromatin remodellers

S Eustermann, AB Patel, KP Hopfner, Y He… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
The packaging of DNA into chromatin in eukaryotes regulates gene transcription, DNA
replication and DNA repair. ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling enzymes (re) arrange …

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 …

Mammalian ISWI and SWI/SNF selectively mediate binding of distinct transcription factors

D Barisic, MB Stadler, M Iurlaro, D Schübeler - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Chromatin remodelling complexes evict, slide, insert or replace nucleosomes, which
represent an intrinsic barrier for access to DNA. These remodellers function in most aspects …

Nucleosome density shapes kilobase-scale regulation by a mammalian chromatin remodeler

NJ Abdulhay, LJ Hsieh, CP McNally… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
Nearly all essential nuclear processes act on DNA packaged into arrays of nucleosomes.
However, our understanding of how these processes (for example, DNA replication, RNA …

Histone degradation in response to DNA damage enhances chromatin dynamics and recombination rates

MH Hauer, A Seeber, V Singh, R Thierry… - Nature structural & …, 2017 - nature.com
Nucleosomes are essential for proper chromatin organization and the maintenance of
genome integrity. Histones are post-translationally modified and often evicted at sites of …

[HTML][HTML] The nucleosome remodeling and deacetylation complex modulates chromatin structure at sites of active transcription to fine-tune gene expression

S Bornelöv, N Reynolds, M Xenophontos, S Gharbi… - Molecular Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Chromatin remodeling complexes play essential roles in metazoan development through
widespread control of gene expression, but the precise molecular mechanisms by which …

Beads on a string—nucleosome array arrangements and folding of the chromatin fiber

S Baldi, P Korber, PB Becker - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding how the genome is structurally organized as chromatin is essential for
understanding its function. Here, we review recent developments that allowed the …