Nucleosomes as allosteric scaffolds for genetic regulation

S Takada, GB Brandani, C Tan - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Nucleosomes exhibit diverse types of motion, such as sliding, DNA unwrapping,
and disassembly.•The energy landscape of nucleosomes contains multitude of metastable …

[HTML][HTML] An engine for nucleosome remodeling

A Travers - Cell, 1999 - cell.com
In the eukaryotic nucleus, the structural context for proalthough this property has yet to be
demonstrated for teins involved in transcriptional regulation, DNA replica-CHRAC. In …

Chromatin remodelers clear nucleosomes from intrinsically unfavorable sites to establish nucleosome-depleted regions at promoters

D Tolkunov, KA Zawadzki, C Singer… - Molecular biology of …, 2011 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Most promoters in yeast contain a nucleosome-depleted region (NDR), but the mechanisms
by which NDRs are established and maintained in vivo are currently unclear. We have …

Yeast chromatin remodeling complexes and their roles in transcription

A Lin, Y Du, W Xiao - Current Genetics, 2020 - Springer
The nucleosome is a small unit of chromatin, which is dynamic in eukaryotes. Chromatin
conformation and post-translational modifications affect nucleosome dynamics under certain …

Epigenome regulation by dynamic nucleosome unwrapping

S Brahma, S Henikoff - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Gene regulation in eukaryotes requires the controlled access of sequence-specific
transcription factors (TFs) to their sites in a chromatin landscape dominated by …

Analysis of individual remodeled nucleosomes reveals decreased histone–DNA contacts created by hSWI/SNF

K Bouazoune, TB Miranda, PA Jones… - Nucleic acids …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Chromatin remodeling enzymes use the energy of ATP hydrolysis to alter histone–DNA
contacts and regulate DNA-based processes in eukaryotes. Whether different subfamilies of …

The importance of DNA sequence for nucleosome positioning in the process of transcriptional regulation

M Sahrhage, NB Paul, T Beißbarth, M Haubrock - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Nucleosome positioning is a key factor in the regulation of transcription, as nucleosomes
regulate the dynamic accessibility of chromatin for transcription factor binding and interact …

[HTML][HTML] On the role of transcription in positioning nucleosomes

Z Jiang, B Zhang - PLoS Computational Biology, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Nucleosome positioning is crucial for the genome's function. Though the role of DNA
sequence in positioning nucleosomes is well understood, a detailed mechanistic …

[HTML][HTML] Role of nucleosome remodeling factor NURF in transcriptional activation of chromatin

G Mizuguchi, T Tsukiyama, J Wisniewski, C Wu - Molecular cell, 1997 - cell.com
The Drosophila nucleosome remodeling factor (NURF) is a protein complex of four subunits
that assists transcription factor-mediated perturbation of nucleosomes in an ATP-dependent …

Chromatin remodeling by ISW2 and SWI/SNF requires DNA translocation inside the nucleosome

M Zofall, J Persinger, SR Kassabov… - Nature structural & …, 2006 - nature.com
Chromatin-remodeling complexes regulate access to nucleosomal DNA by mobilizing
nucleosomes in an ATP-dependent manner. In this study, we find that chromatin remodeling …