The shifting shape of genomes: dynamics of heterochromatin interactions at the nuclear lamina

VE Hoskins, K Smith, KL Reddy - Current opinion in genetics & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The nucleus is a highly structured organelle with many chromatin and protein compartments
that partition the genome into regulatory domains. One such a compartment within the …

Functional mechanisms and abnormalities of the nuclear lamina

A Karoutas, A Akhtar - Nature Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Alterations in nuclear shape are present in human diseases and ageing. A compromised
nuclear lamina is molecularly interlinked to altered chromatin functions and genomic …

Many paths lead chromatin to the nuclear periphery

MR Gordon, BD Pope, J Sima, DM Gilbert - BioEssays, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
It is now well accepted that defined architectural compartments within the cell nucleus can
regulate the transcriptional activity of chromosomal domains within their vicinity. However, it …

Spatial chromatin organization and gene regulation at the nuclear lamina

I Guerreiro, J Kind - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2019 - Elsevier
The nuclear lamina (NL) consists of a thin meshwork of lamins and associated proteins that
lines the inner nuclear membrane (INM). In metazoan nuclei, a large proportion of the …

The nuclear lamina as an organizer of chromosome architecture

YY Shevelyov, SV Ulianov - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The nuclear lamina (NL) is a meshwork of lamins and lamin-associated proteins adjoining
the inner side of the nuclear envelope. In early embryonic cells, the NL mainly suppresses …

Dynamic chromatin loops bridge health and disease in the nuclear landscape

A Göndör - Seminars in cancer biology, 2013 - Elsevier
The genome is dynamically organized in the nuclear space in a manner that reflects and
influences nuclear functions. Developmental processes that govern the formation and …

The nuclear lamina and heterochromatin: a complex relationship

EM Bank, Y Gruenbaum - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2011 - portlandpress.com
In metazoan cells, the heterochromatin is generally localized at the nuclear periphery,
whereas active genes are preferentially found in the nuclear interior. In the present paper …

Close to the edge: Heterochromatin at the nucleolar and nuclear peripheries

A Bizhanova, PD Kaufman - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chromatin is a dynamic structure composed of DNA, RNA, and proteins, regulating storage
and expression of the genetic material in the nucleus. Heterochromatin plays a crucial role …

Chromatin dynamics governed by a set of nuclear structural proteins

A Vivante, E Brozgol, I Bronshtein… - Genes …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
During the past three decades, the study of nuclear and chromatin organization has become
of great interest. The organization and dynamics of chromatin are directly responsible for …

Coaching from the sidelines: the nuclear periphery in genome regulation

A Buchwalter, JM Kaneshiro, MW Hetzer - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
The genome is packaged and organized nonrandomly within the 3D space of the nucleus to
promote efficient gene expression and to faithfully maintain silencing of heterochromatin …