AlphaFold2 and its applications in the fields of biology and medicine

Z Yang, X Zeng, Y Zhao, R Chen - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract AlphaFold2 (AF2) is an artificial intelligence (AI) system developed by DeepMind
that can predict three-dimensional (3D) structures of proteins from amino acid sequences …

Transposable elements shape the evolution of mammalian development

AD Senft, TS Macfarlan - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) promote genetic innovation but also threaten genome stability.
Despite multiple layers of host defence, TEs actively shape mammalian-specific …

The diverse roles of DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease

MVC Greenberg, D Bourc'his - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
DNA methylation is of paramount importance for mammalian embryonic development. DNA
methylation has numerous functions: it is implicated in the repression of transposons and …

[HTML][HTML] Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human interactome

EL Huttlin, RJ Bruckner, J Navarrete-Perea, JR Cannon… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Thousands of interactions assemble proteins into modules that impart spatial and functional
organization to the cellular proteome. Through affinity-purification mass spectrometry, we …

Distinct viral reservoirs in individuals with spontaneous control of HIV-1

C Jiang, X Lian, C Gao, X Sun, KB Einkauf… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Sustained, drug-free control of HIV-1 replication is naturally achieved in less than 0.5% of
infected individuals (here termed 'elite controllers'), despite the presence of a replication …

[HTML][HTML] The human transcription factors

SA Lambert, A Jolma, LF Campitelli, PK Das, Y Yin… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) recognize specific DNA sequences to control chromatin and
transcription, forming a complex system that guides expression of the genome. Despite keen …

Ten things you should know about transposable elements

G Bourque, KH Burns, M Gehring, V Gorbunova… - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
Transposable elements (TEs) are major components of eukaryotic genomes. However, the
extent of their impact on genome evolution, function, and disease remain a matter of intense …

Genome surveillance by HUSH-mediated silencing of intronless mobile elements

M Seczynska, S Bloor, SM Cuesta, PJ Lehner - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All life forms defend their genome against DNA invasion. Eukaryotic cells recognize
incoming DNA and limit its transcription through repressive chromatin modifications. The …

An efficient KRAB domain for CRISPRi applications in human cells

N Alerasool, D Segal, H Lee, M Taipale - Nature methods, 2020 - nature.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat interference (CRISPRi), based on
the fusion of inactive Cas9 (dCas9) to the Krüppel-associated box (KRAB) repressor, is a …

Identification of non-coding silencer elements and their regulation of gene expression

B Pang, JH van Weerd, FL Hamoen… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Cell type-and differentiation-specific gene expression is precisely controlled by genomic non-
coding regulatory elements (NCREs), which include promoters, enhancers, silencers and …