Gene regulatory network inference in the era of single-cell multi-omics

P Badia-i-Mompel, L Wessels, S Müller-Dott… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The interplay between chromatin, transcription factors and genes generates complex
regulatory circuits that can be represented as gene regulatory networks (GRNs). The study …

Hold out the genome: a roadmap to solving the cis-regulatory code

CG de Boer, J Taipale - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Gene expression is regulated by transcription factors that work together to read cis-
regulatory DNA sequences. The 'cis-regulatory code'—how cells interpret DNA sequences …

Expanding the coverage of regulons from high-confidence prior knowledge for accurate estimation of transcription factor activities

S Müller-Dott, E Tsirvouli, M Vazquez… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Gene regulation plays a critical role in the cellular processes that underlie human health and
disease. The regulatory relationship between transcription factors (TFs), key regulators of …

Single-cell DNA methylome and 3D multi-omic atlas of the adult mouse brain

H Liu, Q Zeng, J Zhou, A Bartlett, BA Wang, P Berube… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cytosine DNA methylation is essential in brain development and is implicated in various
neurological disorders. Understanding DNA methylation diversity across the entire brain in a …

Dynamic 3D genome reorganization during senescence: defining cell states through chromatin

HA Shaban, SM Gasser - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2023 - nature.com
Cellular senescence, a cell state characterized by growth arrest and insensitivity to growth
stimulatory hormones, is accompanied by a massive change in chromatin organization …

Idiosyncratic and dose-dependent epistasis drives variation in tomato fruit size

L Aguirre, A Hendelman, SF Hutton, DM McCandlish… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Epistasis between genes is traditionally studied with mutations that eliminate protein activity,
but most natural genetic variation is in cis-regulatory DNA and influences gene expression …

Frontiers and techniques in plant gene regulation

T Jores, M Hamm, JT Cuperus, C Queitsch - Current Opinion in Plant …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding plant gene regulation has been a priority for generations of plant scientists.
However, due to its complex nature, the regulatory code governing plant gene expression …

[PDF][PDF] DNA-guided transcription factor cooperativity shapes face and limb mesenchyme

S Kim, E Morgunova, S Naqvi, S Goovaerts, M Bader… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) can define distinct cellular identities despite nearly identical DNA-
binding specificities. One mechanism for achieving regulatory specificity is DNA-guided TF …

Physical interaction between MSL2 and CLAMP assures direct cooperativity and prevents competition at composite binding sites

N Eggers, F Gkountromichos, S Krause… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
MSL2, the DNA-binding subunit of the Drosophila dosage compensation complex,
cooperates with the ubiquitous protein CLAMP to bind MSL recognition elements (MREs) on …

GENA-LM: A Family of Open-Source Foundational DNA Language Models for Long Sequences

V Fishman, Y Kuratov, M Petrov, A Shmelev… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The field of genomics has seen substantial advancements through the application of artificial
intelligence (AI), with machine learning revealing the potential to interpret genomic …