An essential switch in subunit composition of a chromatin remodeling complex during neural development

J Lessard, JI Wu, JA Ranish, M Wan, MM Winslow… - Neuron, 2007 - cell.com
Mammalian neural stem cells (NSCs) have the capacity to both self-renew and to generate
all the neuronal and glial cell-types of the adult nervous system. Global chromatin changes …

Kinetic analysis of npBAF to nBAF switching reveals exchange of SS18 with CREST and integration with neural developmental pathways

BT Staahl, J Tang, W Wu, A Sun, AD Gitler… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
During the development of the vertebrate nervous system, neural progenitors divide,
generate progeny that exit mitosis, and then migrate to sites where they elaborate specific …

The role of BAF (mSWI/SNF) complexes in mammalian neural development

EY Son, GR Crabtree - … Journal of Medical Genetics Part C …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The BAF (mammalian SWI/SNF) complexes are a family of multi‐subunit ATP‐dependent
chromatin remodelers that use ATP hydrolysis to alter chromatin structure. Distinct BAF …

An embryonic stem cell chromatin remodeling complex, esBAF, is essential for embryonic stem cell self-renewal and pluripotency

L Ho, JL Ronan, J Wu, BT Staahl… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Mammalian SWI/SNF [also called BAF (Brg/Brahma-associated factors)] ATP-dependent
chromatin remodeling complexes are essential for formation of the totipotent and pluripotent …

BAF250B-associated SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex is required to maintain undifferentiated mouse embryonic stem cells

Z Yan, Z Wang, L Sharova, AA Sharov, C Ling… - Stem …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Whether SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes play roles in embryonic stem (ES) cells
remains unknown. Here we show that SWI/SNF complexes are present in mouse ES cells …

Composition and functional specificity of SWI2/SNF2 class chromatin remodeling complexes

L Mohrmann, CP Verrijzer - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2005 - Elsevier
By regulating the structure of chromatin, ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes
(remodelers) perform critical functions in the maintenance, transmission and expression of …

Chromatin remodeling BAF (SWI/SNF) complexes in neural development and disorders

G Sokpor, Y Xie, J Rosenbusch, T Tuoc - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The ATP-dependent BRG1/BRM associated factor (BAF) chromatin remodeling complexes
are crucial in regulating gene expression by controlling chromatin dynamics. Over the last …

The SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling protein Brg1 is required for vertebrate neurogenesis and mediates transactivation of Ngn and NeuroD

S Seo, GA Richardson, KL Kroll - 2005 - journals.biologists.com
Chromatin remodeling complexes play crucial roles in transcription and are implicated in
processes including cell proliferation, differentiation and embryonic patterning. Brg1 is the …

Multiple SWItches to turn on chromatin?

CL Peterson - Current opinion in genetics & development, 1996 - Elsevier
The SWI/SNF complex is a highly conserved multisubunit assembly that facilitates the
function of gene-specific transcriptional regulatory proteins by antagonizing chromatin …

Composition and function of mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes in human disease

JL Pulice, C Kadoch - Cold Spring Harbor symposia on …, 2016 - symposium.cshlp.org
Abstract Mammalian SWI/SNF (BAF) chromatin remodeling complexes play critical roles in
maintaining chromatin architecture and gene expression. Genomic sequencing efforts over …