The nuclear pore complex: bridging nuclear transport and gene regulation

C Strambio-De-Castillia, M Niepel… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2010 - nature.com
Although the nuclear pore complex (NPC) is best known for its primary function as the key
regulator of molecular traffic between the cytoplasm and the nucleus, a growing body of …

Nuclear pore complex composition: a new regulator of tissue-specific and developmental functions

M Raices, MA D'angelo - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are multiprotein aqueous channels that penetrate the
nuclear envelope connecting the nucleus and the cytoplasm. NPCs consist of multiple …

Histone ubiquitination: triggering gene activity

VM Weake, JL Workman - Molecular cell, 2008 - cell.com
Recently, many of the enzymes responsible for the addition and removal of ubiquitin from
the histones H2A and H2B have been identified and characterized. From these studies, it …

Arabidopsis homolog of the yeast TREX‐2 mRNA export complex: components and anchoring nucleoporin

Q Lu, X Tang, G Tian, F Wang, K Liu… - The Plant …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are vital to nuclear–cytoplasmic communication in
eukaryotes. The yeast NPC‐associated TREX‐2 complex, also known as the Thp1–Sac3 …

Structure, dynamics and function of nuclear pore complexes

MA D'Angelo, MW Hetzer - Trends in cell biology, 2008 - cell.com
Nuclear pore complexes are large aqueous channels that penetrate the nuclear envelope,
thereby connecting the nuclear interior with the cytoplasm. Until recently, these …

A TFTC/STAGA module mediates histone H2A and H2B deubiquitination, coactivates nuclear receptors, and counteracts heterochromatin silencing

Y Zhao, G Lang, S Ito, J Bonnet, E Metzger… - Molecular cell, 2008 - cell.com
Transcriptional activators, several different coactivators, and general transcription factors are
necessary to access specific loci in the dense chromatin structure to allow precise initiation …

Multiple faces of the SAGA complex

E Koutelou, CL Hirsch, SYR Dent - Current opinion in cell biology, 2010 - Elsevier
The SAGA complex provides a paradigm for multisubunit histone modifying complexes.
Although first characterized as a histone acetyltransferase, because of the Gcn5 subunit …

On TADs and LADs: spatial control over gene expression

A Gonzalez-Sandoval, SM Gasser - Trends in Genetics, 2016 - cell.com
The combinatorial action of transcription factors drives cell-type-specific gene expression
patterns. However, transcription factor binding and gene regulation occur in the context of …

HIV integration targeting: a pathway involving Transportin-3 and the nuclear pore protein RanBP2

KE Ocwieja, TL Brady, K Ronen, A Huegel… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Genome-wide siRNA screens have identified host cell factors important for efficient HIV
infection, among which are nuclear pore proteins such as RanBP2/Nup358 and the …

A conserved role for human Nup98 in altering chromatin structure and promoting epigenetic transcriptional memory

WH Light, J Freaney, V Sood, A Thompson… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The interaction of nuclear pore proteins (Nups) with active genes can promote their
transcription. In yeast, some inducible genes interact with the nuclear pore complex both …