Establishment of H3K9-methylated heterochromatin and its functions in tissue differentiation and maintenance

J Padeken, SP Methot, SM Gasser - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Heterochromatin is characterized by dimethylated or trimethylated histone H3 Lys9
(H3K9me2 or H3K9me3, respectively) and is found at transposable elements, satellite …

Dynamic regulation of transcriptional states by chromatin and transcription factors

TC Voss, GL Hager - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
The interaction of regulatory proteins with the complex nucleoprotein structures that are
found in mammalian cells involves chromatin reorganization at multiple levels. Mechanisms …

Joint profiling of histone modifications and transcriptome in single cells from mouse brain

C Zhu, Y Zhang, YE Li, J Lucero, MM Behrens, B Ren - Nature methods, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide profiling of histone modifications can reveal not only the location and activity
state of regulatory elements, but also the regulatory mechanisms involved in cell-type …

Changes in genome architecture and transcriptional dynamics progress independently of sensory experience during post-natal brain development

L Tan, W Ma, H Wu, Y Zheng, D Xing, R Chen, X Li… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Both transcription and three-dimensional (3D) architecture of the mammalian genome play
critical roles in neurodevelopment and its disorders. However, 3D genome structures of …

LHX2-and LDB1-mediated trans interactions regulate olfactory receptor choice

K Monahan, A Horta, S Lomvardas - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The genome is partitioned into topologically associated domains and genomic
compartments with shared chromatin valence. This architecture is constrained by the DNA …

Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations

BG Dias, KJ Ressler - Nature neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
Using olfactory molecular specificity, we examined the inheritance of parental traumatic
exposure, a phenomenon that has been frequently observed, but not understood. We …

Global epigenomic reconfiguration during mammalian brain development

R Lister, EA Mukamel, JR Nery, M Urich, CA Puddifoot… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Introduction Several lines of evidence point to a key role for dynamic epigenetic changes
during brain development, maturation, and learning. DNA methylation (mC) is a stable …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide chromatin state transitions associated with developmental and environmental cues

J Zhu, M Adli, JY Zou, G Verstappen, M Coyne… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Differences in chromatin organization are key to the multiplicity of cell states that arise from a
single genetic background, yet the landscapes of in vivo tissues remain largely uncharted …

Principles of odor coding in vertebrates and artificial chemosensory systems

I Manzini, D Schild, C Di Natale - Physiological reviews, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
The biological olfactory system is the sensory system responsible for the detection of the
chemical composition of the environment. Several attempts to mimic biological olfactory …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-type specialization is encoded by specific chromatin topologies

W Winick-Ng, A Kukalev, I Harabula, L Zea-Redondo… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The three-dimensional (3D) structure of chromatin is intrinsically associated with
gene regulation and cell function,–. Methods based on chromatin conformation capture have …