Control of DNA replication timing in the 3D genome

C Marchal, J Sima, DM Gilbert - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2019 - nature.com
The 3D organization of mammalian chromatin was described more than 30 years ago by
visualizing sites of DNA synthesis at different times during the S phase of the cell cycle …

DNA replication origin activation in space and time

M Fragkos, O Ganier, P Coulombe… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2015 - nature.com
DNA replication begins with the assembly of pre-replication complexes (pre-RCs) at
thousands of DNA replication origins during the G1 phase of the cell cycle. At the G1–S …

Mouse heterochromatin adopts digital compaction states without showing hallmarks of HP1-driven liquid-liquid phase separation

F Erdel, A Rademacher, R Vlijm, J Tünnermann… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
The formation of silenced and condensed heterochromatin foci involves enrichment of
heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1). HP1 can bridge chromatin segments and form liquid …

DNA replication timing

N Rhind, DM Gilbert - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Patterns of replication within eukaryotic genomes correlate with gene expression, chromatin
structure, and genome evolution. Recent advances in genome-scale mapping of replication …

Chromatin replication and epigenome maintenance

C Alabert, A Groth - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Stability and function of eukaryotic genomes are closely linked to chromatin structure and
organization. During cell division the entire genome must be accurately replicated and the …

DNA methylation is required to maintain both DNA replication timing precision and 3D genome organization integrity

Q Du, GC Smith, PL Luu, JM Ferguson, NJ Armstrong… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
DNA replication timing and three-dimensional (3D) genome organization are associated
with distinct epigenome patterns across large domains. However, whether alterations in the …

Heterochromatin organization and phase separation

H Zhang, W Qin, H Romero, H Leonhardt, MC Cardoso - Nucleus, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The eukaryotic nucleus displays a variety of membraneless compartments with distinct
biomolecular composition and specific cellular activities. Emerging evidence indicates that …

Kdm4b histone demethylase is a DNA damage response protein and confers a survival advantage following γ-irradiation

LC Young, DW McDonald, MJ Hendzel - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
DNA damage evokes a complex and highly coordinated DNA damage response (DDR) that
is integral to the suppression of genomic instability. Double-strand breaks (DSBs) are …

Evidence for low nanocompaction of heterochromatin in living embryonic stem cells

C Dupont, D Chahar, A Trullo, T Gostan… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Despite advances in the identification of chromatin regulators and genome interactions, the
principles of higher‐order chromatin structure have remained elusive. Here, we applied …

Epigenetic regulation of nuclear processes in fungal plant pathogens

HM Kramer, DE Cook, MF Seidl… - PLoS Pathogens, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Through the association of protein complexes to DNA, the eukaryotic nuclear genome is
broadly organized into open euchromatin that is accessible for enzymes acting on DNA and …