Chromatin accessibility: methods, mechanisms, and biological insights

AR Mansisidor, VI Risca - Nucleus, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Access to DNA is a prerequisite to the execution of essential cellular processes that include
transcription, replication, chromosomal segregation, and DNA repair. How the proteins that …

Genome modeling: from chromatin fibers to genes

S Portillo-Ledesma, Z Li, T Schlick - Current opinion in structural biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The intricacies of the 3D hierarchical organization of the genome have been approached by
many creative modeling studies. The specific model/simulation technique combination …

Design principles of 3D epigenetic memory systems

JA Owen, D Osmanović, L Mirny - Science, 2023 - science.org
Cells remember their identities, in part, by using epigenetic marks—chemical modifications
placed along the genome. How can mark patterns remain stable over cell generations …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale modeling of genome organization with maximum entropy optimization

X Lin, Y Qi, AP Latham, B Zhang - The Journal of chemical physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT Three-dimensional (3D) organization of the human genome plays an essential
role in all DNA-templated processes, including gene transcription, gene regulation, and …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of chromatin on double-strand break repair: Imaging tools and discoveries

MAE van Bueren, A Janssen - DNA repair, 2024 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic nuclei are constantly being exposed to factors that break or chemically modify the
DNA. Accurate repair of this DNA damage is crucial to prevent DNA mutations and maintain …

When force met fluorescence: single-molecule manipulation and visualization of protein–DNA interactions

GNL Chua, S Liu - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Myriad DNA-binding proteins undergo dynamic assembly, translocation, and conformational
changes while on DNA or alter the physical configuration of the DNA substrate to control its …

A potent, selective CBX2 chromodomain ligand and its cellular activity during prostate cancer neuroendocrine differentiation

S Wang, A Alpsoy, S Sood… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are epigenetic regulators that facilitate both embryonic
development and cancer progression. PcG proteins form Polycomb repressive complexes 1 …

[HTML][HTML] H3-K27M-mutant nucleosomes interact with MLL1 to shape the glioma epigenetic landscape

N Furth, D Algranati, B Dassa, O Beresh, V Fedyuk… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Cancer-associated mutations in genes encoding histones dramatically reshape chromatin
and support tumorigenesis. Lysine to methionine substitution of residue 27 on histone H3 …

Oncohistones: hijacking the histone code

V Sahu, C Lu - Annual review of cancer biology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Chromatin dysfunction has been implicated in a growing number of cancers especially in
children and young adults. In addition to chromatin-modifying and-remodeling enzymes …

Explicit ion modeling predicts physicochemical interactions for chromatin organization

X Lin, B Zhang - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Molecular mechanisms that dictate chromatin organization in vivo are under active
investigation, and the extent to which intrinsic interactions contribute to this process remains …