Is euchromatin really open in the cell?

K Maeshima, S Iida, MA Shimazoe, S Tamura… - Trends in Cell Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Genomic DNA is wrapped around a core histone octamer and forms a nucleosome. In
higher eukaryotic cells, strings of nucleosomes are irregularly folded as chromatin domains …

Pioneer factors—key regulators of chromatin and gene expression

ML Bulyk, J Drouin, MM Harrison, J Taipale… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Pioneer factors are a group of transcription factors with important roles in gene regulation
during development. Their unique ability to bind to compacted chromatin, promoting its …

Condensed but liquid-like domain organization of active chromatin regions in living human cells

T Nozaki, S Shinkai, S Ide, K Higashi, S Tamura… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
In eukaryotes, higher-order chromatin organization is spatiotemporally regulated as
domains, for various cellular functions. However, their physical nature in living cells remains …

Sequence determinants of human gene regulatory elements

B Sahu, T Hartonen, P Pihlajamaa, B Wei, K Dave… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
DNA can determine where and when genes are expressed, but the full set of sequence
determinants that control gene expression is unknown. Here, we measured the …

Dynamic organization of chromatin domains revealed by super-resolution live-cell imaging

T Nozaki, R Imai, M Tanbo, R Nagashima, S Tamura… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
The eukaryotic genome is organized within cells as chromatin. For proper information
output, higher-order chromatin structures can be regulated dynamically. How such structures …

An AP-MS-and BioID-compatible MAC-tag enables comprehensive mapping of protein interactions and subcellular localizations

X Liu, K Salokas, F Tamene, Y Jiu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Protein-protein interactions govern almost all cellular functions. These complex networks of
stable and transient associations can be mapped by affinity purification mass spectrometry …

Dynamic chromatin organization without the 30-nm fiber

K Maeshima, S Ide, M Babokhov - Current opinion in cell biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Chromatin in eukaryotic cells is a negatively charged polymer composed of DNA, histones,
and various associated proteins. Over the past ten years, our view of chromatin has shifted …

Chromatin arranges in chains of mesoscale domains with nanoscale functional topography independent of cohesin

E Miron, R Oldenkamp, JM Brown, DMS Pinto… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Three-dimensional (3D) chromatin organization plays a key role in regulating mammalian
genome function; however, many of its physical features at the single-cell level remain …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid-like behavior of chromatin

K Maeshima, S Ide, K Hibino, M Sasai - Current opinion in genetics & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic chromatin is a negatively charged long polymer composed of genomic DNA,
histones, and various proteins. The charged property causes the chromatin structure to be …

The interchromatin compartment participates in the structural and functional organization of the cell nucleus

T Cremer, M Cremer, B Hübner, A Silahtaroglu… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article focuses on the role of the interchromatin compartment (IC) in shaping nuclear
landscapes. The IC is connected with nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) and harbors splicing …