Deciphering the multi-scale, quantitative cis-regulatory code

S Kim, J Wysocka - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Uncovering the cis-regulatory code that governs when and how much each gene is
transcribed in a given genome and cellular state remains a central goal of biology. Here, we …

Enhancers: a focus on synthetic biology and correlated gene expression

CH Bohrer, NA Fursova, DR Larson - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Enhancers are central for the regulation of metazoan transcription but have proven difficult to
study, primarily due to a myriad of interdependent variables shaping their activity …

Development of compact transcriptional effectors using high-throughput measurements in diverse contexts

J Tycko, MV Van, Aradhana, N DelRosso, H Ye… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Transcriptional effectors are protein domains known to activate or repress gene expression;
however, a systematic understanding of which effector domains regulate transcription across …

[HTML][HTML] The H3. 3K36M oncohistone disrupts the establishment of epigenetic memory through loss of DNA methylation

J Sinha, JF Nickels, AR Thurm, CH Ludwig… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Histone H3. 3 is frequently mutated in tumors, with the lysine 36 to methionine mutation
(K36M) being a hallmark of chondroblastomas. While it is known that H3. 3K36M changes …

A combinatorial domain screening platform reveals epigenetic effector interactions for transcriptional perturbation

HC Moon, MH Herschl, A Pawluk, S Konermann… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Epigenetic regulation involves the coordinated interplay of diverse proteins. To
systematically explore these combinations, we present COMBINE (combinatorial interaction …

Engineered CRISPR-Cas12a for higher-order combinatorial chromatin perturbations

CCS Hsiung, CM Wilson, NA Sambold, R Dai… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multiplexed genetic perturbations are critical for testing functional interactions among coding
or non-coding genetic elements. Compared to double-stranded DNA cutting, repressive …

A high-throughput synthetic biology approach for studying combinatorial chromatin-based transcriptional regulation

MA Alcantar, MA English, JA Valeri, JJ Collins - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The construction of synthetic gene circuits requires the rational combination of multiple
regulatory components, but predicting their behavior can be challenging due to poorly …

A modular dCas9-based recruitment platform for combinatorial epigenome editing

T Swain, C Pflueger, S Freytag, D Poppe… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Targeted epigenome editing tools allow precise manipulation and investigation of genome
modifications, however they often display high context dependency and variable efficacy …

[HTML][HTML] Widespread variation in molecular interactions and regulatory properties among transcription factor isoforms

L Lambourne, K Mattioli, C Santoso, G Sheynkman… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Summary Most human Transcription factors (TFs) genes encode multiple protein isoforms
differing in DNA binding domains, effector domains, or other protein regions. The global …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative approaches to study enhancer–promoter communication

P Mach, L Giorgetti - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2023 - Elsevier
The spatiotemporal control of gene expression in complex multicellular organisms relies on
noncoding regulatory sequences such as enhancers, which activate transcription of target …