A framework for understanding the functions of biomolecular condensates across scales

AS Lyon, WB Peeples, MK Rosen - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates are found throughout eukaryotic cells, including in the nucleus, in
the cytoplasm and on membranes. They are also implicated in a wide range of cellular …

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 …

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 …

Condensed chromatin behaves like a solid on the mesoscale in vitro and in living cells

H Strickfaden, TO Tolsma, A Sharma, DA Underhill… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The association of nuclear DNA with histones to form chromatin is essential for temporal and
spatial control of eukaryotic genomes. In this study, we examined the physical state of …

Uncovering an organ's molecular architecture at single-cell resolution by spatially resolved transcriptomics

J Liao, X Lu, X Shao, L Zhu, X Fan - Trends in biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
Revealing fine-scale cellular heterogeneity among spatial context and the functional and
structural foundations of tissue architecture is fundamental within biological research and …

Single nucleosome imaging reveals loose genome chromatin networks via active RNA polymerase II

R Nagashima, K Hibino, SS Ashwin, M Babokhov… - Journal of Cell …, 2019 - rupress.org
Although chromatin organization and dynamics play a critical role in gene transcription, how
they interplay remains unclear. To approach this issue, we investigated genome-wide …

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 …

Single-molecule imaging reveals replication fork coupled formation of G-quadruplex structures hinders local replication stress signaling

WTC Lee, Y Yin, MJ Morten, P Tonzi, PP Gwo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Guanine-rich DNA sequences occur throughout the human genome and can transiently form
G-quadruplex (G4) structures that may obstruct DNA replication, leading to genomic …

The solid and liquid states of chromatin

JC Hansen, K Maeshima, MJ Hendzel - Epigenetics & Chromatin, 2021 - Springer
The review begins with a concise description of the principles of phase separation. This is
followed by a comprehensive section on phase separation of chromatin, in which we recount …

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 …