Integrator is a global promoter-proximal termination complex

EJ Wagner, L Tong, K Adelman - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Integrator is a metazoan-specific protein complex capable of inducing termination at all
RNAPII-transcribed loci. Integrator recognizes paused, promoter-proximal RNAPII and …

The present and future of the Cancer Dependency Map

R Arafeh, T Shibue, JM Dempster, WC Hahn… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite tremendous progress in the past decade, the complex and heterogeneous nature of
cancer complicates efforts to identify new therapies and therapeutic combinations that …

Contextual AI models for single-cell protein biology

MM Li, Y Huang, M Sumathipala, MQ Liang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding protein function and developing molecular therapies require deciphering the
cell types in which proteins act as well as the interactions between proteins. However …

Integrator endonuclease drives promoter-proximal termination at all RNA polymerase II-transcribed loci

CB Stein, AR Field, CA Mimoso, CC Zhao, KL Huang… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) pausing in early elongation is critical for gene
regulation. Paused RNAPII can be released into productive elongation by the kinase P-TEFb …

[HTML][HTML] The phenotypic landscape of essential human genes

L Funk, KC Su, J Ly, D Feldman, A Singh, B Moodie… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Understanding the basis for cellular growth, proliferation, and function requires determining
the roles of essential genes in diverse cellular processes, including visualizing their …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping information-rich genotype-phenotype landscapes with genome-scale Perturb-seq

JM Replogle, RA Saunders, AN Pogson, JA Hussmann… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
A central goal of genetics is to define the relationships between genotypes and phenotypes.
High-content phenotypic screens such as Perturb-seq (CRISPR-based screens with single …

Context-defined cancer co-dependency mapping identifies a functional interplay between PRC2 and MLL-MEN1 complex in lymphoma

X Chen, Y Li, F Zhu, X Xu, B Estrella, MA Pazos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Interplay between chromatin-associated complexes and modifications critically contribute to
the partitioning of epigenome into stable and functionally distinct domains. Yet there is a lack …

A combinatorial approach to uncover an additional Integrator subunit

SR Offley, MM Pfleiderer, A Zucco, A Fraudeau… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Summary RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) controls expression of all protein-coding genes and
most noncoding loci in higher eukaryotes. Calibrating RNAPII activity requires an assortment …

A multi-scale map of protein assemblies in the DNA damage response

A Kratz, M Kim, MR Kelly, F Zheng, CA Koczor, J Li… - Cell Systems, 2023 - cell.com
The DNA damage response (DDR) ensures error-free DNA replication and transcription and
is disrupted in numerous diseases. An ongoing challenge is to determine the proteins …

Phosphate dysregulation via the XPR1–KIDINS220 protein complex is a therapeutic vulnerability in ovarian cancer

DP Bondeson, BR Paolella, A Asfaw, MV Rothberg… - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Despite advances in precision medicine, the clinical prospects for patients with ovarian and
uterine cancers have not substantially improved. Here, we analyzed genome-scale CRISPR …