Chromatin accessibility and the regulatory epigenome

SL Klemm, Z Shipony, WJ Greenleaf - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Physical access to DNA is a highly dynamic property of chromatin that plays an essential
role in establishing and maintaining cellular identity. The organization of accessible …

The epigenetic basis of cellular heterogeneity

B Carter, K Zhao - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Single-cell sequencing-based methods for profiling gene transcript levels have revealed
substantial heterogeneity in expression levels among morphologically indistinguishable …

Eukaryotic core promoters and the functional basis of transcription initiation

V Haberle, A Stark - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract RNA polymerase II (Pol II) core promoters are specialized DNA sequences at
transcription start sites of protein-coding and non-coding genes that support the assembly of …

Recycling of modified H2A-H2B provides short-term memory of chromatin states

V Flury, N Reverón-Gómez, N Alcaraz… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Chromatin landscapes are disrupted during DNA replication and must be restored faithfully
to maintain genome regulation and cell identity. The histone H3-H4 modification landscape …

Born to run: control of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II

FX Chen, ER Smith, A Shilatifard - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
The dynamic regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is an
integral part of the implementation of gene expression programmes during development. In …

Energy-driven genome regulation by ATP-dependent chromatin remodellers

S Eustermann, AB Patel, KP Hopfner, Y He… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
The packaging of DNA into chromatin in eukaryotes regulates gene transcription, DNA
replication and DNA repair. ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling enzymes (re) arrange …

Histone exchange, chromatin structure and the regulation of transcription

S Venkatesh, JL Workman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
The packaging of DNA into strings of nucleosomes is one of the features that allows
eukaryotic cells to tightly regulate gene expression. The ordered disassembly of …

Transcriptional enhancers: from properties to genome-wide predictions

D Shlyueva, G Stampfel, A Stark - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Cellular development, morphology and function are governed by precise patterns of gene
expression. These are established by the coordinated action of genomic regulatory …

Colibactin DNA-damage signature indicates mutational impact in colorectal cancer

PJ Dziubańska-Kusibab, H Berger, F Battistini… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
The mucosal epithelium is a common target of damage by chronic bacterial infections and
the accompanying toxins, and most cancers originate from this tissue. We investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Primary role of the nucleosome

RD Kornberg, Y Lorch - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Whereas the core nucleosome is thought to serve as a packaging device for the coiling and
contraction in length of genomic DNA, we suggest that it serves primarily in the regulation of …