The roles of histone variants in fine-tuning chromatin organization and function

S Martire, LA Banaszynski - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Histones serve to both package and organize DNA within the nucleus. In addition to histone
post-translational modification and chromatin remodelling complexes, histone variants …

PML nuclear bodies and chromatin dynamics: catch me if you can!

A Corpet, C Kleijwegt, S Roubille, F Juillard… - Nucleic Acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Eukaryotic cells compartmentalize their internal milieu in order to achieve specific reactions
in time and space. This organization in distinct compartments is essential to allow …

Symmetric inheritance of parental histones contributes to safeguarding the fate of mouse embryonic stem cells during differentiation

Q Wen, J Zhou, C Tian, X Li, G Song, Y Gao, Y Sun… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Parental histones, the carriers of posttranslational modifications, are deposited evenly onto
the replicating DNA of sister chromatids in a process dependent on the Mcm2 subunit of …

Venn diagrams in bioinformatics

A Jia, L Xu, Y Wang - Briefings in bioinformatics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Venn diagrams are widely used tools for graphical depiction of the unions, intersections and
distinctions among multiple datasets, and a large number of programs have been developed …

A novel enhancer regulates MGMT expression and promotes temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma

X Chen, M Zhang, H Gan, H Wang, JH Lee… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Temozolomide (TMZ) was used for the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) for over a decade,
but its treatment benefits are limited by acquired resistance, a process that remains …

Assessing sufficiency and necessity of enhancer activities for gene expression and the mechanisms of transcription activation

RR Catarino, A Stark - Genes & development, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Enhancers are important genomic regulatory elements directing cell type-specific
transcription. They assume a key role during development and disease, and their …

Molecular genetics of 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome

BE Morrow, DM McDonald‐McGinn… - American journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome (22q11. 2DS) is a congenital malformation and
neuropsychiatric disorder caused by meiotic chromosome rearrangements. One of the goals …

Replication protein A: a multifunctional protein with roles in DNA replication, repair and beyond

R Dueva, G Iliakis - NAR cancer, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) forms continuously during DNA replication and is an
important intermediate during recombination-mediated repair of damaged DNA. Replication …

Dynamic elements of replication protein A at the crossroads of DNA replication, recombination, and repair

CC Caldwell, M Spies - Critical reviews in biochemistry and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The heterotrimeric eukaryotic Replication protein A (RPA) is a master regulator of numerous
DNA metabolic processes. For a long time, it has been viewed as an inert protector of …

Phosphorylation of histone H3. 3 at serine 31 promotes p300 activity and enhancer acetylation

S Martire, AA Gogate, A Whitmill, A Tafessu, J Nguyen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The histone variant H3. 3 is enriched at enhancers and active genes, as well as repeat
regions such as telomeres and retroelements, in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) …