Single-molecule localization microscopy

M Lelek, MT Gyparaki, G Beliu, F Schueder… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) describes a family of powerful imaging
techniques that dramatically improve spatial resolution over standard, diffraction-limited …

3D chromatin architecture and transcription regulation in cancer

S Deng, Y Feng, S Pauklin - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2022 - Springer
Chromatin has distinct three-dimensional (3D) architectures important in key biological
processes, such as cell cycle, replication, differentiation, and transcription regulation. In turn …

Cohesin‐mediated DNA loop extrusion resolves sister chromatids in G2 phase

P Batty, CCH Langer, Z Takács, W Tang… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Genetic information is stored in linear DNA molecules, which are highly folded inside cells.
DNA replication along the folded template path yields two sister chromatids that initially …

Interplay of dynamic genome organization and biomolecular condensates

YC Chung, LC Tu - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
After 60 years of chromatin investigation, our understanding of chromatin organization has
evolved from static chromatin fibers to dynamic nuclear compartmentalization. Chromatin is …

Quantitative Super-Resolution Microscopy Reveals the Relationship between CENP-A Stoichiometry and Centromere Physical Size

Y Li, J Wang, X Chen, DM Czajkowsky… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Centromeric chromatin is thought to play a critical role in ensuring the faithful segregation of
chromosomes during mitosis. However, our understanding of this role is presently limited by …

Angle between DNA linker and nucleosome core particle regulates array compaction revealed by individual-particle cryo-electron tomography

M Zhang, C Díaz-Celis, J Liu, J Tao, PD Ashby… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The conformational dynamics of nucleosome arrays generate a diverse spectrum of
microscopic states, posing challenges to their structural determination. Leveraging …

DNA choreography: correlating mobility and organization of DNA across different resolutions from loops to chromosomes

MK Pabba, J Meyer, K Celikay, L Schermelleh… - Histochemistry and Cell …, 2024 - Springer
The dynamics of DNA in the cell nucleus plays a role in cellular processes and fates but the
interplay of DNA mobility with the hierarchical levels of DNA organization is still …

A guide to studying 3D genome structure and dynamics in the kidney

BJ Beliveau, S Akilesh - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2024 - nature.com
The human genome is tightly packed into the 3D environment of the cell nucleus. Rapidly
evolving and sophisticated methods of mapping 3D genome architecture have shed light on …

Characterizing the variation in chromosome structure ensembles in the context of the nuclear microenvironment

P Das, T Shen, RP McCord - PLoS Computational Biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Inside the nucleus, chromosomes are subjected to direct physical interaction between
different components, active forces, and thermal noise, leading to the formation of an …

Universal dynamics of cohesin-mediated loop extrusion

T Sabate, B Lelandais, MC Robert, M Szalay… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Most animal genomes are partitioned into Topologically Associating Domains (TADs),
created by cohesin-mediated loop extrusion and defined by convergently oriented CTCF …