The causes and consequences of genetic interactions (epistasis)

J Domingo, P Baeza-Centurion… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The same mutation can have different effects in different individuals. One important reason
for this is that the outcome of a mutation can depend on the genetic context in which it …

Molecular dynamics simulations of DNA–DNA and DNA–protein interactions

J Yoo, D Winogradoff, A Aksimentiev - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Standard force fields prescribe overly attractive DNA-DNA and DNA-protein
interactions.•Recently improved force fields enable simulations that reproduce and predict …

Short tandem repeats bind transcription factors to tune eukaryotic gene expression

CA Horton, AM Alexandari, MGB Hayes, E Marklund… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Short tandem repeats (STRs) are enriched in eukaryotic cis-regulatory elements and alter
gene expression, yet how they regulate transcription remains unknown. We found that STRs …

Systematic analysis of binding of transcription factors to noncoding variants

J Yan, Y Qiu, AM Ribeiro dos Santos, Y Yin, YE Li… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Many sequence variants have been linked to complex human traits and diseases, but
deciphering their biological functions remains challenging, as most of them reside in …

[HTML][HTML] The prognostic potential of CDX2 in colorectal cancer: Harmonizing biology and clinical practice

J Badia-Ramentol, F Gimeno-Valiente… - Cancer Treatment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adjuvant chemotherapy following surgical intervention remains the primary treatment option
for patients with localized colorectal cancer (CRC). However, a significant proportion of …

Enthalpy and entropy synergistic regulation–based programmable DNA motifs for biosensing and information encryption

LL Zheng, JZ Li, M Wen, D Xi, Y Zhu, Q Wei… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) provides a collection of intelligent tools for the development of
information cryptography and biosensors. However, most conventional DNA regulation …

Acetylated HOXB13 regulated super enhancer genes define therapeutic vulnerabilities of castration-resistant prostate cancer

DT Nguyen, W Yang, A Renganathan, C Weimholt… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: Androgen receptor (AR) antagonism is exacerbated by HOXB13 in castration-
resistant prostate cancers (CRPC). However, it is unclear when and how HOXB13 primes …

Interfacial water confers transcription factors with dinucleotide specificity

E Morgunova, G Nagy, Y Yin, F Zhu… - Nature Structural & …, 2025 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) recognize specific bases within their DNA-binding motifs, with
each base contributing nearly independently to total binding energy. However, the energetic …

Bispecific forkhead transcription factor FoxN3 recognizes two distinct motifs with different DNA shapes

JM Rogers, CT Waters, TCM Seegar, SM Jarrett… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) control gene expression by binding DNA recognition sites in
genomic regulatory regions. Although most forkhead TFs recognize a canonical forkhead …

DNA binding analysis of rare variants in homeodomains reveals homeodomain specificity-determining residues

KH Kock, PK Kimes, SS Gisselbrecht, S Inukai… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Homeodomains (HDs) are the second largest class of DNA binding domains (DBDs) among
eukaryotic sequence-specific transcription factors (TFs) and are the TF structural class with …