Activation of human endogenous retroviruses and its physiological consequences

N Dopkins, DF Nixon - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are abundant sequences that persist within the
human genome as remnants of ancient retroviral infections. These sequences became fixed …

Measuring and interpreting transposable element expression

S Lanciano, G Cristofari - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are insertional mutagens that contribute greatly to the
plasticity of eukaryotic genomes, influencing the evolution and adaptation of species as well …

From telomere to telomere: The transcriptional and epigenetic state of human repeat elements

SJ Hoyt, JM Storer, GA Hartley, PGS Grady… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Mobile elements and repetitive genomic regions are sources of lineage-specific genomic
innovation and uniquely fingerprint individual genomes. Comprehensive analyses of such …

Population genomics confirms acquisition of drug-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus infection by humans from the environment

J Rhodes, A Abdolrasouli, K Dunne, TR Sewell… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Infections caused by the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus are increasingly resistant to
first-line azole antifungal drugs. However, despite its clinical importance, little is known …

Enzymatic methyl sequencing detects DNA methylation at single-base resolution from picograms of DNA

R Vaisvila, VKC Ponnaluri, Z Sun… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
Bisulfite sequencing detects 5mC and 5hmC at single-base resolution. However, bisulfite
treatment damages DNA, which results in fragmentation, DNA loss, and biased sequencing …

A prenylated dsRNA sensor protects against severe COVID-19

A Wickenhagen, E Sugrue, S Lytras, S Kuchi… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Interferons (IFNs) are cytokines that are rapidly deployed in response to
invading pathogens. By initiating a signaling cascade that stimulates the expression of …

N6-methyladenosine of chromosome-associated regulatory RNA regulates chromatin state and transcription

J Liu, X Dou, C Chen, C Chen, C Liu, MM Xu, S Zhao… - Science, 2020 - science.org
N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) regulates stability and translation of messenger RNA (mRNA)
in various biological processes. In this work, we show that knockout of the m6A writer Mettl3 …

RepeatModeler2 for automated genomic discovery of transposable element families

JM Flynn, R Hubley, C Goubert… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The accelerating pace of genome sequencing throughout the tree of life is driving the need
for improved unsupervised annotation of genome components such as transposable …

Z-nucleic-acid sensing triggers ZBP1-dependent necroptosis and inflammation

H Jiao, L Wachsmuth, S Kumari, R Schwarzer, J Lin… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The biological function of Z-DNA and Z-RNA, nucleic acid structures with a left-handed
double helix, is poorly understood,–. Z-DNA-binding protein 1 (ZBP1; also known as DAI or …

Atlas of subcellular RNA localization revealed by APEX-Seq

FM Fazal, S Han, KR Parker, P Kaewsapsak, J Xu… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
We introduce APEX-seq, a method for RNA sequencing based on direct proximity labeling of
RNA using the peroxidase enzyme APEX2. APEX-seq in nine distinct subcellular locales …