Deciphering the multi-scale, quantitative cis-regulatory code

S Kim, J Wysocka - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Uncovering the cis-regulatory code that governs when and how much each gene is
transcribed in a given genome and cellular state remains a central goal of biology. Here, we …

Enhancer selectivity in space and time: from enhancer–promoter interactions to promoter activation

JH Yang, AS Hansen - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
The primary regulators of metazoan gene expression are enhancers, originally functionally
defined as DNA sequences that can activate transcription at promoters in an orientation …

SCENIC+: single-cell multiomic inference of enhancers and gene regulatory networks

C Bravo González-Blas, S De Winter, G Hulselmans… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Joint profiling of chromatin accessibility and gene expression in individual cells provides an
opportunity to decipher enhancer-driven gene regulatory networks (GRNs). Here we present …

Cohesin and CTCF control the dynamics of chromosome folding

P Mach, PI Kos, Y Zhan, J Cramard, S Gaudin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In mammals, interactions between sequences within topologically associating domains
enable control of gene expression across large genomic distances. Yet it is unknown how …

Modulation of cellular processes by histone and non-histone protein acetylation

M Shvedunova, A Akhtar - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Lysine acetylation is a widespread and versatile protein post-translational modification.
Lysine acetyltransferases and lysine deacetylases catalyse the addition or removal …

Increased enhancer–promoter interactions during developmental enhancer activation in mammals

Z Chen, V Snetkova, G Bower, S Jacinto, B Clock… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Remote enhancers are thought to interact with their target promoters via physical proximity,
yet the importance of this proximity for enhancer function remains unclear. Here we …

The Mediator complex as a master regulator of transcription by RNA polymerase II

WF Richter, S Nayak, J Iwasa, M Gabriele, HB Brandão, S Grosse-Holz, A Jha… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Animal genomes are folded into loops and topologically associating domains (TADs) by
CTCF and loop-extruding cohesins, but the live dynamics of loop formation and stability …

RNA polymerase II dynamics shape enhancer–promoter interactions

G Barshad, JJ Lewis, AG Chivu, A Abuhashem… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
How enhancers control target gene expression over long genomic distances remains an
important unsolved problem. Here we investigated enhancer–promoter communication by …