Born to run: control of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II

FX Chen, ER Smith, A Shilatifard - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
The dynamic regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is an
integral part of the implementation of gene expression programmes during development. In …

The important contribution of transposable elements to phenotypic variation and evolution

NS Catlin, EB Josephs - Current opinion in plant biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Transposable elements (TEs) are responsible for significant genomic variation in plants. Our
understanding of the evolutionary forces sha** TE polymorphism has lagged behind other …

Profiling of accessible chromatin regions across multiple plant species and cell types reveals common gene regulatory principles and new control modules

KA Maher, M Bajic, K Kajala, M Reynoso… - The Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The transcriptional regulatory structure of plant genomes remains poorly defined relative to
animals. It is unclear how many cis-regulatory elements exist, where these elements lie …

Open chromatin reveals the functional maize genome

E Rodgers-Melnick, DL Vera… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Cellular processes mediated through nuclear DNA must contend with chromatin. Chromatin
structural assays can efficiently integrate information across diverse regulatory elements …

Nucleosome stability distinguishes two different promoter types at all protein-coding genes in yeast

S Kubik, MJ Bruzzone, P Jacquet, JL Falcone… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Previous studies indicate that eukaryotic promoters display a stereotypical chromatin
landscape characterized by a well-positioned+ 1 nucleosome near the transcription start site …

Genome-wide map** of transcriptional enhancer candidates using DNA and chromatin features in maize

R Oka, J Zicola, B Weber, SN Anderson, C Hodgman… - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
Background While most cells in multicellular organisms carry the same genetic information,
in each cell type only a subset of genes is being transcribed. Such differentiation in gene …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into nucleosome organization in mouse embryonic stem cells through chemical map**

LN Voong, L **, AC Sebeson, B **ong, JP Wang… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Nucleosome organization influences gene activity by controlling DNA accessibility to
transcription machinery. Here, we develop a chemical biology approach to determine …

MNase-sensitive complexes in yeast: nucleosomes and non-histone barriers

RV Chereji, J Ocampo, DJ Clark - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Micrococcal nuclease (MNase) is commonly used to map nucleosomes genome-wide, but
nucleosome maps are affected by the degree of digestion. It has been proposed that many …

Plant enhancers: a call for discovery

B Weber, J Zicola, R Oka, M Stam - Trends in plant science, 2016 - cell.com
Higher eukaryotes typically contain many different cell types, displaying different cellular
functions that are influenced by biotic and abiotic cues. The different functions are …

Building transcription factor binding site models to understand gene regulation in plants

X Lai, A Stigliani, G Vachon, C Carles, C Smaczniak… - Molecular plant, 2019 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) are key cellular components that control gene expression. They
recognize specific DNA sequences, the TF binding sites (TFBSs), and thus are targeted to …