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 …

CRISPR technologies for precise epigenome editing

M Nakamura, Y Gao, AA Dominguez, LS Qi - Nature Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
The epigenome involves a complex set of cellular processes governing genomic activity.
Dissecting this complexity necessitates the development of tools capable of specifically …

Predicting RNA-seq coverage from DNA sequence as a unifying model of gene regulation

J Linder, D Srivastava, H Yuan, V Agarwal, DR Kelley - Nature Genetics, 2025 - nature.com
Sequence-based machine-learning models trained on genomics data improve genetic
variant interpretation by providing functional predictions describing their impact on the cis …

Long-range enhancer–promoter contacts in gene expression control

S Schoenfelder, P Fraser - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Spatiotemporal gene expression programmes are orchestrated by transcriptional
enhancers, which are key regulatory DNA elements that engage in physical contacts with …

Towards a comprehensive catalogue of validated and target-linked human enhancers

M Gasperini, JM Tome, J Shendure - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
The human gene catalogue is essentially complete, but we lack an equivalently vetted
inventory of bona fide human enhancers. Hundreds of thousands of candidate enhancers …

Lamina-associated domains: links with chromosome architecture, heterochromatin, and gene repression

B Van Steensel, AS Belmont - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
In metazoan cell nuclei, hundreds of large chromatin domains are in close contact with the
nuclear lamina. Such lamina-associated domains (LADs) are thought to help organize …

The sound of silence: Transgene silencing in mammalian cell engineering

A Cabrera, HI Edelstein, F Glykofrydis, KS Love… - Cell Systems, 2022 - cell.com
To elucidate principles operating in native biological systems and to develop novel
biotechnologies, synthetic biology aims to build and integrate synthetic gene circuits within …

The 4D nucleome project

J Dekker, AS Belmont, M Guttman, VO Leshyk, JT Lis… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The 4D Nucleome Network aims to develop and apply approaches to map the
structure and dynamics of the human and mouse genomes in space and time with the goal …

The 4D Nucleome Data Portal as a resource for searching and visualizing curated nucleomics data

SB Reiff, AJ Schroeder, K Kırlı, A Cosolo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The 4D Nucleome (4DN) Network aims to elucidate the complex structure and
organization of chromosomes in the nucleus and the impact of their disruption in disease …

Lamina-associated domains: peripheral matters and internal affairs

N Briand, P Collas - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
At the nuclear periphery, associations of chromatin with the nuclear lamina through lamina-
associated domains (LADs) aid functional organization of the genome. We review the …