Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations

JS Mattick, PP Amaral, P Carninci… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Genes specifying long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) occupy a large fraction of the genomes
of complex organisms. The term 'lncRNAs' encompasses RNA polymerase I (Pol I), Pol II …

The impact of DNA methylation on CTCF-mediated 3D genome organization

A Monteagudo-Sánchez, D Noordermeer… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Cytosine DNA methylation is a highly conserved epigenetic mark in eukaryotes. Although
the role of DNA methylation at gene promoters and repetitive elements has been extensively …

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 …

Dynamics of CTCF-and cohesin-mediated chromatin loo** revealed by live-cell imaging

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 …

Genome control by SMC complexes

C Hoencamp, BD Rowland - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Many cellular processes require large-scale rearrangements of chromatin structure.
Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein complexes are molecular machines …

Genome folding through loop extrusion by SMC complexes

IF Davidson, JM Peters - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2021 - nature.com
Genomic DNA is folded into loops and topologically associating domains (TADs), which
serve important structural and regulatory roles. It has been proposed that these genomic …

Single-cell CUT&Tag profiles histone modifications and transcription factors in complex tissues

M Bartosovic, M Kabbe, G Castelo-Branco - Nature biotechnology, 2021 - nature.com
In contrast to single-cell approaches for measuring gene expression and DNA accessibility,
single-cell methods for analyzing histone modifications are limited by low sensitivity and …

CTCF is a DNA-tension-dependent barrier to cohesin-mediated loop extrusion

IF Davidson, R Barth, M Zaczek, J van der Torre… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, genomic DNA is extruded into loops by cohesin. By restraining this process,
the DNA-binding protein CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) generates topologically associating …

Enhancer–promoter contact formation requires RNAPII and antagonizes loop extrusion

S Zhang, N Übelmesser, M Barbieri, A Papantonis - Nature genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Homotypic chromatin interactions and loop extrusion are thought to be the two main drivers
of mammalian chromosome folding. Here we tested the role of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) …

DNA G-quadruplex structures: more than simple roadblocks to transcription?

J Robinson, F Raguseo, SP Nuccio… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
It has been> 20 years since the formation of G-quadruplex (G4) secondary structures in
gene promoters was first linked to the regulation of gene expression. Since then, the …