Origins of DNA replication in eukaryotes

Y Hu, B Stillman - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Errors occurring during DNA replication can result in inaccurate replication, incomplete
replication, or re-replication, resulting in genome instability that can lead to diseases such as …

Control of DNA replication timing in the 3D genome

C Marchal, J Sima, DM Gilbert - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2019 - nature.com
The 3D organization of mammalian chromatin was described more than 30 years ago by
visualizing sites of DNA synthesis at different times during the S phase of the cell cycle …

G-quadruplex structures mark human regulatory chromatin

R Hänsel-Hertsch, D Beraldi, SV Lensing, G Marsico… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract G-quadruplex (G4) structural motifs have been linked to transcription,, replication
and genome instability, and are implicated in cancer and other diseases,,. However, it is …

MCM2 promotes symmetric inheritance of modified histones during DNA replication

N Petryk, M Dalby, A Wenger, CB Stromme… - Science, 2018 - science.org
During genome replication, parental histones are recycled to newly replicated DNA with
their posttranslational modifications (PTMs). Whether sister chromatids inherit modified …

G-quadruplex DNA structures in human stem cells and differentiation

KG Zyner, A Simeone, SM Flynn, C Doyle… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The establishment of cell identity during embryonic development involves the activation of
specific gene expression programmes and is underpinned by epigenetic factors including …

H2A. Z facilitates licensing and activation of early replication origins

H Long, L Zhang, M Lv, Z Wen, W Zhang, X Chen… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
DNA replication is a tightly regulated process that ensures the precise duplication of the
genome during the cell cycle. In eukaryotes, the licensing and activation of replication …

Identifying cis elements for spatiotemporal control of mammalian DNA replication

J Sima, A Chakraborty, V Dileep, M Michalski, KN Klein… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The temporal order of DNA replication (replication timing [RT]) is highly coupled with
genome architecture, but cis-elements regulating either remain elusive. We created a series …

Mechanisms and regulation of DNA replication initiation in eukaryotes

MW Parker, MR Botchan, JM Berger - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Cellular DNA replication is initiated through the action of multiprotein complexes that
recognize replication start sites in the chromosome (termed origins) and facilitate duplex …

The H2A. Z-nucleosome code in mammals: emerging functions

Y Colino-Sanguino, SJ Clark, F Valdes-Mora - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
H2A. Z is a histone variant that provides specific structural and docking-side properties to the
nucleosome, resulting in diverse and specialised molecular and cellular functions. In this …

High-resolution Repli-Seq defines the temporal choreography of initiation, elongation and termination of replication in mammalian cells

PA Zhao, T Sasaki, DM Gilbert - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background DNA replication in mammalian cells occurs in a defined temporal order during
S phase, known as the replication timing (RT) programme. Replication timing is …