[HTML][HTML] Genome regulation by polycomb and trithorax: 70 years and counting

B Schuettengruber, HM Bourbon, L Di Croce, G Cavalli - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Polycomb (PcG) and Trithorax (TrxG) group proteins are evolutionarily conserved chromatin-
modifying factors originally identified as part of an epigenetic cellular memory system that …

Nuclear compartmentalization as a mechanism of quantitative control of gene expression

P Bhat, D Honson, M Guttman - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Gene regulation requires the dynamic coordination of hundreds of regulatory factors at
precise genomic and RNA targets. Although many regulatory factors have specific affinity for …

Ten principles of heterochromatin formation and function

RC Allshire, HD Madhani - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Heterochromatin is a key architectural feature of eukaryotic chromosomes, which endows
particular genomic domains with specific functional properties. The capacity of …

The mammalian epigenome

BE Bernstein, A Meissner, ES Lander - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
Chemical modifications to DNA and histone proteins form a complex regulatory network that
modulates chromatin structure and genome function. The epigenome refers to the complete …

The diverse functions of histone lysine methylation

C Martin, Y Zhang - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2005 - nature.com
Covalent modifications of histone tails have fundamental roles in chromatin structure and
function. One such modification, lysine methylation, has important functions in many …

Molecular interplay of the noncoding RNA ANRIL and methylated histone H3 lysine 27 by polycomb CBX7 in transcriptional silencing of INK4a

KL Yap, S Li, AM Muñoz-Cabello, S Raguz, L Zeng… - Molecular cell, 2010 - cell.com
Expression of the INK4b/ARF/INK4a tumor suppressor locus in normal and cancerous cell
growth is controlled by methylation of histone H3 at lysine 27 (H3K27me) as directed by the …

Regulation of nucleosome dynamics by histone modifications

GE Zentner, S Henikoff - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2013 - nature.com
Chromatin is a dynamic structure that must respond to myriad stimuli to regulate access to
DNA, and chemical modification of histones is a major means by which the cell modulates …

Mechanisms of polycomb gene silencing: knowns and unknowns

JA Simon, RE Kingston - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
Polycomb proteins form chromatin-modifying complexes that implement transcriptional
silencing in higher eukaryotes. Hundreds of genes are silenced by Polycomb proteins …

Perceiving the epigenetic landscape through histone readers

CA Musselman, ME Lalonde, J Côté… - Nature structural & …, 2012 - nature.com
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of histones provide a fine-tuned mechanism for
regulating chromatin structure and dynamics. PTMs can alter direct interactions between …

How chromatin-binding modules interpret histone modifications: lessons from professional pocket pickers

SD Taverna, H Li, AJ Ruthenburg, CD Allis… - Nature structural & …, 2007 - nature.com
Histones comprise the major protein component of chromatin, the scaffold in which the
eukaryotic genome is packaged, and are subject to many types of post-translational …