The chromosome folding problem and how cells solve it

J Dekker, LA Mirny - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Every cell must solve the problem of how to fold its genome. We describe how the folded
state of chromosomes is the result of the combined activity of multiple conserved …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic factors mediating long-range enhancer–promoter communication in mammalian development

G Bower, EZ Kvon - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2025 - Elsevier
Enhancers are remotely located noncoding DNA sequences that regulate gene expression
in response to developmental, homeostatic, and environmental cues. Canonical short-range …

Two unrelated distal genes activated by a shared enhancer benefit from localizing inside the same small topological domain

Y Huang, MJAM Verstegen, SJD Tjalsma… - Genes & …, 2025 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Enhancers are tissue-specific regulatory DNA elements that can activate transcription of
genes over distance. Their target genes most often are located in the same contact domain …

[HTML][HTML] Cohesin-mediated chromatin remodeling controls the differentiation and function of conventional dendritic cells

NM Adams, A Galitsyna, I Tiniakou, E Esteva… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The cohesin protein complex extrudes chromatin loops, stop** at CTCF-bound sites, to
organize chromosomes into topologically associated domains, yet the biological …

Long-range enhancer-controlled genes are hypersensitive to regulatory factor perturbations

SJD Tjalsma, NJ Rinzema, MJAM Verstegen… - Cell Genomics, 2025 - cell.com
Cell-type-specific gene activation is regulated by enhancers, sometimes located at large
genomic distances from target gene promoters. Whether distal enhancers require specific …

Bimodal Specificity of TF-DNA Recognition in Embryonic Stem Cells

M Povolotskii, M Yehezkehely, O Ram, DB Lukatsky - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Transcription factors (TFs) bind genomic DNA regulating gene expression and
developmental programs in embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Even though comprehensive …