Mechanisms of enhancer action: the known and the unknown

A Panigrahi, BW O'Malley - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Differential gene expression mechanisms ensure cellular differentiation and plasticity to
shape ontogenetic and phylogenetic diversity of cell types. A key regulator of differential …

Roles and regulation of histone methylation in animal development

A Jambhekar, A Dhall, Y Shi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Histone methylation can occur at various sites in histone proteins, primarily on lysine and
arginine residues, and it can be governed by multiple positive and negative regulators, even …

Base-resolution models of transcription-factor binding reveal soft motif syntax

Ž Avsec, M Weilert, A Shrikumar, S Krueger… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The arrangement (syntax) of transcription factor (TF) binding motifs is an important part of the
cis-regulatory code, yet remains elusive. We introduce a deep learning model, BPNet, that …

Partitioning of cancer therapeutics in nuclear condensates

IA Klein, A Boija, LK Afeyan, SW Hawken, M Fan… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The nucleus contains diverse phase-separated condensates that compartmentalize and
concentrate biomolecules with distinct physicochemical properties. Here, we investigated …

The cell cycle in stem cell proliferation, pluripotency and differentiation

L Liu, W Michowski, A Kolodziejczyk, P Sicinski - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Cyclins, cyclin-dependent kinases and other components of the core cell cycle machinery
drive cell division. Growing evidence indicates that this machinery operates in a distinct …

Epigenetics-targeted drugs: Current paradigms and future challenges

W Dai, X Qiao, Y Fang, R Guo, P Bai, S Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetics governs a chromatin state regulatory system through five key mechanisms: DNA
modification, histone modification, RNA modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding …

The interplay of epigenetic marks during stem cell differentiation and development

Y Atlasi, HG Stunnenberg - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Chromatin, the template for epigenetic regulation, is a highly dynamic entity that is constantly
reshaped during early development and differentiation. Epigenetic modification of chromatin …

Epigenetic modulators, modifiers and mediators in cancer aetiology and progression

AP Feinberg, MA Koldobskiy, A Göndör - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
This year is the tenth anniversary of the publication in this journal of a model suggesting the
existence of'tumour progenitor genes'. These genes are epigenetically disrupted at the …

Systematic discovery of **st RNA binding proteins

C Chu, QC Zhang, ST Da Rocha, RA Flynn… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) function with associated proteins to effect complex structural
and regulatory outcomes. To reveal the composition and dynamics of specific noncoding …

Super-enhancers in the control of cell identity and disease

D Hnisz, BJ Abraham, TI Lee, A Lau, V Saint-André… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Super-enhancers are large clusters of transcriptional enhancers that drive expression of
genes that define cell identity. Improved understanding of the roles that super-enhancers …