Dynamic regulation of transcriptional states by chromatin and transcription factors

TC Voss, GL Hager - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
The interaction of regulatory proteins with the complex nucleoprotein structures that are
found in mammalian cells involves chromatin reorganization at multiple levels. Mechanisms …

DNA replication timing

N Rhind, DM Gilbert - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Patterns of replication within eukaryotic genomes correlate with gene expression, chromatin
structure, and genome evolution. Recent advances in genome-scale map** of replication …

Chromatin replication and epigenome maintenance

C Alabert, A Groth - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Stability and function of eukaryotic genomes are closely linked to chromatin structure and
organization. During cell division the entire genome must be accurately replicated and the …

MCM complexes are barriers that restrict cohesin-mediated loop extrusion

BJH Dequeker, MJ Scherr, HB Brandão, J Gassler… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Eukaryotic genomes are compacted into loops and topologically associating domains
(TADs),–, which contribute to transcription, recombination and genomic stability,. Cohesin …

High thermodynamic stability of parametrically designed helical bundles

PS Huang, G Oberdorfer, C Xu, XY Pei, BL Nannenga… - science, 2014 - science.org
We describe a procedure for designing proteins with backbones produced by varying the
parameters in the Crick coiled coil–generating equations. Combinatorial design calculations …

Cell cycle proliferation decisions: the impact of single cell analyses

JP Matson, JG Cook - The FEBS journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cell proliferation is a fundamental requirement for organismal development and
homeostasis. The mammalian cell division cycle is tightly controlled to ensure complete and …

Equilibrium between nascent and parental MCM proteins protects replicating genomes

H Sedlackova, MB Rask, R Gupta, C Choudhary… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Minichromosome maintenance proteins (MCMs) are DNA-dependent ATPases that bind to
replication origins and license them to support a single round of DNA replication. A large …

Tunable single-cell extraction for molecular analyses

O Guillaume-Gentil, RV Grindberg, R Kooger… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Because of cellular heterogeneity, the analysis of endogenous molecules from single cells is
of significant interest and has major implications. While micromanipulation or cell sorting …

Polyubiquitylation drives replisome disassembly at the termination of DNA replication

S Priego Moreno, R Bailey, N Campion, S Herron… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Resolution of replication forks during termination of DNA replication is essential for accurate
duplication of eukaryotic genomes. Here we present evidence consistent with the idea that …

ATR-mediated phosphorylation of FANCI regulates dormant origin firing in response to replication stress

YH Chen, MJK Jones, Y Yin, SB Crist, L Colnaghi… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Excess dormant origins bound by the minichromosome maintenance (MCM) replicative
helicase complex play a critical role in preventing replication stress, chromosome instability …