Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Chromosomes and Gene Expression

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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Acetylation of H3K115 is associated with fragile nucleosomes at CpG island promoters and active regulatory sites

    Yatendra Kumar, Dipta Sengupta ... Wendy A Bickmore
    Acetylation of histone H3 at the nucleosome surface is associated with destabilised nucleosomes and is a useful new functional genomics mark for identifying regulatory regions of the mammalian genome.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Contractile peri-nuclear actomyosin network repositions peripheral and polar chromosomes to promote early kinetochore–microtubule interactions

    Nooshin Sheidaei, John K Eykelenboom ... Tomoyuki U Tanaka
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    TAD boundary architecture and gene activity are uncoupled

    Faisal Almansour, Nadezda A Fursova ... Tom Misteli
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Developmental Biology

    Massively parallel reporter assay for mapping gene-specific regulatory regions at single-nucleotide resolution

    Alastair J Tulloch, Ryan Nicholas Delgado ... Constance L Cepko
    Integrated locus-specific and mutational MPRAs reveal regulatory modules and nucleotide determinants governing cell type-specific gene expression, providing a scalable framework for mapping cis-regulatory architecture.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    UV irradiation alters TFAM binding specificity and compaction of DNA

    Dillon E King, Emily E Beard ... Joel N Meyer
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Cancer Biology

    The DBD-α4 helix of EWSR1::FLI1 is required for GGAA microsatellite binding that underlies genome regulation in Ewing sarcoma

    Ariunaa Bayanjargal, Cenny Taslim ... Emily R Theisen
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    • Valuable
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Cancer Biology

    Depletion of rRNA Methyltranferase METTL5 Enhances Anti-Tumor Immune Response via Neoantigen Generated from Cryptic Translation

    Yangyi Zhang, Xiaoyan Shi ... Hao Chen
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    • Valuable
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    EPB41L4A-AS1 long noncoding RNA acts in both cis- and trans-acting transcriptional regulation and controls nucleolar biology

    Alan Monziani, Juan Pablo Unfried ... Igor Ulitsky
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Distinct chromatin regulators downmodulate meiotic axis protein deposition and DNA break induction at chromosome ends

    Adhithi R Raghavan, Kieron May ... Andreas Hochwagen
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Linking Germline Telomere Removal to Global Programmed DNA Elimination in Tetrahymena Genome Differentiation

    Kohei Nagao, Kazufumi Mochizuki
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    • Compelling
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Highlights

    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Navigating the secrets of COMPASS

    Karolin Luger, Jonathan W Markert
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Reality check for transposons

    Julie Brind'Amour, Dixie L Mager
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Painting chromosomes in the nucleus

    Cori K Cahoon, Diana E Libuda

Senior editors

  1. Yamini Dalal
    National Cancer Institute, United States
  2. Adèle L Marston
    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  3. Lori Sussel
    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States
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