A telomerase recruitment mechanism delivers cell cycle information to the telomere-telomerase interface to ensure timely telomerase engagement at the telomere.
Sarah J Hainer, Kurtis N McCannell ... Thomas G Fazzio
Two methyl-binding domain proteins have interdependent functions in embryonic stem cells, and this interdependency extends to the DNA methylation/hydroxymethylation machinery.
Cell-specific alternative splicing of the synaptic calcium channel gene Cacna1b is controlled by exon hypomethylation and CTCF binding and is disrupted following nerve injury.
Emilia Dimitrova, Takashi Kondo ... Robert J Klose
The ZF-CxxC protein FBXL19 recruits kinase-associated Mediator to CpG islands of silent developmental genes in embryonic stem cells, which primes these genes for activation during differentiation and is required for embryonic development.
Telomeric proteins Taz1 or Mit1 specifically regulate telomere association of condensin which is essential for sister-telomere disjunction in mitosis by restraining telomere association of cohesin.
Mitsuhiro Endoh, Takaho A Endo ... Haruhiko Koseki
PCGF6 links sequence specific target recognition by the MAX/MGA transcription factor complex to PRC1 (polycomb repressive complex 1) -dependent transcriptional silencing of germ cell-specific genes in mouse pluripotent stem cells.