Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Chromosomes and Gene Expression

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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
    EPB41L4A-AS1, a highly expressed snoRNA host long noncoding RNA, has multiple functions, positive regulation in cis of the EPB41L4A gene and a trans-acting role in supporting proper nucleolar biology.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Defining the chromatin-associated protein landscapes on Trypanosoma brucei repetitive elements using synthetic TALE proteins

    Roberta Carloni, Tadhg Devlin ... Robin C Allshire
    Synthetic proteins designed to bind specific repetitive DNA sequences in the Trypanosoma brucei genome allow the identification of proteins enriched over different DNA elements.
    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
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    TAD boundary architecture and gene activity are uncoupled

    Faisal Almansour, Nadezda A Fursova ... Tom Misteli
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    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
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    • Convincing
    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
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing

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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