Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Chromosomes and Gene Expression

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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Medicine

    Gene dosage imbalance disrupts systemic metabolism in the Dp16 Down syndrome mouse model

    Fangluo Chen, Muzna Saqib ... G William Wong
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Cluster size determines internal structure of transcription factories in human cells

    Massimiliano Semeraro, Giuseppe Negro ... Davide Marenduzzo
    In a polymer model of chromatin that explicitly incorporates different types of transcription factors, both specialised and mixed factories emerge naturally, with their composition governed by their size.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Comparative multi-omics of the macrophage response to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria reveals pathogen-driven epigenomic reprogramming

    Thomas J Hall, Morgane Mitermite ... David E MacHugh
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Linking germline telomere removal to global programmed DNA elimination in Tetrahymena genome differentiation

    Kohei Nagao, Alix Lemoine ... Kazufumi Mochizuki
    Tetrahymena germline chromosome ends contain germline-limited sequences that are removed by chromosome breakage, a critical step for programmed DNA elimination of other germline-limited sequences and successful sexual reproduction.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    A genetic toolkit for stable transgenesis in the anaerobic gut parasite Blastocystis ST7-B

    M Rey Toleco, Kevin SW Tan, Mark van der Giezen
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Cell-cycle-resolved Hi-C reveals unexpected plasticity of A/B compartments across interphase

    Linda Choubani, Hisashi Miura ... Ichiro Hiratani
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Impacts of DNA methylation on H2A.Z deposition and nucleosome stability

    Rochelle M Shih, Yasuhiro Arimura ... Hironori Funabiki
    DNA methylation suppresses H2A.Z deposition by inhibiting recruitment of the chaperone SRCAP, while the structural study suggests that methylated DNA can make the H2A.Z nucleosome slightly more accessible.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Ligand-dependent enhancer activation indirectly modulates non-target promoters in a chromatin domain

    Darshika Bohra, Zubairul Islam ... Dimple Notani
    Ligand-driven enhancer activation selectively boosts target gene expression while indirectly repressing neighboring non-target genes, revealing dynamic and competitive regulation during early transcriptional responses.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Cancer Biology

    Epigenetic and 3D Genome Changes Drive Primary Trastuzumab Resistance in HER2+ Breast Cancer

    Ningjun Duan, Yijia Hua ... Yongmei Yin
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Genome reorganization and its functional impact during breast cancer progression

    Kathleen S Metz Reed, Andrew Fritz ... Tom Misteli
    Genome-wide maps of chromatin structure in a cell-based model of breast cancer reveal chromatin reorganization accompanied by changes in transcription and epigenetic marks.
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Highlights

    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Chromosomes: Finding a role for non-coding DNA in trypanosomes

    Markus R Schmidt
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Chromosomes: Exploring a crossroads in the aging process

    Kiyan Shabestary, Daniel E Gottschling
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Homologous Recombination: Snapshot of an intermediate structure

    Akira Shinohara

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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