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Stabilizing heterochromatin by DGCR8 alleviates senescence and osteoarthritis

Nature Communications, 2019
DiGeorge syndrome critical region 8 (DGCR8) is a critical component of the canonical microprocessor complex for microRNA biogenesis. However, the non-canonical functions of DGCR8 have not been studied.
Li-Jun Deng, Ruotong Ren, Zunpeng Liu, Moshi Song, Jingyi Li, Zeming Wu, Xiaoqing Ren, Lina Fu, Wei Li, Weiqi Zhang, Pedro Guillén, J. I. Izpisúa Belmonte, P. Chan, J. Qu, Guang-Hui Liu   +14 more
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Noncanonical Nucleotides in the Genome Around the Maternal‐Zygotic Transition

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.
In this paper, Kazzazi et al. provide a comprehensive review of the dynamics of nonconventional nucleotides in the genome during early developmental stages, hypothesizing a potential role for these nucleotides in the activation of the zygotic genome. ABSTRACT From the very moment of fertilization and throughout development, the cells of animal embryos ...
Latifa Kazzazy, Dávid Mező, Kinga K. Nagy, Viktória Perey‐Simon, Judit Tóth, Angéla Békési, Beáta Vértessy, Máté Varga   +7 more
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Chromatin phase separation and nuclear shape fluctuations are correlated in a polymer model of the nucleus

Nucleus
Abnormal cell nuclear shapes are hallmarks of diseases, including progeria, muscular dystrophy, and many cancers. Experiments have shown that disruption of heterochromatin and increases in euchromatin lead to nuclear deformations, such as blebs and ...
Ali Goktug Attar, Jaroslaw Paturej, Edward J. Banigan, Aykut Erbaş   +3 more
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Chromatin loops associated with active genes and heterochromatin shape rice genome architecture for transcriptional regulation

Nature Communications, 2019
Insight into high-resolution three-dimensional genome organization and its effect on transcription remains largely elusive in plants. Here, using a long-read ChIA-PET approach, we map H3K4me3- and RNA polymerase II (RNAPII)-associated promoter–promoter ...
Lun Zhao, Shuangqi Wang, Zhilin Cao, Weizhi Ouyang, Qing Zhang, Liang Xie, Ruiqin Zheng, Minrong Guo, Meng Ma, Zhe Hu, W. Sung, Qifa Zhang, Guoliang Li, Xingwang Li   +13 more
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The Antiviral Activity of Polyphenols

Molecular Nutrition &Food Research, EarlyView.
Polyphenols demonstrate remarkable antiviral properties by effectively disrupting multiple biochemical processes essential for viral replication. ABSTRACT Polyphenols are secondary metabolites produced by a large variety of plants. These compounds that comprise the class of phenolic acids, stilbenes, lignans, coumarins, flavonoids, and tannins have a ...
Markus Burkard, Alban Piotrowsky, Christian Leischner, Katja Detert, Sascha Venturelli, Luigi Marongiu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Emerging Roles of Heterochromatin in Cell Migration

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020
Cell migration is a key process in health and disease. In the last decade an increasing attention is given to chromatin organization in migrating cells. In various types of cells induction of migration leads to a global increase in heterochromatin levels.
Gabi Gerlitz
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The epigenome of evolving Drosophila neo-sex chromosomes: dosage compensation and heterochromatin formation [PDF]

arXiv, 2013
Drosophila Y chromosomes are composed entirely of silent heterochromatin, while male X chromosomes have highly accessible chromatin and are hypertranscribed due to dosage compensation. Here, we dissect the molecular mechanisms and functional pressures driving heterochromatin formation and dosage compensation of the recently formed neo-sex chromosomes ...
arxiv  

Key Regulators of Parasite Biology Viewed Through a Post‐Translational Modification Repertoire

PROTEOMICS, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parasites are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in both humans and animals, imposing substantial socioeconomic burdens worldwide. Controlling parasitic diseases has become one of the key issues in achieving “One Health”. Most parasites have sophisticated life cycles exhibiting progressive developmental stages, morphologies, and ...
Naiwen Zhang, Ning Jiang, Qijun Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in chromatin state in donors subjected to physical stress [PDF]

arXiv, 2009
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate changes in chromatin of human buccal epithelium under the influence of stressing factor - dosed physical activity. Investigations were performed in a group of students (13 men) of age 19-23. Cells were stained on a slide by a 2% orcein solution in 45% acetic acid during 1 h.
arxiv  

Processive DNA synthesis is associated with localized decompaction of constitutive heterochromatin at the sites of DNA replication and repair

Nucleus, 2019
Constitutive heterochromatin is considered as a functionally inert genome compartment, important for its architecture and stability. How such stable structure is maintained is not well understood.
Vadim O. Chagin, Britta Reinhart, Annette Becker, Oliver Mortusewicz, K. Laurence Jost, Alexander Rapp, Heinrich Leonhardt, M. Cristina Cardoso   +7 more
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