DDM1 and Lsh remodelers allow methylation of DNA wrapped in nucleosomes
eLife, 2017 Cytosine methylation regulates essential genome functions across eukaryotes, but the fundamental question of whether nucleosomal or naked DNA is the preferred substrate of plant and animal methyltransferases remains unresolved. Here, we show that genetic
David B. Lyons, Daniel Zilberman
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Inheritance of CENP-A Nucleosomes during DNA Replication Requires HJURP.
Developmental Cell, 2018 Centromeric chromatin defines the site of kinetochore formation and ensures faithful chromosome segregation. Centromeric identity is epigenetically specified by the incorporation of CENP-A nucleosomes. DNA replication presents a challenge for inheritance
E. Zasadzinska +9 more
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Quantitative single-molecule microscopy reveals that CENP-A(Cnp1) deposition occurs during G2 in fission yeast [PDF]
, 2012 The inheritance of the histone H3 variant CENP-A in nucleosomes at centromeres following DNA replication is mediated by an epigenetic mechanism. To understand the process of epigenetic inheritance, or propagation of histones and histone variants, as ...
Allshire, Robin C +11 more
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Extracellular histones, cell-free DNA, or nucleosomes: differences in immunostimulation
Cell Death and Disease, 2016 In inflammation, extensive cell death may occur, which results in the release of chromatin components into the extracellular environment. Individually, the purified chromatin components double stranded (ds)DNA and histones have been demonstrated, both in
G. Marsman, S. Zeerleder, B. Luken
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Epigenetic Regulation of Viral Biological Processes
Viruses, 2017 It is increasingly clear that DNA viruses exploit cellular epigenetic processes to control their life cycles during infection. This review will address epigenetic regulation in members of the polyomaviruses, adenoviruses, human papillomaviruses ...
Lata Balakrishnan, Barry Milavetz
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The insulator binding protein CTCF positions 20 nucleosomes around its binding sites across the human genome. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2008 Chromatin structure plays an important role in modulating the accessibility of genomic DNA to regulatory proteins in eukaryotic cells. We performed an integrative analysis on dozens of recent datasets generated by deep-sequencing and high-density tiling ...
Yutao Fu +3 more
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Single molecule analysis of CENP-A chromatin by high-speed atomic force microscopy
eLife, 2023 Chromatin accessibility is modulated in a variety of ways to create open and closed chromatin states, both of which are critical for eukaryotic gene regulation.
Daniël P Melters +4 more
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Circulating Nucleosomes and Nucleosome Modifications as Biomarkers in Cancer
Cancers, 2017 Traditionally the stratification of many cancers involves combining tumour and clinicopathological features (e.g., patient age; tumour size, grade, receptor status and location) to inform treatment options and predict recurrence risk and survival ...
P. McAnena, James A. L. Brown, M. Kerin
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Ctf4 organizes sister replisomes and Pol α into a replication factory
eLife, 2019 The current view is that eukaryotic replisomes are independent. Here we show that Ctf4 tightly dimerizes CMG helicase, with an extensive interface involving Psf2, Cdc45, and Sld5. Interestingly, Ctf4 binds only one Pol α-primase.
Zuanning Yuan +8 more
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Mutant NPM1 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Initiation and Maintenance
Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.NPM1 mutations drive acute myeloid leukemia by acting as neomorphic transcriptional regulators that cooperate with Menin–MLL and XPO1 to sustain HOX/MEIS1 expression and block differentiation. Targeting these mutant‐specific transcriptional dependencies provides a rational therapeutic strategy for NPM1‐mutated AML.
Yanan Jiang +3 more
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