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ArticleEMBO reports2013

Messenger RNA is a functional component of a chromatin insulator complex.

Leah H Matzat, Ryan K Dale, Elissa P Lei

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Article in EMBO reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. The zinc-finger protein CLAMP promotesJournal of cell science · 2019
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  9. Modulation of chromatin modifying complexes by noncoding RNAs in trans.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2014
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  11. Noncoding RNAs and the borders of heterochromatin.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Leah H MatzatLaboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Ryan K Dale
Elissa P Lei

Funding

Chromatin Insulator Function and Nuclear OrganizationZIADK015602 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI LEI, ELISSA · 2009 to 2025
$24.7M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromatin insulators are DNA protein complexes situated throughout the genome capable of demarcating independent transcriptional domains. Previous studies point to an important role for RNA in gypsy chromatin insulator function in Drosophila; however, the identity of these putative insulator-associated RNAs is not currently known. Here we utilize RNA-immunoprecipitation and high throughput sequencing (RIP-seq) to isolate RNAs stably associated with gypsy insulator complexes. Strikingly, these RNAs correspond to specific sense-strand, spliced and polyadenylated mRNAs, including two insulator protein transcripts. In order to assess the functional significance of these associated mRNAs independent of their coding function, we expressed untranslatable versions of these transcripts in developing flies and observed both alteration of insulator complex nuclear localization as well as improvement of enhancer-blocking activity. Together, these data suggest a novel, noncoding mechanism by which certain mRNAs contribute to chromatin insulator function.

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Insulator ElementsAnimalsChromatinDrosophilaEnhancer Elements, GeneticRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerTranscription FactorsChromatinmdg4 protein (gypsy)Recombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerTranscription Factors

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PMID23917615
PMCPMC3807216

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