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ReviewMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR2015

An Overview of Genome Organization and How We Got There: from FISH to Hi-C.

James Fraser, Iain Williamson, Wendy A Bickmore, Josée Dostie

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Review in Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers.

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124citing papers in PubMed
15.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

124 citing papers in PubMed, 241 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

James FraserDepartment of Biochemistry, and Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Iain WilliamsonMRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Wendy A BickmoreMRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Wendy.Bickmore@igmm.ed.ac.uk josee.dostie@mcgill.ca.
Josée DostieDepartment of Biochemistry, and Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada Wendy.Bickmore@igmm.ed.ac.uk josee.dostie@mcgill.ca.
McGill University · CAMRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_U127527202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In humans, nearly two meters of genomic material must be folded to fit inside each micrometer-scale cell nucleus while remaining accessible for gene transcription, DNA replication, and DNA repair. This fact highlights the need for mechanisms governing genome organization during any activity and to maintain the physical organization of chromosomes at all times. Insight into the functions and three-dimensional structures of genomes comes mostly from the application of visual techniques such as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and molecular approaches including chromosome conformation capture (3C) technologies. Recent developments in both types of approaches now offer the possibility of exploring the folded state of an entire genome and maybe even the identification of how complex molecular machines govern its shape. In this review, we present key methodologies used to study genome organization and discuss what they reveal about chromosome conformation as it relates to transcription regulation across genomic scales in mammals.

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Genome, HumanAnimalsCCCTC-Binding FactorChromosome MappingChromosomes, HumanGene Expression RegulationHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceRepressor ProteinsCCCTC-Binding FactorCTCF protein, humanRepressor Proteins

Identifiers

PMID26223848
PMCPMC4517094
OpenAlexW2209806217

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