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ArticleScience advances2018

TADs are 3D structural units of higher-order chromosome organization in

Quentin Szabo, Daniel Jost, Jia-Ming Chang, Diego I Cattoni, Giorgio L Papadopoulos, Boyan Bonev, Tom Sexton, Julian Gurgo, Caroline Jacquier, Marcelo Nollmann and 2 more

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Article in Science advances, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 156 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Quentin SzaboInstitute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3539-7875
Daniel JostUniv Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, TIMC-IMAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9877-6864
Jia-Ming ChangInstitute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6711-1739
Diego I CattoniCentre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR5048, INSERM U1054, Univ Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0048-8531
Giorgio L PapadopoulosInstitute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Boyan BonevInstitute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7502-9399
Tom SextonInstitute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7824-1846
Julian GurgoCentre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR5048, INSERM U1054, Univ Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France.
Caroline JacquierInstitute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Marcelo NollmannCentre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS UMR5048, INSERM U1054, Univ Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3339-2349
Frédéric BantigniesInstitute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4063-7324
Giacomo CavalliInstitute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3709-3469

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deciphering the rules of genome folding in the cell nucleus is essential to understand its functions. Recent chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) studies have revealed that the genome is partitioned into topologically associating domains (TADs), which demarcate functional epigenetic domains defined by combinations of specific chromatin marks. However, whether TADs are true physical units in each cell nucleus or whether they reflect statistical frequencies of measured interactions within cell populations is unclear. Using a combination of Hi-C, three-dimensional (3D) fluorescent in situ hybridization, super-resolution microscopy, and polymer modeling, we provide an integrative view of chromatin folding in

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Imaging, Three-DimensionalAnimalsBiopolymersChromatinChromosomes, InsectDrosophilaNanoparticlesBiopolymersChromatin

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