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ReviewCurrent opinion in cell biology2019

Function and regulation of chromatin insulators in dynamic genome organization.

Dahong Chen, Elissa P Lei

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Review in Current opinion in cell biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Transcriptional Readthrough Interrupts Boundary Function in Drosophila.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  14. Transcriptional read through interrupts boundary function in Drosophila.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  15. Mechanisms of Interaction between Enhancers and Promoters in ThreeInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Dahong ChenNuclear Organization and Gene Expression Section, Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Elissa P LeiNuclear Organization and Gene Expression Section, Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: leielissa@niddk.nih.gov.

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 ZIA DK015602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromatin insulators are DNA-protein complexes that play a crucial role in regulating chromatin organization. Within the past two years, a plethora of genome-wide conformation capture studies have helped reveal that insulators are necessary for proper genome-wide organization of topologically associating domains, which are formed in a manner distinct from that of compartments. These studies have also provided novel insights into the mechanics of how CTCF/cohesin-dependent loops form in mammals, strongly supporting the loop extrusion model. In combination with single-cell imaging approaches in both Drosophila and mammals, the dynamics of insulator-mediated chromatin interactions are also coming to light. Insulator-dependent structures vary across individual cells and tissues, highlighting the need to study the regulation of insulators in particular temporal and spatial contexts throughout development.

Indexed as

Insulator ElementsAnimalsCCCTC-Binding FactorCell Cycle ProteinsChromatinChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCohesinsDrosophilaGene Expression RegulationHumansNervous SystemRepressor ProteinsTranscription FactorsCCCTC-Binding FactorCell Cycle ProteinsChromatinChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCohesinsRepressor ProteinsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID30875678
PMCPMC6692201

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