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ReviewAnnual review of biochemistry2020

Dynamic Competition of Polycomb and Trithorax in Transcriptional Programming.

Mitzi I Kuroda, Hyuckjoon Kang, Sandip De, Judith A Kassis

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Review in Annual review of biochemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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71citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 131 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mitzi I KurodaDivision of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA; email: mkuroda@genetics.med.harvard.edu, hjkang@genetics.med.harvard.edu.
Hyuckjoon KangDivision of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA; email: mkuroda@genetics.med.harvard.edu, hjkang@genetics.med.harvard.edu.
Sandip DeEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA; email: mr.sandipde@gmail.com, jkassis@mail.nih.gov.
Judith A KassisEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA; email: mr.sandipde@gmail.com, jkassis@mail.nih.gov.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Epigenetic regulation of transcriptional programmingR35GM126944 · NIGMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KURODA, MITZI I · 2018 to 2022
$3.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM126944
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Predicting regulatory potential from primary DNA sequences or transcription factor binding patterns is not possible. However, the annotation of the genome by chromatin proteins, histone modifications, and differential compaction is largely sufficient to reveal the locations of genes and their differential activity states. The Polycomb Group (PcG) and Trithorax Group (TrxG) proteins are the central players in this cell type-specific chromatin organization. PcG function was originally viewed as being solely repressive and irreversible, as observed at the homeotic loci in flies and mammals. However, it is now clear that modular and reversible PcG function is essential at most developmental genes. Focusing mainly on recent advances, we review evidence for how PcG and TrxG patterns change dynamically during cell type transitions. The ability to implement cell type-specific transcriptional programming with exquisite fidelity is essential for normal development.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalTranscription, GeneticAnimalsChromatinChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA MethylationDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEmbryo, MammalianEmbryo, NonmammalianGenetic LociHistonesMiceNuclear ProteinsPolycomb-Group ProteinsResponse Elementsabd-A protein, DrosophilaChromatinChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDrosophila ProteinsHistonesNuclear ProteinsPolycomb-Group ProteinsTranscription Factorstrx protein, Drosophilabivalent chromatinepigeneticsgene regulationPolycombTrithorax

Identifiers

PMID31928411
PMCPMC7311296
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