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ReviewMolecular cell2020

Advances in Chromatin and Chromosome Research: Perspectives from Multiple Fields.

Andrews Akwasi Agbleke, Assaf Amitai, Jason D Buenrostro, Aditi Chakrabarti, Lingluo Chu, Anders S Hansen, Kristen M Koenig, Ajay S Labade, Sirui Liu, Tadasu Nozaki and 7 more

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Review in Molecular cell, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Chromothripsis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  14. Tracing the Chromatin: From 3C to Live-Cell Imaging.Chemical & biomedical imaging · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrews Akwasi AgblekeCenter for Advanced Imaging, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Assaf AmitaiInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Jason D BuenrostroDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Aditi ChakrabartiJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Lingluo ChuDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Anders S HansenDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Kristen M KoenigDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; JHDSF Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Ajay S LabadeDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Sirui LiuFAS Division of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Tadasu NozakiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Sergey OvchinnikovJHDSF Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; FAS Division of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Andrew SeeberJHDSF Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Center for Advanced Imaging, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: aseeber@fas.harvard.edu.
Haitham A ShabanCenter for Advanced Imaging, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Spectroscopy Department, Physics Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, 12622 Cairo, Egypt.
Jan-Hendrik SpilleDepartment of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
Andrew D StephensBiology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
Jun-Han SuDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Dushan WadduwageJHDSF Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Center for Advanced Imaging, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst · US

Funding

MEIOTIC CHROMOSOME SYNAPSIS AND RECOMBINATION IN YEASTR01GM044794 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI KLECKNER, NANCY E · 1990 to 2018
$13.8M
ILLEGITIMATE RECOMBINATION BY DRUG RESISTANCE ELEMENTSR01GM025326 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI KLECKNER, NANCY E · 1985 to 2019
$12.5M
Chromosome organization and function in time and space: meiosis, mitosis and E. coliR35GM136322 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI Nancy E Kleckner · 2020 to 2026
$7.3M
Investigating Organ Formation and the Emergence of Complexity in the Visual System Using Comparative Developmental ApproachesDP5OD023111 · OD · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI KOENIG, KRISTEN MARIE · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
Molecular mechanisms regulating chromatin looping in time and spaceR00GM130896 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI HANSEN, ANDERS SEJR · 2020 to 2022
$747k
Analyzing the role of chromatin compaction in nuclear mechanics, structure, and functionR00GM123195 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI STEPHENS, ANDREW DANIEL · 2020 to 2022
$745k
ILLEGITIMATE RECOMBINATION BY DRUG RESISTANCE ELEMENTSR37GM025326 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI KLECKNER, NANCY E. · 1991 to 2000
$656k
Analyzing the role of chromatin compaction in nuclear mechanics, structure, and functionK99GM123195 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHENS, ANDREW DANIEL · 2018 to 2019
$180k
NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM123195NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM123195NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM130896NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM025326NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM044794NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136322NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM025326NIH HHS DP5 OD023111
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleosomes package genomic DNA into chromatin. By regulating DNA access for transcription, replication, DNA repair, and epigenetic modification, chromatin forms the nexus of most nuclear processes. In addition, dynamic organization of chromatin underlies both regulation of gene expression and evolution of chromosomes into individualized sister objects, which can segregate cleanly to different daughter cells at anaphase. This collaborative review shines a spotlight on technologies that will be crucial to interrogate key questions in chromatin and chromosome biology including state-of-the-art microscopy techniques, tools to physically manipulate chromatin, single-cell methods to measure chromatin accessibility, computational imaging with neural networks and analytical tools to interpret chromatin structure and dynamics. In addition, this review provides perspectives on how these tools can be applied to specific research fields such as genome stability and developmental biology and to test concepts such as phase separation of chromatin.

Indexed as

ChromatinChromosomesDNADNA RepairDNA ReplicationEpigenesis, GeneticHumansNucleosomesChromatinDNANucleosomes

Identifiers

PMID32768408
PMCPMC7888594
OpenAlexW3047671778

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