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ArticleCell2020

Genome-Scale Imaging of the 3D Organization and Transcriptional Activity of Chromatin.

Jun-Han Su, Pu Zheng, Seon S Kinrot, Bogdan Bintu, Xiaowei Zhuang

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Article in Cell, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 344 papers.

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344citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

344 citing papers in PubMed, 595 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jun-Han SuHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Pu ZhengHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Seon S KinrotHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Graduate Program in Biophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Bogdan BintuHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: bbintu@g.harvard.edu.
Xiaowei ZhuangHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address: zhuang@chemistry.harvard.edu.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Generation of novel cell type specific mouse genetic toolsU19MH114830 · NIMH · ALLEN INSTITUTE · PI ZENG, HONGKUI · 2017 to 2021
$64.7M
In situ transcriptome imaging in single cellsR01MH113094 · NIMH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI DULAC, CATHERINE, ZHUANG, XIAOWEI · 2016 to 2020
$5.1M
Illuminating molecular mechanisms of cellular functions by single-molecule and super-resolution imagingR35GM122487 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI ZHUANG, XIAOWEI · 2017 to 2021
$2.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122487NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113094NIMH NIH HHS U19 MH114830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 3D organization of chromatin regulates many genome functions. Our understanding of 3D genome organization requires tools to directly visualize chromatin conformation in its native context. Here we report an imaging technology for visualizing chromatin organization across multiple scales in single cells with high genomic throughput. First we demonstrate multiplexed imaging of hundreds of genomic loci by sequential hybridization, which allows high-resolution conformation tracing of whole chromosomes. Next we report a multiplexed error-robust fluorescence in situ hybridization (MERFISH)-based method for genome-scale chromatin tracing and demonstrate simultaneous imaging of more than 1,000 genomic loci and nascent transcripts of more than 1,000 genes together with landmark nuclear structures. Using this technology, we characterize chromatin domains, compartments, and trans-chromosomal interactions and their relationship to transcription in single cells. We envision broad application of this high-throughput, multi-scale, and multi-modal imaging technology, which provides an integrated view of chromatin organization in its native structural and functional context.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsCell LineCell NucleusChromatinChromosomes, HumanDNAGenomicsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMolecular ConformationMultimodal ImagingNucleolus Organizer RegionRNASingle-Cell AnalysisChromatinDNARNA3D genome organizationchromosome compartmentschromosome conformationgenome-scale imagingMERFISHmultiplexed FISHnuclear laminanuclear specklestopologically associated domainstrans-chromosomal interaction

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PMCPMC7851072
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