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ArticleOpen biology2020

Establishment and function of chromatin modification at enhancers.

Amanuel Tafessu, Laura A Banaszynski

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Article in Open biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Enhancer regulation in cancer: from epigenetics to mArchives of pharmacal research · 2025
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  5. Inhibition of triglyceride metabolism-associated enhancers alters lipid deposition during adipocyte differentiation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  6. TAD-dependent sub-TAD is required for enhancer-promoter interaction enabling the β-globin transcription.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2024
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  15. Epigenetic Regulation inFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amanuel TafessuUT Southwestern Medical Center, Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Children's Research Institute, Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Dallas, TX 75390-8511, USA.
Laura A BanaszynskiUT Southwestern Medical Center, Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Children's Research Institute, Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, Dallas, TX 75390-8511, USA.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Chromatin Dynamics and Genome RegulationR35GM124958 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Laura Banaszynski · 2017 to 2026
$4.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124958
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How a single genome can give rise to distinct cell types remains a fundamental question in biology. Mammals are able to specify and maintain hundreds of cell fates by selectively activating unique subsets of their genome. This is achieved, in part, by enhancers-genetic elements that can increase transcription of both nearby and distal genes. Enhancers can be identified by their unique chromatin signature, including transcription factor binding and the enrichment of specific histone post-translational modifications, histone variants, and chromatin-associated cofactors. How each of these chromatin features contributes to enhancer function remains an area of intense study. In this review, we provide an overview of enhancer-associated chromatin states, and the proteins and enzymes involved in their establishment. We discuss recent insights into the effects of the enhancer chromatin state on ongoing transcription versus their role in the establishment of new transcription programmes, such as those that occur developmentally. Finally, we highlight the role of enhancer chromatin in new conceptual advances in gene regulation such as condensate formation.

Indexed as

Enhancer Elements, GeneticGene Expression RegulationAcetylationAnimalsCell LineChromatinChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyCREB-Binding ProteinHistonesHumansp300-CBP Transcription FactorsPromoter Regions, GeneticTranscription, GeneticChromatinCREB-Binding ProteinCREBBP protein, humanHistonesp300-CBP Transcription Factorschromatinenhancerhistone variantsphase separationpost-translational modificationtranscription

Identifiers

PMID33050790
PMCPMC7653351
OpenAlexW3091956516

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