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ArticleNature communications2021

R-loop resolution promotes co-transcriptional chromatin silencing.

Congyao Xu, Zhe Wu, Hong-Chao Duan, Xiaofeng Fang, Guifang Jia, Caroline Dean

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Congyao Xu *Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6378-8534
Zhe Wu *Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK.
Hong-Chao Duan *Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5827-6021
Xiaofeng FangCell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK.
Guifang JiaSynthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China. guifangjia@pku.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4186-6922
Caroline DeanCell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK. caroline.dean@jic.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6555-3525
John Innes Centre · GBPeking University · CN

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P013511/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/J/000PR9773Wellcome Trust 210654/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA-mediated chromatin silencing is central to genome regulation in many organisms. However, how nascent non-coding transcripts regulate chromatin is poorly understood. Here, through analysis of Arabidopsis FLC, we show that resolution of a nascent-transcript-induced R-loop promotes chromatin silencing. Stabilization of an antisense-induced R-loop at the 3' end of FLC enables an RNA binding protein FCA, with its direct partner FY/WDR33 and other 3'-end processing factors, to polyadenylate the nascent antisense transcript. This clears the R-loop and recruits the chromatin modifiers demethylating H3K4me1. FCA immunoprecipitates with components of the m

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Gene SilencingR-Loop StructuresArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsChromatinFlowersGene Expression Regulation, PlantMADS Domain ProteinsmRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation FactorsPolyadenylationProtein BindingRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, PlantRNA StabilityTranscription, GeneticArabidopsis ProteinsAt5g10140 protein, ArabidopsisChromatinFlowering time control protein FCA, ArabidopsisFY protein, ArabidopsisMADS Domain ProteinsmRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation FactorsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Plant

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PMID33741984
PMCPMC7979926
OpenAlexW3137947769

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