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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2022

Simulating Dynamic Chromosome Compaction: Methods for Bridging In Silico to In Vivo.

Yunyan He, David Adalsteinsson, Benjamin Walker, Josh Lawrimore, M Gregory Forest, Kerry Bloom

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yunyan HeDepartment of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
David AdalsteinssonDepartment of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Benjamin WalkerDepartment of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Josh LawrimoreDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
M Gregory ForestDepartment of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Kerry BloomDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Kerry_Bloom@unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USApplied Physical Sciences (United States) · US

Funding

Structure and Function of a Eukaryotic CentromereR01GM032238 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BLOOM, KERRY S · 1985 to 2025
$6.2M
Structure and Function of a Eukaryotic CentromereR37GM032238 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BLOOM, KERRY S, YEH, ELAINE YING · 2011 to 2020
$5.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM032238NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM032238
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The application of polymer models to chromosome structure and dynamics is a powerful approach for dissecting functional properties of the chromosome. The models are based on well-established bead-spring models of polymers and are distinct from molecular dynamics studies used in structural biology. In this work, we outline a polymer dynamics model that simulates budding yeast chromatin fibers in a viscous environment inside the nucleus using DataTank as a user interface for the C++ simulation. We highlight features for creating the nucleolus, a dynamic region of chromatin with protein-mediated, transient chromosomal cross-links, providing a predictive, stochastic polymer-physics model for versatile analyses of chromosome spatiotemporal organization. DataTank provides real-time visualization and data analytics methods during simulation. The simulation pipeline provides insights into the entangled chromosome milieu in the nucleus and creates simulated chromosome data, both structural and dynamic, that can be directly compared to experimental observations of live cells in interphase and mitosis.

Indexed as

ChromatinChromosomesCell NucleusInterphaseMolecular Dynamics SimulationChromatinAll chromosome simulationChromatinChromosomal cross-linksDataTankData visualizationNucleolusPolymer physics model

Identifiers

PMID34972957
PMCPMC9289795
OpenAlexW4206313744

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