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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

DNA supercoiling modulates eukaryotic transcription in a gene-orientation dependent manner.

Ana Karina Morao, Almira Chervova, Yuya Zhao, Sevinc Ercan, Germano Cecere

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. The Roles of Topoisomerases in Transcriptional Regulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ana Karina MoraoMechanisms of Epigenetic Inheritance, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, UMR 3738, CNRS, Paris 75015, France.
Almira ChervovaMechanisms of Epigenetic Inheritance, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, UMR 3738, CNRS, Paris 75015, France.
Yuya ZhaoDepartment of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Sevinc ErcanDepartment of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7297-1648
Germano CecereMechanisms of Epigenetic Inheritance, Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, UMR 3738, CNRS, Paris 75015, France.

Funding

Mechanisms of condensin-mediated gene regulation in C. elegansR35GM130311 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI Sevinc Ercan · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcription introduces torsional stress in the DNA fiber causing it to transition from a relaxed to a supercoiled state that can propagate across several kilobases and modulate the binding and activity of DNA-associated proteins. As a result, transcription at one locus has the potential to impact nearby transcription events. In this study, we asked how DNA supercoiling affects histone modifications and transcription of neighboring genes in the multicellular eukaryote

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C. elegansDNA supercoilinghistone modificationstopoisomerasestranscription regulation

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PMID39803503
PMCPMC11722375

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