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ReviewAnnual review of biophysics2025

Mechanisms for DNA Interplay in Eukaryotic Transcription Factors.

Victor Muñoz, Rama Reddy Goluguri, Catherine Ghosh, Benjamin Tanielian, Mourad Sadqi

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Review in Annual review of biophysics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Victor MuñozCREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, University of California, Merced, California, USA; email: vmunoz3@ucmerced.edu.
Rama Reddy GoluguriCREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, University of California, Merced, California, USA; email: vmunoz3@ucmerced.edu.
Catherine GhoshCREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, University of California, Merced, California, USA; email: vmunoz3@ucmerced.edu.
Benjamin TanielianCREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, University of California, Merced, California, USA; email: vmunoz3@ucmerced.edu.
Mourad SadqiCREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, University of California, Merced, California, USA; email: vmunoz3@ucmerced.edu.

Funding

G-RISE at UC MercedT32GM141862 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED · PI GOPINATHAN, AJAY, LIWANG, ANDY · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
Mechanisms for DNA Recognition, Scanning and Nucleosome Mechanical Actions by Pioneer Transcription Factors and their Role in Cell Fate DecisionsR01GM152623 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED · PI Victor Munoz · 2024 to 2026
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM152623NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM141862
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Like their prokaryotic counterparts, eukaryotic transcription factors must recognize specific DNA sites, search for them efficiently, and bind to them to help recruit or block the transcription machinery. For eukaryotic factors, however, the genetic signals are extremely complex and scattered over vast, multichromosome genomes, while the DNA interplay occurs in a varying landscape defined by chromatin remodeling events and epigenetic modifications. Eukaryotic factors are rich in intrinsically disordered regions and are also distinct in their recognition of short DNA motifs and utilization of open DNA interaction interfaces as ways to gain access to DNA on nucleosomes. Recent findings are revealing the profound, unforeseen implications of such characteristics for the mechanisms of DNA interplay. In this review we discuss these implications and how they are shaping the eukaryotic transcription control paradigm into one of promiscuous signal recognition, highly dynamic interactions, heterogeneous DNA scanning, and multiprong conformational control.

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DNAEukaryotaTranscription FactorsAnimalsHumansNucleosomesTranscription, GeneticDNANucleosomesTranscription Factorsconformational controlDNA scanningeukaryotic transcription factorsnucleosome targetingpromiscuous recognitiontranscription antenna

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PMID39879549
PMCPMC12815392

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