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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2025

Bridging spatial and temporal scales of developmental gene regulation.

Andrés H Cardona, Márcia M Peixoto, Tohn Borjigin, Thomas Gregor

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Andrés H CardonaDepartment of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, CNRS UMR3738 Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur, 25 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
Márcia M PeixotoDepartment of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, CNRS UMR3738 Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur, 25 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
Tohn BorjiginLewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Thomas GregorDepartment of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, CNRS UMR3738 Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur, 25 Rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France; Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Joseph Henry Laboratories of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. Electronic address: thomas.gregor@pasteur.fr.

Funding

The Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Reliability in DevelopmentR01GM097275 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI GREGOR, THOMAS · 2011 to 2024
$4.9M
Control of the 4D chromatin landscape underlying gene activity during developmentU01DK127429 · NIDDK · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI GREGOR, THOMAS, LEVINE, MICHAEL STEVEN · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
Imaging chromosome dynamics and measuring its impact on transcriptional activityU01DA047730 · NIDA · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI GREGOR, THOMAS, LEVINE, MICHAEL STEVEN · 2018 to 2019
$740k
NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA047730NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK127429NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097275
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of multicellular organisms relies on the precise coordination of molecular events across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Understanding how information flows from molecular interactions to cellular processes and tissue organization during development is crucial for explaining the remarkable reproducibility of complex organisms. This review explores how chromatin-encoded information is transduced from localized transcriptional events to global gene expression patterns, highlighting the challenge of bridging these scales. We discuss recent experimental findings and theoretical frameworks, emphasizing polymer physics as a tool for describing the relationship between chromatin structure and dynamics across scales. By integrating these perspectives, we aim to clarify how gene regulation is coordinated across levels of biological organization and suggest strategies for future experimental approaches.

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ChromatinGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsHumansTranscription, GeneticChromatin

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PMID40080917
PMCPMC13356580

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