The role of chromosome domains in shaping the functional genome.
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Date publication
mars 2015
Journal
Cell
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr SEXTON Thomas
Tous les auteurs :
Sexton T, Cavalli G
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
The genome must be highly compacted to fit within eukaryotic nuclei but must be accessible to the transcriptional machinery to allow appropriate expression of genes in different cell types and throughout developmental pathways. A growing body of work has shown that the genome, analogously to proteins, forms an ordered, hierarchical structure that closely correlates and may even be causally linked with regulation of functions such as transcription. This review describes our current understanding of how these functional genomic "secondary and tertiary structures" form a blueprint for global nuclear architecture and the potential they hold for understanding and manipulating genomic regulation.
Mots clés
Animals, Cell Differentiation, Chromatin, chemistry, Chromosomes, chemistry, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Genome, Humans, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Stem Cells, cytology
Référence
Cell. 2015 Mar 12;160(6):1049-59