2024
A-tisket, a-tasket, what a beautiful nuclear basket
Lusk C, King M. A-tisket, a-tasket, what a beautiful nuclear basket. Cell 2024, 187: 5225-5227. PMID: 39303690, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIdentifying topologically associating domains using differential kernels
Maisuradze L, King M, Surovtsev I, Mochrie S, Shattuck M, O’Hern C. Identifying topologically associating domains using differential kernels. PLOS Computational Biology 2024, 20: e1012221. PMID: 39008525, PMCID: PMC11249266, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTopologically associating domainsHi-C mapsFalse discovery rateChromatin conformation capture techniquesEnhancer-promoter interactionsLow false discovery rateSelf-interacting regionsStructure of chromatinRegulate gene expressionAverage contact probabilitiesHi-CLocus IDNA transcriptionGene expressionChromatinDiscovery rateContact probabilityBiological phenomenaState-of-the-artKernel-based techniqueComputer visionReplicationCorrelated changesDisease statesCapture techniques
2023
Acetyl-methyllysine marks chromatin at active transcription start sites
Lu-Culligan W, Connor L, Xie Y, Ekundayo B, Rose B, Machyna M, Pintado-Urbanc A, Zimmer J, Vock I, Bhanu N, King M, Garcia B, Bleichert F, Simon M. Acetyl-methyllysine marks chromatin at active transcription start sites. Nature 2023, 622: 173-179. PMID: 37731000, PMCID: PMC10845139, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06565-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-translational modificationsLysine residuesActive transcription start sitesTranscription start siteRange of speciesChromatin biologyChromatin proteinsLysine methylationActive chromatinProteins BRD2Transcriptional initiationLysine acetylationHistone H4Start siteMammalian tissuesHuman diseasesSame residuesMethylationAcetylationChromatinResiduesProteinBiological signalsHistonesBRD2