DOT1L bridges transcription and heterochromatin formation at mammalian pericentromeres
Malla A, Yu H, Farris D, Kadimi S, Lam T, Cox A, Smith Z, Lesch B. DOT1L bridges transcription and heterochromatin formation at mammalian pericentromeres. EMBO Reports 2023, 24: embr202256492. PMID: 37317657, PMCID: PMC10398668, DOI: 10.15252/embr.202256492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChromatinChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyHeterochromatinHistone MethyltransferasesHistonesMammalsMethyltransferasesMiceConceptsMouse embryonic stem cellsBurst of transcriptionMajor satellite repeatsLong-term silencingRepetitive DNA elementsEmbryonic stem cellsSatellite transcriptionHeterochromatin stabilityHeterochromatin formationHeterochromatin structureChromatin stateSatellite repeatsGenome stabilityGenome integrityPericentromeric repeatsPericentromeric heterochromatinGenome featuresDNA elementsHistone H3Transcriptional activationHistone methyltransferaseRepetitive elementsDOT1L lossRepeat elementsTranscript production