Featured Publications
Enhanced nucleotide chemistry and toehold nanotechnology reveals lncRNA spreading on chromatin
Machyna M, Kiefer L, Simon MD. Enhanced nucleotide chemistry and toehold nanotechnology reveals lncRNA spreading on chromatin. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2020, 27: 297-304. PMID: 32157249, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-020-0390-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHybridization capture approachGenome-wide changesLong non-coding RNAsUnfolded protein responseNon-coding RNAsStrand exchange reactionLncRNA localizationIndividual RNAsRNA captureUncharacterized changesX chromosomeProtein responseHeat shockChromatinLncRNAsRNACapture approachBinding sitesNucleic acidsNucleotide chemistryRoX2AutosomesChromosomesRelocalizationSpecies
2017
Catching RNAs on chromatin using hybridization capture methods
Machyna M, Simon MD. Catching RNAs on chromatin using hybridization capture methods. Briefings In Functional Genomics 2017, 17: 96-103. PMID: 29126220, PMCID: PMC5888980, DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elx038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChromatinCross-Linking ReagentsHumansNucleic Acid HybridizationRNARNA, Long NoncodingConceptsRNA affinity purificationHybridization capture methodsCross-linked chromatin extractsGenome-wide scaleEnrichment of RNAInteraction of lncRNAsLncRNA localizationChromatin isolationChromatin extractsSite of interactionCapture methodAffinity purificationBiological roleRNA targetsHybridization analysisRNARNA purificationChromatinLncRNAsOligonucleotide hybridizationPurificationDevelopment of methodsProteinCapture experimentsHybridization
2011
The genomic binding sites of a noncoding RNA
Simon MD, Wang CI, Kharchenko PV, West JA, Chapman BA, Alekseyenko AA, Borowsky ML, Kuroda MI, Kingston RE. The genomic binding sites of a noncoding RNA. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 20497-20502. PMID: 22143764, PMCID: PMC3251105, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113536108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDosage compensationCross-linked chromatin extractsMale-specific lethal (MSL) complexLevel of chromatinSpecific genomic sitesImportant regulatory roleHybridization-based techniquesLethal complexLncRNAs bindWide mappingSites of proteinsGenomic sitesChromatin extractsGenomic targetsEndogenous RNAEndogenous lncRNARNA targetsProtein targetsRegulatory roleHybridization analysisRoX2RNAChromatinProteinBinds