2022
Building integrative functional maps of gene regulation
Xu J, Pratt HE, Moore JE, Gerstein MB, Weng Z. Building integrative functional maps of gene regulation. Human Molecular Genetics 2022, 31: r114-r122. PMID: 36083269, PMCID: PMC9585680, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac195.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsChromosome MappingDNAGene Expression RegulationGenome, HumanHumansRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidConceptsGene regulationRegulatory mapSame genetic informationNon-coding genesSuch regulatory elementsEvolutionary analysisHuman genomeRegulatory elementsGenetic informationGene expressionType diversityRegulatory roleGenomeBase pairsIndividual cellsFunctional assaysSpecific functionsRegulationCellsFunctional mapsGenesDNADiversityCopiesSequence
2021
Investigating the Potential Roles of SINEs in the Human Genome
Zhang X, Pratt H, Weng Z. Investigating the Potential Roles of SINEs in the Human Genome. Annual Review Of Genomics And Human Genetics 2021, 22: 1-20. PMID: 33792357, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-111620-100736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort interspersed nuclear elementsHuman genomePol II-transcribed genesFunctional regulatory elementsGene-rich regionsRNA polymerase IIIProximity to genesInterspersed nuclear elementsRegulate gene expressionPotential regulatory functionsSINE RNAsNonautonomous retrotransposonsPolymerase IIIGene regulationRegulatory elementsAutonomous retroelementsGenomeNuclear elementsGene expressionGenesRNARNA levelsPolPotential roleRetrotransposons
2020
Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes
Moore J, Purcaro M, Pratt H, Epstein C, Shoresh N, Adrian J, Kawli T, Davis C, Dobin A, Kaul R, Halow J, Van Nostrand E, Freese P, Gorkin D, Shen Y, He Y, Mackiewicz M, Pauli-Behn F, Williams B, Mortazavi A, Keller C, Zhang X, Elhajjajy S, Huey J, Dickel D, Snetkova V, Wei X, Wang X, Rivera-Mulia J, Rozowsky J, Zhang J, Chhetri S, Zhang J, Victorsen A, White K, Visel A, Yeo G, Burge C, Lécuyer E, Gilbert D, Dekker J, Rinn J, Mendenhall E, Ecker J, Kellis M, Klein R, Noble W, Kundaje A, Guigó R, Farnham P, Cherry J, Myers R, Ren B, Graveley B, Gerstein M, Pennacchio L, Snyder M, Bernstein B, Wold B, Hardison R, Gingeras T, Stamatoyannopoulos J, Weng Z. Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes. Nature 2020, 583: 699-710. PMID: 32728249, PMCID: PMC7410828, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2493-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChromatinDatabases, GeneticDeoxyribonuclease IDNADNA FootprintingDNA MethylationDNA Replication TimingGenomeGenome, HumanGenomicsHistonesHumansMiceMice, TransgenicMolecular Sequence AnnotationRegistriesRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription, GeneticTransposasesConceptsMouse genomeCandidate cis-regulatory elementsCis-regulatory elementsDNA Elements (ENCODE) projectMouse fetal developmentChromatin structureGene regulationRespective genomesCellular contextDNA elementsDNA methylationENCODE dataTranscription factorsRNA transcriptionWeb-based serverGenomeExpansive resourceRNAEncyclopediaProteinFetal developmentChromatinTranscriptionHumansMethylation