2019
In vivo Firre and Dxz4 deletion elucidates roles for autosomal gene regulation
Andergassen D, Smith ZD, Lewandowski JP, Gerhardinger C, Meissner A, Rinn JL. In vivo Firre and Dxz4 deletion elucidates roles for autosomal gene regulation. ELife 2019, 8: e47214. PMID: 31738164, PMCID: PMC6860989, DOI: 10.7554/elife.47214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsX-chromosome inactivationAutosomal gene regulationGene regulationDouble deletionOrgan-specific mannerChromosome inactivationGene setsX chromosomeTranscriptional effectsExpression signaturesLociCell linesDeletionGenesRegulationVivo contributionRecent evidenceMegadomainsAutosomesFIRREMutantsChromosomesMain driversBiologySuperloops
2018
Global delay in nascent strand DNA methylation
Charlton J, Downing TL, Smith ZD, Gu H, Clement K, Pop R, Akopian V, Klages S, Santos DP, Tsankov AM, Timmermann B, Ziller MJ, Kiskinis E, Gnirke A, Meissner A. Global delay in nascent strand DNA methylation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2018, 25: 327-332. PMID: 29531288, PMCID: PMC5889353, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0046-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCell CycleCell ProliferationCpG IslandsCytosineDNADNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA MethylationDNA Methyltransferase 3ADNA ReplicationEmbryonic Stem CellsEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression RegulationGenome, HumanHCT116 CellsHumansMaleMethylationMitosisMotor NeuronsNeoplasmsSequence Analysis, RNATranscription FactorsConceptsCytosine methylationCpG methylationGenome-wide bisulfite sequencingCis-regulatory elementsEmbryonic stem cellsCancer cell line HCT116Cell cycle arrestEpigenetic informationMammalian developmentGene regulationMitotic transmissionEpigenetic heterogeneityEpigenetic roleBisulfite sequencingCell line HCT116DNA methylationHuman cellsMethylationHeterogeneous methylationStem cellsCellsBrdU labelingPronounced lagGlobal reductionImmunoprecipitation