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Gene Density, Transcription, and Insulators Contribute to the Partition of the Drosophila Genome into Physical Domains

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Hou, Chunhui, Li, Li, Qin, Zhaohui S., Corces, Victor G.·2012·Molecular Cell

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SUMMARY The mechanisms responsible for the establishment of physical domains in metazoan chromosomes are poorly understood. Here we find that physical domains in Drosophila chromosomes are demarcated at regions of active transcription and high gene density that are enriched for transcription factors and specific combinations of insulator proteins. Physical domains contain different types of chromatin defined by the presence of specific proteins and epigenetic marks, with active chromatin preferentially located at the borders and silenced chromatin in the interior. Domain boundaries participate in long-range interactions that may contribute to the clustering of regions of active or silenced chromatin in the nucleus. Analysis of transgenes suggests that chromatin is more accessible and permissive to transcription at the borders than inside domains, independent of the presence of active or silencing histone modifications. These results suggest that the higher-order physical organization of chromatin may impose an additional level of regulation over classical epigenetic marks.

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Authors
Hou, C., Li, L., Qin, Z. S., & Corces, V. G.
Venue
Molecular Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-11
Volume
48
Issue
3
Pages
471-484
ISSN
1097-2765 (ISSN-L)
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W2157576490
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41
FWCI
14.64
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journal article
Language
en
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Hou, C., Li, L., Qin, Z. S., & Corces, V. G. (2012). Gene Density, Transcription, and Insulators Contribute to the Partition of the Drosophila Genome into Physical Domains. Molecular Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2012.08.031

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