Nucleosome positioning and chromatin organization

Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd..

In our cells, DNA is folded and packed with the help of many proteins into chromatin whose basic unit is a nucleosome-DNA wrapped around octamer of histone proteins. The chain of nucleosomes is further folded and arranged into many layers and has a dynamic organization. How does the complex chromatin organization emerge from interactions among DNA, histones, and non-histone proteins have been a question of great interest. Here we review recent literature that investigated how nucleosome positioning and nucleosome-mediated interactions drive chromatin organization. Unlike our earlier understanding, chromatin is organized into 3D domains of various sizes having irregularly organized nucleosomes. These domains emerge due to heterogeneous nucleosome positioning and diverse inter-nucleosome interactions that vary in space and time.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:64

Enthalten in:

Current opinion in structural biology - 64(2020) vom: 16. Okt., Seite 111-118

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Parmar, Jyotsana J [VerfasserIn]
Padinhateeri, Ranjith [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-49-2
Chromatin
DNA
Histones
Journal Article
Nucleosomes
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.10.2021

Date Revised 15.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.sbi.2020.06.021

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313067090