Primordial super-enhancers : heat shock-induced chromatin organization in yeast

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Specialized mechanisms ensure proper expression of critically important genes such as those specifying cell identity or conferring protection from environmental stress. Investigations of the heat shock response have been critical in elucidating basic concepts of transcriptional control. Recent studies demonstrate that in response to thermal stress, heat shock-responsive genes associate with high levels of transcriptional activators and coactivators and those in yeast intensely interact across and between chromosomes, coalescing into condensates. In mammalian cells, cell identity genes that are regulated by super-enhancers (SEs) are also densely occupied by transcriptional machinery that form phase-separated condensates. We suggest that the stress-remodeled yeast nucleome bears functional and structural resemblance to mammalian SEs, and will reveal fundamental mechanisms of gene control by transcriptional condensates.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Trends in cell biology - 31(2021), 10 vom: 23. Okt., Seite 801-813

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kainth, Amoldeep S [VerfasserIn]
Chowdhary, Surabhi [VerfasserIn]
Pincus, David [VerfasserIn]
Gross, David S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3D genome topology
Chromatin
Heat Shock Factor 1
Heat shock response
Inter-chromosomal interactions
Journal Article
Phase separation
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review
Super-enhancers
Transcription Factors
Transcriptional condensates

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Date Completed 10.12.2021

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.tcb.2021.04.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325526095