Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

The 3D enhancer network of the developing T cell genome is shaped by SATB1

  • Tomas Zelenka,
  • Antonios Klonizakis,
  • Despina Tsoukatou,
  • Dionysios-Alexandros Papamatheakis,
  • Sören Franzenburg,
  • Petros Tzerpos,
  • Ioannis-Rafail Tzonevrakis,
  • George Papadogkonas,
  • Manouela Kapsetaki,
  • Christoforos Nikolaou,
  • Dariusz Plewczynski,
  • Charalampos Spilianakis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34345-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 22

Abstract

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Here the authors analyze the 3D genome structure of murine thymocytes and show that SATB1, a predominantly T-cell specific protein, helps to establish a regulatory, finer-scale organizational layer built upon a pre-existing chromatin scaffold mediated by other architectural proteins, such as CTCF.