Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Chromatin topology is coupled to Polycomb group protein subnuclear organization

  • Ajazul H. Wani,
  • Alistair N. Boettiger,
  • Patrick Schorderet,
  • Ayla Ergun,
  • Christine Münger,
  • Ruslan I. Sadreyev,
  • Xiaowei Zhuang,
  • Robert E. Kingston,
  • Nicole J. Francis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10291
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Polycomb Group (PcG) proteins regulate gene expression and genome architecture. Using super-resolution microscopy and molecular simulations, Waniet al. describe the organization of PcG proteins into hundreds of nano-scale protein clusters and suggest these clusters shape genome architecture.