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Abstract / Description of output
During differentiation, thousands of genes are repositioned toward or away from the nuclear envelope. These movements correlate with changes in transcription and replication timing. Using synthetic (TALE) transcription factors, we found that transcriptional activation of endogenous genes by a viral trans-activator is sufficient to induce gene repositioning toward the nuclear interior in embryonic stem cells. However, gene relocation was also induced by recruitment of an acidic peptide that decondenses chromatin without affecting transcription, indicating that nuclear reorganization is driven by chromatin remodeling rather than transcription. We identified an epigenetic inheritance of chromatin decondensation that maintained central nuclear positioning through mitosis even after the TALE transcription factor was lost. Our results also demonstrate that transcriptional activation, but not chromatin decondensation, is sufficient to change replication timing.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1238-1242 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Science |
Volume | 346 |
Issue number | 6214 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Dec 2014 |
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CROATIA PROGRAMME
Wright, A., Adams, I., Aligianis, I., Baldock, R., Bickmore, W., Caceres, J., Dorin, J., Dunlop, M., FitzPatrick, D., Haley, C., Hastie, N., Hill, B., Jackson, I., Jackson, A., Kudla, G., Meehan, R., O'Connell, M., Overton, I., Patton, E., Taylor, M., Tenesa, A. & Van Heyningen, V.
1/04/12 → 31/07/13
Project: Research
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Profiles
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Wendy Bickmore
- Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences - Director of Human Genetics Unit
- MRC Human Genetics Unit
Person: Academic: Research Active
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Andrew Wood
- Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences - Reader
- MRC Human Genetics Unit
- Edinburgh Haematopoiesis Network
Person: Academic: Research Active