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Mitochondria

Mitochondria

一个与雌激素受体α结合的人类染色体相互作用体

Melissa J Fullwood¹, Mei Hui Liu, You Fu Pan

¹Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore 138672.

|November 6, 2009

概括

这项研究引入了通过对结尾标签测序 (ChIA-PET) 的染色质相互作用分析,以绘制全基因组相互作用的地图. 它揭示了雌激素受体α (ER-alpha) 使用广泛的染色质循环来协调基因调节.

科学领域:

基因组学就是基因组学.
分子生物学分子生物学
表观遗传学在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.

背景情况:

基因组具有复杂的3D结构,使得遥远的DNA元素之间的功能相互作用成为可能.
转录因子通常与远离基因促进体的调节元素结合在一起.
以前的研究探索了特定位置的长距离染色质相互作用,但缺少全基因组分析.

研究的目的:

开发一种用于检测全球色素相互作用的新策略.
为了全面地绘制人体基因组中由雌激素受体α (ER-alpha) 结合的染色质相互作用网络.

主要方法:

通过对结尾标签测序 (ChIA-PET) 开发染色体相互作用分析.
应用ChIA-PET用于全球色素相互作用的新检测.
在人类基因组中绘制ER-alpha结合的染色质相互作用.

主要成果:

大多数高可信度的远程ER-alpha结合位点通过长距离染色体相互作用在基因促进体上定.
似乎ER-alpha通过广泛的染色质循环来发挥作用.
这种循环机制将基因聚集在一起,以协调转录调节.

结论:

染色素相互作用是哺乳动物基因组中转录调节的主要机制.
开发的ChIA-PET方法使得染色体相互作用网络的全基因组映射成为可能.
ER-alpha利用远程相互作用进行协调的基因表达控制.

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