Human centromere repositioning activates transcription and opens chromatin fibre structure

Molecular Dynamics and Evolution of Centromeres in the Genus Equus

(2022) Francesca M. Piras et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Induction of spontaneous human neocentromere formation and long-term maturation

(2021) Marina Murillo-Pineda et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Epigenetic rewriting at centromeric DNA repeats leads to increased chromatin accessibility and chromosomal instability

(2021) Sheldon Decombe et al.   Epigenetics & Chromatin

Centromere chromatin structure – Lessons from neocentromeres

(2020) Catherine Naughton et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Hap2–Ino80-facilitated transcription promotes de novo establishment of CENP-A chromatin

(2020) Puneet P. Singh et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Convergent genes shape budding yeast pericentromeres

(2020) Flora Paldi et al.   NATURE

Centromeric Transcription: A Conserved Swiss-Army Knife

(2020) Ganesan Arunkumar et al.   Genes

Centromere studies in the era of ‘telomere-to-telomere’ genomics

(2020) Karen H. Miga   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

The elusive structure of centro-chromatin: molecular order or dynamic heterogenetity?

(2020) Harsh Nagpal et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Role of nuclear RNA in regulating chromatin structure and transcription

(2019) Davide Michieletto et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Organization of Chromatin by Intrinsic and Regulated Phase Separation

(2019) Bryan A. Gibson et al.   CELL

Centromere transcription allows CENP-A to transit from chromatin association to stable incorporation

(2018) Georg O.M. Bobkov et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Centromere Biology: transcription goes on stage.

(2018) Carlos Perea-Resa et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Enhancer Activity Requires CBP/P300 Bromodomain-Dependent Histone H3K27 Acetylation

(2018) Ryan Raisner et al.   Cell Reports

Centromere DNA Destabilizes H3 Nucleosomes to Promote CENP-A Deposition during the Cell Cycle

(2018) Manu Shukla et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

3D genomic architecture reveals that neocentromeres associate with heterochromatin regions

(2018) Kohei Nishimura et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Highly disordered histone H1−DNA model complexes and their condensates

(2018) Abigail L. Turner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phase separation drives heterochromatin domain formation

(2017) Amy R. Strom et al.   NATURE

Liquid droplet formation by HP1α suggests a role for phase separation in heterochromatin

(2017) Adam G. Larson et al.   NATURE

Ten principles of heterochromatin formation and function

(2017) Robin C. Allshire et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Epigenetic origin of evolutionary novel centromeres

(2017) Doron Tolomeo et al.   Scientific Reports

Constitutive centromere-associated network controls centromere drift in vertebrate cells

(2016) Tetsuya Hori et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The Flexible Ends of CENP-A Nucleosome Are Required for Mitotic Fidelity

(2016) Yohan Roulland et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Epigenetic engineering reveals a balance between histone modifications and transcription in kinetochore maintenance

(2016) Oscar Molina et al.   Nature Communications

Centromeric Transcription Regulates Aurora-B Localization and Activation

(2016) Michael D. Blower   Cell Reports

Establishment of Centromeric Chromatin by the CENP-A Assembly Factor CAL1 Requires FACT-Mediated Transcription

(2015) Chin-Chi Chen et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

DNA Sequence-Specific Binding of CENP-B Enhances the Fidelity of Human Centromere Function

(2015) Daniele Fachinetti et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

CTCF establishes discrete functional chromatin domains at theHoxclusters during differentiation

(2015) Varun Narendra et al.   SCIENCE

Centromere sliding on a mammalian chromosome

(2014) Stefania Purgato et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Histone H4 Lys 20 Monomethylation of the CENP-A Nucleosome Is Essential for Kinetochore Assembly

(2014) Tetsuya Hori et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Repetitive centromeric satellite RNA is essential for kinetochore formation and cell division

(2014) Silvana Rošić et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A long non-coding RNA is required for targeting centromeric protein A to the human centromere

(2014) Delphine Quénet et al.   eLife

Supercoiling in DNA and chromatin

(2013) Nick Gilbert et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Plasticity and Epigenetic Inheritance of Centromere-specific Histone H3 (CENP-A)-containing Nucleosome Positioning in the Fission Yeast

(2013) Jianhui Yao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Transcription forms and remodels supercoiling domains unfolding large-scale chromatin structures

(2013) Catherine Naughton et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Putting CENP-A in its place

(2012) Madison E. Stellfox et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Breaking the HAC Barrier: Histone H3K9 acetyl/methyl balance regulates CENP-A assembly

(2012) Jun-ichirou Ohzeki et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Epigenetic engineering: histone H3K9 acetylation is compatible with kinetochore structure and function

(2012) J. H. Bergmann et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Sequences Associated with Centromere Competency in the Human Genome

(2012) K. E. Hayden et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Active transcription and essential role of RNA polymerase II at the centromere during mitosis

(2012) F. L. Chan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Epigenetic Centromere Propagation and the Nature of CENP-A Nucleosomes

(2011) Ben E. Black et al.   CELL

Histone H3 trimethylation at lysine 36 is associated with constitutive and facultative heterochromatin

(2011) S. Chantalat et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Centromere repositioning in mammals

(2011) M Rocchi et al.   HEREDITY

Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes

(2011) Devin P. Locke et al.   NATURE

BEDTools: a flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features

(2010) Aaron R. Quinlan et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Epigenetic engineering shows H3K4me2 is required for HJURP targeting and CENP-A assembly on a synthetic human kinetochore

(2010) Jan H Bergmann et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Epigenetic centromere specification directs aurora B accumulation but is insufficient to efficiently correct mitotic errors

(2010) Emily A. Bassett et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Dual recognition of CENP-A nucleosomes is required for centromere assembly

(2010) Christopher W. Carroll et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Analysis of Active and Inactive X Chromosome Architecture Reveals the Independent Organization of 30 nm and Large-Scale Chromatin Structures

(2010) Catherine Naughton et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

A super-resolution map of the vertebrate kinetochore

(2010) S. A. Ribeiro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Uncoupling of Satellite DNA and Centromeric Function in the Genus Equus

(2010) Francesca M. Piras et al.   PLoS Genetics

DNA Binding of Centromere Protein C (CENPC) Is Stabilized by Single-Stranded RNA

(2010) Yaqing Du et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Centromeric Nucleosomes Induce Positive DNA Supercoils

(2009) Takehito Furuyama et al.   CELL

Condensin Regulates the Stiffness of Vertebrate Centromeres

(2009) Susana A. Ribeiro et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Single-molecule force spectroscopy reveals a highly compliant helical folding for the 30-nm chromatin fiber

(2009) Maarten Kruithof et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Non-coding murine centromeric transcripts associate with and potentiate Aurora B kinase

(2009) Federica Ferri et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The C-Terminal Domain of CENP-C Displays Multiple and Critical Functions for Mammalian Centromere Formation

(2009) Stefania Trazzi et al.   PLoS One

Genome Sequence, Comparative Analysis, and Population Genetics of the Domestic Horse

(2009) C. M. Wade et al.   SCIENCE

The Organization of Histone H3 Modifications as Revealed by a Panel of Specific Monoclonal Antibodies

(2008) Hiroshi Kimura et al.   CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Inactivation of a Human Kinetochore by Specific Targeting of Chromatin Modifiers

(2008) Megumi Nakano et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Global analysis of the insulator binding protein CTCF in chromatin barrier regions reveals demarcation of active and repressive domains

(2008) S. Cuddapah et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Hydrodynamic Studies on Defined Heterochromatin Fragments Support a 30-nm Fiber Having Six Nucleosomes per Turn

(2008) Rodolfo Ghirlando et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY