[HTML][HTML] H3K27 demethylases, at long last

T Swigut, J Wysocka - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
Methylation of lysine 27 on histone H3 (H3K27me) by the Polycomb complex (PRC2) proteins
is associated with gene silencing in many developmental processes. A cluster of recent …

A PHD finger of NURF couples histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation with chromatin remodelling

J Wysocka, T Swigut, H Xiao, TA Milne, SY Kwon… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Lysine methylation of histones is recognized as an important component of an epigenetic
indexing system demarcating transcriptionally active and inactive chromatin domains. …

A unique chromatin signature uncovers early developmental enhancers in humans

A Rada-Iglesias, R Bajpai, T Swigut, SA Brugmann… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Cell-fate transitions involve the integration of genomic information encoded by regulatory
elements, such as enhancers, with the cellular environment 1 , 2 . However, identification of …

[HTML][HTML] WDR5 associates with histone H3 methylated at K4 and is essential for H3 K4 methylation and vertebrate development

J Wysocka, T Swigut, TA Milne, Y Dou, X Zhang… - Cell, 2005 - cell.com
Histone H3 lysine 4 (K4) methylation has been linked to the transcriptional activation in a
variety of eukaryotic species. Here we show that a common component of MLL1, MLL2, and …

CHD7 cooperates with PBAF to control multipotent neural crest formation

…, Y Xiong, J Helms, CP Chang, Y Zhao, T Swigut… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Heterozygous mutations in the gene encoding the CHD (chromodomain helicase DNA-binding
domain) member CHD7, an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeller homologous to the …

[HTML][HTML] Jarid2/Jumonji coordinates control of PRC2 enzymatic activity and target gene occupancy in pluripotent cells

JC Peng, A Valouev, T Swigut, J Zhang, Y Zhao… - Cell, 2009 - cell.com
Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) regulates key developmental genes in embryonic
stem (ES) cells and during development. Here we show that Jarid2/Jumonji, a protein …

[PDF][PDF] Reorganization of enhancer patterns in transition from naive to primed pluripotency

…, D Acampora, T Faial, A Simeone, M Tan, T Swigut… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
Naive and primed pluripotency is characterized by distinct signaling requirements,
transcriptomes, and developmental properties, but both cellular states share key transcriptional …

[PDF][PDF] Transcription-replication conflict orientation modulates R-loop levels and activates distinct DNA damage responses

S Hamperl, MJ Bocek, JC Saldivar, T Swigut… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Conflicts between transcription and replication are a potent source of DNA damage. Co-transcriptional
R-loops could aggravate such conflicts by creating an additional barrier to …

[PDF][PDF] Mll3 and Mll4 facilitate enhancer RNA synthesis and transcription from promoters independently of H3K4 monomethylation

KM Dorighi, T Swigut, T Henriques, NV Bhanu… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Monomethylation of histone H3 at lysine 4 (H3K4me1) and acetylation of histone H3 at lysine
27 (H3K27ac) are correlated with transcriptionally engaged enhancer elements, but the …

Chromatin remodelling factor Mll1 is essential for neurogenesis from postnatal neural stem cells

DA Lim, YC Huang, T Swigut, AL Mirick… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Epigenetic mechanisms that maintain neurogenesis throughout adult life remain poorly
understood 1 . Trithorax group (trxG) and Polycomb group (PcG) gene products are part of an …