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The self-stirred genome: large-scale chromatin dynamics, its biophysical origins and implications

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Activity of nuclear enzymes was found to drive the coherent chromatin dynamics, however, its biological nature and physical mechanism remain to be revealed.
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This article is published in Current Opinion in Genetics & Development.The article was published on 2020-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 23 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chromatin.

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Long-Range Directional Movement of an Interphase Chromosome Site Dependent on Actin and Nuclear Myosin

TL;DR: The results suggest an active mechanism for fast and directed long-range interphase chromosome movements dependent directly or indirectly on actin/myosin.
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Real-time dynamics of RNA Polymerase II clustering in live human cells

TL;DR: Rickman et al. as discussed by the authors developed a quantitative single-cell approach to characterize protein spatiotemporal organization, with single-molecule sensitivity in live eukaryotic cells.
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The rich inner life of the cell nucleus: dynamic organization, active flows, and emergent rheology

TL;DR: It is proposed that the nucleus presents a highly heterogeneous and dynamic environment with diverse functionality and its biophysical complexity can be organized around three inter-related and interactive facets: heterogeneity, activity, and rheology.
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Multiscale modeling of genome organization with maximum entropy optimization.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the progress that has been made in modeling the human genome and conclude with an outlook on the opportunities and challenges in studying chromosome dynamics, and provide insight into the principles of whole-genome organization and enable de novo predictions of chromosome structures from epigenetic modifications.
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Interphase Chromatin Undergoes a Local Sol-Gel Transition upon Cell Differentiation

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured the chromatin distribution and dynamics in embryonic stem cells in vivo before and after differentiation and found that undifferentiated chromatin is less compact, more homogeneous, and more dynamic than differentiated chromatin.
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Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

TL;DR: The central dogma of molecular biology deals with the detailed residue-by-residue transfer of sequential information and states that such information cannot be transferred from protein to either protein or nucleic acid.
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Dynamic Imaging of Genomic Loci in Living Human Cells by an Optimized CRISPR/Cas System

TL;DR: Using an EGFP-tagged endonuclease-deficient Cas9 protein and a structurally optimized small guide (sg) RNA, robust imaging of repetitive elements in telomeres and coding genes in living cells is demonstrated by repurposing the bacterial CRISPR/Cas system.
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Coexisting Liquid Phases Underlie Nucleolar Subcompartments

TL;DR: It is shown that subcompartments within the nucleolus represent distinct, coexisting liquid phases that may facilitate sequential RNA processing reactions in a variety of RNP bodies, and suggested that phase separation can give rise to multilayered liquids.
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Phase separation drives heterochromatin domain formation

TL;DR: It is proposed that emergent biophysical properties associated with phase-separated systems are critical to understanding the unusual behaviours of heterochromatin, and how chromatin domains in general regulate essential nuclear functions.
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