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XPG and XPF endonucleases trigger chromatin looping and DNA demethylation for accurate expression of activated genes.

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It is demonstrated that XPG endonuclease promotes DNA breaks and DNA demethylation at promoters allowing the recruitment of CTCF and gene looping, which is further stabilized by XPF.
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This article is published in Molecular Cell.The article was published on 2012-08-24 and is currently open access. It has received 109 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nucleotide excision repair & Chromatin.

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The COSMIC Cancer Gene Census: describing genetic dysfunction across all human cancers

TL;DR: The 2018 Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) Cancer Gene Census (CGC) is discussed, an expert-curated description of human cancer genes, which has recently been expanded to include functional descriptions of how each gene contributes to cancer.
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Looping Back to Leap Forward: Transcription Enters a New Era

TL;DR: Progress in unraveling one of the outstanding mysteries of modern biology: the dynamic communication of remote enhancers with target promoters in the specification of cellular identity is reviewed.
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CTCF and cohesin: linking gene regulatory elements with their targets.

TL;DR: It is suggested that cohesin's association with enhancers, promoters, and sites defined by CTCF binding has the potential to form developmentally regulated networks of long-range interactions that reflect and promote cell-type-specific transcriptional programs.
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Breaking bad: R-loops and genome integrity

TL;DR: The regulation and effects of R-loops in cells, their effect on genomic and epigenomic stability, and their potential contribution to the origin of diseases including cancer and neurodegenerative disorders are discussed.
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Intragenic DNA methylation in transcriptional regulation, normal differentiation and cancer

TL;DR: The potential role of intragenic DNA methylation in alternative promoter usage, regulation of short and long non-coding RNAs, alternative RNA processing, as well as enhancer activity is discussed.
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Neuronal Activity–Induced Gadd45b Promotes Epigenetic DNA Demethylation and Adult Neurogenesis

TL;DR: Mechanistically, Gadd45b is required for activity-induced DNA demethylation of specific promoters and expression of corresponding genes critical for adult neurogenesis, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor and fibroblast growth factor.
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A Topoisomerase IIß-Mediated dsDNA Break Required for Regulated Transcription

TL;DR: It is reported that the signal-dependent activation of gene transcription by nuclear receptors and other classes of DNA binding transcription factors, including activating protein 1, requires DNA topoisomerase IIβ-dependent, transient, site-specific dsDNA break formation.
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Gadd45a promotes epigenetic gene activation by repair-mediated DNA demethylation

TL;DR: It is shown that Gadd45a (growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible protein 45 alpha), a nuclear protein involved in maintenance of genomic stability, DNA repair and suppression of cell growth, has a key role in active DNA demethylation.
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Signal transduction and the control of gene expression.

TL;DR: This work proposes an alternative grouping of eukaryotic transcription factors on the basis of characteristics that describe their roles within cellular regulatory circuits.
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A new progeroid syndrome reveals that genotoxic stress suppresses the somatotroph axis

TL;DR: It is concluded that unrepaired cytotoxic DNA damage induces a highly conserved metabolic response mediated by the IGF1/insulin pathway, which re-allocates resources from growth to somatic preservation and life extension, and demonstrates that ageing and end-of-life fitness are determined both by stochastic damage and genetics.
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