Chromatin Structure Part 3 Flashcards
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chromosome looping
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- how chromatin divided into functional domains within the nucleus
- forms loops and condenses a lot
2
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insulators
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- Boundaries between domain of the gene and the enhancer (or silencer)
- the gene can no longer feel the activating (or repressing) effects
3
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domain boundaries
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- special nucleoprotein structures formed by proteins at specific sites along the chromosome
4
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how is inappropriate activation avoided?
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- organisms use DNA insulators to block activation of unrelated genes by nearby enhancers
5
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insulator proteins
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- recruit histone acetyltransferases that acetylate flanking nucleosomes
- inhibits histone modifications required for the propagation of transcriptionally silent condensed chromatin
- prevents spread of heterochromatic DNA
6
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boundary elements
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- relate structural organization of chromatin fiber into informational organization of the DNA
7
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position effects
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- when genes relocated to new chromosomal environments by rearrangement or transformation
- modifies gene expression
8
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in vivo assay for boundary function
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- determine if DNA sequences can protect a reporter gene from chromosomal position effects
9
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the site of insertion
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- helps determine the level of expression of the transgene
10
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chromatin looping between elements facilitates transcription at submegabase level
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- initiation of transcription involves physical interaction between gene regulatory elements such as promoters and enhancers
- may be separated by many kilo bases along the linear chromosome
- DNA loops out so enhancer can interact with promoter to initiate transcription
11
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topically associated domains (TADs)
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- chromosomes are further segregated into these containing many chromatin loops
- separated by architectural proteins at their borders
12
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architectural proteins (APs)
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- bend DNA and allow formation of loops
- also function as insulators
13
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chromosome territories (CTs)
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- TADs further organized at entire chromosome level, forming these
- non randomly organized in the nucleus and occupy distinct regions
14
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lamin-associated domains (LADs)
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- nucleus further segmented into different compartments
15
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repression facilitated by
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- associated of genomic sequences with the inner nuclear lamina through lamin binding proteins
- gene position toward periphery of nucleus generally results in transcriptional repression
