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MAZ regulates chromatin domain insulation and genome architecture

Nature Genetics volume 54, pages 96–97 (2022)Cite this article

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Similar to CTCF, MAZ insulates repressed posterior Hoxa genes from the spreading of anterior active regulatory cues during motoneuron differentiation. This discovery provides new perspectives to understand chromatin organization and insulation.

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Fig. 1: MAZ controls activation of the HoxA cluster.

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G.A. is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (PP00P3_176802). F.D. is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (P400PB_194334).

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  1. Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Fabrice Darbellay, Raquel Rouco & Guillaume Andrey

  2. Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Fabrice Darbellay, Raquel Rouco & Guillaume Andrey

  3. Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Fabrice Darbellay

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Darbellay, F., Rouco, R. & Andrey, G. MAZ regulates chromatin domain insulation and genome architecture. Nat Genet 54, 96–97 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00995-9

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