2020
Mammalian ALKBH1 serves as an N6-mA demethylase of unpairing DNA
Zhang M, Yang S, Nelakanti R, Zhao W, Liu G, Li Z, Liu X, Wu T, Xiao A, Li H. Mammalian ALKBH1 serves as an N6-mA demethylase of unpairing DNA. Cell Research 2020, 30: 197-210. PMID: 32051560, PMCID: PMC7054317, DOI: 10.1038/s41422-019-0237-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN6-mAMammalian genomesStructure-based mutagenesis studiesBase unpairing regionsChromosome regulationDNA demethylasesStructural studiesEpigenetic marksDNA demethylaseMouse genomeEarly embryogenesisGenomic studiesBase flippingN6-methyladenineALKBH1Mutagenesis studiesFlipped baseGenomeProfiling studiesDNACatalytic centerDemethylaseActive regulationRegulationDemethylases
2014
Rif1 Maintains Telomere Length Homeostasis of ESCs by Mediating Heterochromatin Silencing
Dan J, Liu Y, Liu N, Chiourea M, Okuka M, Wu T, Ye X, Mou C, Wang L, Wang L, Yin Y, Yuan J, Zuo B, Wang F, Li Z, Pan X, Yin Z, Chen L, Keefe DL, Gagos S, Xiao A, Liu L. Rif1 Maintains Telomere Length Homeostasis of ESCs by Mediating Heterochromatin Silencing. Developmental Cell 2014, 29: 7-19. PMID: 24735877, PMCID: PMC4720134, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsEmbryonic Stem CellsGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene SilencingHeterochromatinHistonesMethylationMiceProtein BindingProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalRecombination, GeneticRNA, MessengerTelomereTelomere HomeostasisTelomere-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsConceptsTelomere length homeostasisEmbryonic stem cellsLength homeostasisZscan4 expressionHeterochromatic silencingHeterochromatin silencingMethylation complexChromosomal fusionsEmbryonic lethalityGenomic stabilityTelomere elongationH3K9me3 levelsSubtelomeric regionsRecombination defectsLength heterogeneityStem cellsRIF1HomeostasisSilencingExpressionZscan4HyperrecombinationShRNALethalityInteracts