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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
Cohesins mediate sister chromatid cohesion, which is essential for chromosome segregation and postreplicative DNA repair. In addition, cohesins appear to regulate gene expression and enhancer-promoter interactions. These noncanonical functions remained unexplained because knowledge of cohesin-binding sites and functional interactors in metazoans was lacking. We show that the distribution of cohesins on mammalian chromosome arms is not driven by transcriptional activity, in contrast to S. cerevisiae. Instead, mammalian cohesins occupy a subset of DNase I hypersensitive sites, many of which contain sequence motifs resembling the consensus for CTCF, a DNA-binding protein with enhancer blocking function and boundary-element activity. We find cohesins at most CTCF sites and show that CTCF is required for cohesin localization to these sites. Recruitment by CTCF suggests a rationale for noncanonical cohesin functions and, because CTCF binding is sensitive to DNA methylation, allows cohesin positioning to integrate DNA sequence and epigenetic state.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1097-4172
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
132
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
422-33
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Chromosomes, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Deoxyribonuclease I, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18237772-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Cohesins functionally associate with CTCF on mammalian chromosome arms.
pubmed:affiliation
Lymphocyte Development Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural