The three-dimensional genome: regulating gene expression during pluripotency and development
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Abstract
The precise expression of genes in time and space during embryogenesis is largely influenced by communication between enhancers and promoters, which is propagated and governed by the physical proximity of these elements in the nucleus. Here, we review how chromatin domains organize the genome by guiding enhancers to their target genes thereby preventing non-specific interactions with other neighboring regions. We also discuss the dynamics of chromatin interactions between enhancers and promoters, as well as the consequent changes in gene expression, that occur in pluripotent cells and during development. Finally, we evaluate how genomic changes such as deletions, inversions and duplications affect 3D chromatin configuration overall and lead to ectopic enhancer-promoter contacts, and thus gene misexpression, which can contribute to abnormal development and disease.
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