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Chromatin profiling of Drosophila testes reveals activation of the transcriptional program of the germline, widespread changes in RNA polymerase progression, and the absence of chromosomal regulation across the X chromosome.

Imaging experiments reveal the complex and dynamic nature of the transcriptional hubs associated with Notch signaling.

Nuclear phosphoinositide signaling controls telomeric gene repression and activation essential for switching expression of surface antigen genes and thus antigenic variation.

Bonus, the Drosophila TIF1 factor, functions as a repressor of tissue-specific genes in the germline, emphasizing an important function of SUMOylation in transcriptional regulation.

Telomeric proteins Taz1 or Mit1 specifically regulate telomere association of condensin which is essential for sister-telomere disjunction in mitosis by restraining telomere association of cohesin.

Structural predictions using AlphaFold suggest a mechanism by which Wapl mediates cohesin's dissociation from chromatin, a process whose downregulation is essential for VDJ recombination and diverse protocadherin gene expression.

TF-DNA binding regulates spatial and temporal gene expression and drives robust pattern formation by modulating transcriptional kinetics via cooperative interactions among weak TF binding sites and tuning bursting rates by reducing the time spent in the ON state.

The transcriptional regulator ZMYM2 homes to distinct classes of retrotransposons bound by the TRIM28 and ChAHP chromatin complexes in human cells, which is broadly relevant in the transcriptional regulation field.

Developing eggs and sperm differentially regulate specific steps of meiotic DNA repair by altering the composition and dynamics of proteins within synaptonemal complex.

A novel analytical workflow to quantitatively track motions of thousands of nucleosomes within chromatin fibers by high-speed atomic force microscopy.