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ANNUAL REVIEW OF GENETICS, VOL 52
Volume 52, Issue -, Pages 295-319Publisher
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-120417-031334
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chromatin; DNA damage; chromosome dynamics; chromatin mobility; homology search; DNA damage response; mean-squared displacement
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Recent advances in both the technologies used to measure chromatin movement and the biophysical analysis used to model them have yielded a fuller understanding of chromatin dynamics and the polymer structure that underlies it. Changes in nucleosome packing, checkpoint kinase activation, the cell cycle, chromosomal tethers, and external forces acting on nuclei in response to external and internal stimuli can alter the basal mobility of DNA in interphase nuclei of yeast or mammalian cells. Although chromatin movement is assumed to be necessary for many DNA-based processes, including gene activation by distal enhancer-promoter interaction or sequence-based homology searches during double-strand break repair, experimental evidence supporting an essential role in these activities is sparse. Nonetheless, highresolution tracking of chromatin dynamics has led to instructive models of the higher-order folding and flexibility of the chromatin polymer. Key regulators of chromatin motion in physiological conditions or after damage induction are reviewed here.
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