UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Cell Biology; Program in Molecular Medicine
Publication Date
2004-09-16
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Regulatory machinery for replication and gene expression is punctately organized in supramolecular complexes that are compartmentalized in nuclear microenvironments. Quantitative approaches are required to understand the assembly of regulatory machinery within the context of nuclear architecture and to provide a mechanistic link with biological control. We have developed 'intranuclear informatics' to quantify functionally relevant parameters of spatially organized nuclear domains. Using this informatics strategy we have characterized post-mitotic reestablishment of focal subnuclear organization of Runx (AML/Cbfa) transcription factors in progeny cells. By analyzing point mutations that abrogate fidelity of Runx intranuclear targeting, we establish molecular determinants for the spatial order of Runx domains. Our novel approach provides evidence that architectural organization of Runx factors may be fundamental to their tissue-specific regulatory function.
DOI of Published Version
10.1242/jcs.01229
Source
J Cell Sci. 2004 Oct 1;117(Pt 21):4889-96. Epub 2004 Sep 14. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of cell science
Related Resources
PubMed ID
15367579
Repository Citation
Young DW, Zaidi SK, Furcinitti PS, Javed A, Van Wijnen AJ, Stein JL, Lian JB, Stein GS. (2004). Quantitative signature for architectural organization of regulatory factors using intranuclear informatics. Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student Publications. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.01229. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/701