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20122024
most citedNon-equilibrium chromosome looping via molecular slip-links

148 citations · 747 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

physics.bio-ph2024★ 4 cited

Bridging-Induced Phase Separation and Loop Extrusion Drive Noise in Chromatin Transcription

Michael Chiang, Cleis Battaglia, Giada Forte +3

Transcriptional noise, or heterogeneity, is important in cellular development and in disease. The molecular mechanisms driving it are, however, elusive and ill-understood. Here, we…

cond-mat.soft2021★ 42 cited

Simulating the chromatin mediated phase separation of model proteins with multiple domains

Marco Ancona, Chris A. Brackley

We perform simulations of a system containing simple model proteins and a polymer representing chromatin. We study the interplay between protein-protein and protein-chromatin inter…

physics.bio-ph2020

Polymer Modelling Predicts Chromosome Reorganisation in Senescence

Michael Chiang, Davide Michieletto, Chris A. Brackley +4

Lamina-associated domains (LADs) cover a large part of the human genome and are thought to play a major role in shaping the nuclear architectural landscape. Here, we perform polyme…

physics.bio-ph2020

Simulating topological domains in human chromosomes with a fitting-free model

C. A. Brackley, D. Michieletto, F. Mouvet +4

We discuss a polymer model for the 3D organization of human chromosomes. A chromosome is represented by a string of beads, with each bead being "colored" according to 1D bioinforma…

cond-mat.soft2020

Non-Equilibrium Effects of Molecular Motors on Polymers

M. Foglino, E. Locatelli, C. A. Brackley +3

We present a generic coarse-grained model to describe molecular motors acting on polymer substrates, mimicking, for example, RNA polymerase on DNA or kinesin on microtubules. The p…

physics.bio-ph2020

Mechanistic Modelling of Chromatin Folding to Understand Function

Chris A. Brackley, Davide Marenduzzo, Nick Gilbert

Experimental approaches have been applied to address questions in understanding three-dimensional chromatin organisation and function. As datasets increase in size and complexity,…