Cohesin forms fountains at active enhancers in C. elegans
Bolaji N. Lüthi, Jennifer I. Semple, Anja Haemmerli, Saurabh Thapliyal, Kalyan Ghadage, Klement Stojanovski, Dario D’Asaro, Moushumi Das, Nick Gilbert, Dominique A. Glauser, Benjamin D. Towbin, Daniel Jost, Peter Meister
The paper identifies cohesin-dependent 3D chromatin structures called fountains around active enhancers in C. elegans, showing their role in repressing enhancer activity and linking genome architecture to behavior.
Nature Communications · Dec 11, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics