A reaction-diffusion framework for de novo Polycomb spreading
Eleanor A Degen, Shelby A. Blythe
The paper develops a reaction-diffusion framework to model Polycomb spreading during embryogenesis and shows PRC2 diffusion is enhanced by PRC1.
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Eleanor A Degen, Shelby A. Blythe
The paper develops a reaction-diffusion framework to model Polycomb spreading during embryogenesis and shows PRC2 diffusion is enhanced by PRC1.
Natalie Gonzaga-Saavedra, Eleanor A Degen, Isabella V Soluri…·Shelby A. Blythe
The paper investigates how Polycomb modifications spread during Drosophila zygotic genome activation, showing nucleation-dependent propagation and the role of Zelda in licensing PREs.
Eleanor A Degen, Corinne Croslyn, Niall M. Mangan, Shelby A. Blythe
The paper shows that Bicoid-nucleosome competition sets a concentration threshold for hunchback transcription, constrained by genome replication in Drosophila embryos.
Eleanor A Degen, Natalie Gonzaga-Saavedra, Shelby A. Blythe
The paper develops a mathematical model to investigate how allostery and nucleation contribute to H3K27 methylation dynamics in early Drosophila embryogenesis.