title: Gene positioning.
abstract: Eukaryotic gene expression is an intricate multistep process, regulated within the cell nucleus through the activation or repression of RNA synthesis, processing, cytoplasmic export, and translation into protein. The major regulators of gene expression are chromatin remodeling and transcription machineries that are locally recruited to genes. However, enzymatic activities that act on genes are not ubiquitously distributed throughout the nucleoplasm, but limited to specific and spatially defined foci that promote preferred higher-order chromatin arrangements. The positioning of genes within the nuclear landscape relative to specific functional landmarks plays an important role in gene regulation and disease.
authors.affiliation: Genome Function Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrai
authors.forename: Inês Jesus
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.forename: Liron
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lavitas
authors.forename: Mita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chotalia
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pombo
mesh_terms: D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D023061:Gene Order / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin