A layer cake model for plant and metazoan chromatin
Mozziconacci, J.; Carron, L.; Concia, L.; Grob, S.; Barneche, F.; Carbone, A.
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Early structural studies of chromosome organisation in eukaryotic nuclei led to the identification of euchromatin and heterochromatin, two main archetypes of chromatin visible through microscopy. Subsequently, the diversity of chromatin composition along the linear genome sequence was resolved using high throughput sequencing techniques to map a multitude of chromatin marks and unravel their functional organisation. Recent analyses of human chromosome conformation capture experiments tend to point to the existence of several chromosome sub-compartments that may correspond to epigenomic variations in chromatin composition. Here, we compare genome 3D organisations in representative eukaryotic species to explore the links between chromosomal sub-compartments and chromatin marks, genome replication timing, and genomic repeats in six model organisms, including vertebrates, plants and insects. We report that the 3D organisation of chromatin in organisms with different genome content and size can be described as layers characterised by distinct chromatin marks and activities. We propose a "layer cake" model for the genome 3D organisation as a more refined view than the prevalent "two compartments" model of chromatin organisation in multi-cellular organisms.
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