Cramer, Patrick

Authors Dodonova SO, Zhu F, Dienemann C, Taipale J, Cramer P Journal Nature Citation Nature 580, 669–672 (2020). Abstract ‚Pioneer‘ transcription factors are required for stem-cell pluripotency, cell differentiation and cell reprogramming1,2. Pioneer factors can bind nucleosomal DNA to enable gene expression from regions of the genome with closed chromatin.

Authors Wagner FR, Dienemann C, Wang H, Stützer A, Tegunov D, Urlaub H, Cramer P Journal Nature Citation Nature 579, 448–451 (2020). Abstract Chromatin-remodelling complexes of the SWI/SNF family function in the formation of nucleosome-depleted, transcriptionally active promoter regions (NDRs). In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the essential SWI/SNF complex RSC

Authors Wang H, Farnung L, Dienemann C, Cramer P Journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Citation Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2020 Jan;27(1):8-13. Abstract Recognition of histone-modified nucleosomes by specific reader domains underlies the regulation of chromatin-associated processes. Whereas structural studies revealed how reader domains bind modified histone peptides, it is

Authors Wang H, Dienemann C, Stutzer A, Urlaub H, Cheung ACM, Cramer P Journal Nature Citation Nature. 2020 Jan;577(7792):717-720. Abstract Gene transcription by RNA polymerase II is regulated by activator proteins that recruit the coactivator complexes SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase)(1,2) and transcription factor IID (TFIID)(2-4). SAGA is required for all regulated transcription(5)

Authors Hillen HS, Bartuli J, Grimm C, Dienemann C, Bedenk K, Szalay AA, Fischer U, Cramer P Journal Cell Citation Cell. 2019 Dec 12;179(7):1525-1536.e12. Abstract Poxviruses use virus-encoded multisubunit RNA polymerases (vRNAPs) and RNA-processing factors to generate m(7)G-capped mRNAs in the host cytoplasm. In the accompanying paper, we report structures

Authors Grimm C, Hillen HS, Bedenk K, Bartuli J, Neyer S, Zhang Q, Huttenhofer A, Erlacher M, Dienemann C, Schlosser A, Urlaub H, Bottcher B, Szalay AA, Cramer P, Fischer U Journal Cell Citation Cell. 2019 Dec 12;179(7):1537-1550.e19. Abstract Poxviruses encode a multisubunit DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (vRNAP) that carries out

Authors Cramer P Journal Cell Citation Cell. 2019 Oct 31;179(4):808-812. Abstract This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the three eukaryotic RNA polymerases. Ever since this seminal event in 1969, researchers have investigated the intricate mechanisms of gene transcription with great dedication. The transcription field continues

Authors Cramer P Journal Nature Citation Nature. 2019 Sep;573(7772):45-54. Abstract The regulated transcription of genes determines cell identity and function. Recent structural studies have elucidated mechanisms that govern the regulation of transcription by RNA polymerases during the initiation and elongation phases. Microscopy studies have revealed that transcription involves the condensation