lncRNA-Induced Spread of Polycomb Controlled by Genome Architecture, RNA Abundance, and CpG Island DNA (Molecular Cell)

Schertzer et al. studied relationships between long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and Polycomb repressive complexes (PRCs) in mouse trophoblast stem cells. They found that genome architecture, lncRNA abundance, and CpG island DNA each play important roles in dictating the intensity of PRC-induced chromatin modifications within lncRNA target domains.