Inhibition of HDAC7 reprograms the histone H3.3 landscape to induce heterochromatin spreading and DNA replication defects in cancer cells. [PDF]
Hassan O +13 more
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Non-mammalian model organisms in epigenetic research : an overview [PDF]
Recent advances in sequencing technology and genome editing tools had an indisputably enormous impact on our understanding of complex biological pathways and their genetic and epigenetic regulation.
Baruah, Sri Kartik +3 more
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The replacement histone H2A.Z in a hyperacetylated form is a feature of active genes in the chicken [PDF]
The replacement histone H2A.Z is variously reported as being linked to gene expression and preventing the spread of heterochromatin in yeast, or concentrated at heterochromatin in mammals.
Bonifer, C. +8 more
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De Novo Polycomb Recruitment: Lessons from Latent Herpesviruses
The Human Herpesviruses persist in the form of a latent infection in specialized cell types. During latency, the herpesvirus genomes associate with cellular histone proteins and the viral lytic genes assemble into transcriptionally repressive ...
Sara A. Dochnal +2 more
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DNA methylation dynamics in aging: How far are we from understanding the mechanisms? [PDF]
DNA methylation is currently the most promising molecular marker for monitoring aging and predicting life expectancy. However, the mechanisms underlying age-related DNA methylation changes remain mostly undiscovered.Here we discuss the current knowledge ...
Caiafa, Paola +3 more
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RNAi-mediated positive feedback loops are pivotal for the maintenance of heterochromatin, but how they are downregulated at heterochromatin-euchromatin borders is not well understood.
Jan H. Suhren +5 more
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Heterochromatin is a condensed chromatin structure that represses transcription of repetitive DNA elements and developmental genes, and is required for genome stability.
Sarah MacKinnon +6 more
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Assessing the Epigenetic Status of Human Telomeres [PDF]
The epigenetic modifications of human telomeres play a relevant role in telomere functions and cell proliferation. Therefore, their study is becoming an issue of major interest.
Vaquero Sedas, María Isabel +1 more
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Mediator directs co-transcriptional heterochromatin assembly by RNA interference-dependent and -independent pathways. [PDF]
Heterochromatin at the pericentromeric repeats in fission yeast is assembled and spread by an RNAi-dependent mechanism, which is coupled with the transcription of non-coding RNA from the repeats by RNA polymerase II. In addition, Rrp6, a component of the
Eriko Oya +5 more
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Accessibility of promoter DNA is not the primary determinant of chromatin-mediated gene regulation [PDF]
DNA accessibility is thought to be of major importance in regulating gene expression. We test this hypothesis using a restriction enzyme as a probe of chromatin structure and as a proxy for transcription factors.
Chereji, Razvan V. +4 more
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