The pluripotent population is characterized by a high degree of plasticity in chromatin structure [3], and lineage specific transcription factors show bivalent
chromatin epigenetic marks characteristic of both suppression and inactivation [4].
Not exact matches
The Max Planck researchers found that H3K27me3 modifications labeling
chromatin DNA in the mother's egg cells were still present in the embryo after fertilization, even though other
epigenetic marks are erased.
«We didn't set out to study the relationship between the
epigenetic chromatin marks and gene expression during development, but rather to analyze the function of these
marks in DNA processing.
Dr. Loftus» current research integrates the identification of these types of
epigenetic modifications that
mark the melanocyte regulatory genomic landscape with regulatory protein and transcription factor
chromatin - binding domains, thus defining groups of non-coding DNA sequences utilized in the control of melanocyte gene expression.
The overall goal of the core is to provide support to investigators interested in characterizing the interactions of post-translational modifications of histones (
epigenetic marks that define a
chromatin state or Epigenome) or transcription factors at specific genomic loci or genome - wide (Cistrome).
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Epigenetics queries the developmental origins of health and disease by cataloguing the sets of physical
markings on
chromatin that collaborate to stably alter gene expression.