Not exact matches
He said that the loss of Set2 keeps the
chromatin in a more
open state — not as compact as normal.
Having established some understanding of the
open chromatin landscape in healthy mice, the researchers now hope to figure out how these relationships change with disease
states.
While if the
chromatin is found in another
state, no binding occurs and, thus, also no
chromatin opening, and ultimately no reprogramming.
Opening the way to accurately profile the
chromatin states of in vivo stem cells, lineage progenitors and other scarce cell populations.
Chd1 may function in ESCs to maintain
chromatin in an
open (euchromatin)
state and potentially promote pluripotency in this way.
According to this model, differentiation is a gradual transition from an
open and permissive
chromatin state in multipotent stem cells to a compacted cell - type specific
chromatin state in differentiated cells.