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An Integrated Platform for Genome-wide Mapping of Chromatin States Using High-throughput ChIP-sequencing in Tumor Tissues
Published on: April 5, 2018
Epigenetics: Tools and Technologies
William P Janzen1, Tim J Wigle, Jian Jin
1The Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Genetics Medicine Building, Campus Box 7363, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7363, USA.
Abstract:
Epigenetics refers to heritable changes that control how the genome is accessed in different cell-types and during development and differentiation. Even though each cell contains essentially the same genetic code, epigenetic mechanisms permit specialization of function between cells. The state of chromatin, the complex of histone proteins, RNA and DNA that efficiently package the genome, is largely regulated by specific modifications to histone proteins and DNA, and the recognition of these marks by other proteins and protein complexes. The enzymes that produce these modifications (the 'writers'), the proteins that recognize them (the 'readers'), and the enzymes that remove them (the 'erasers') are critical targets for manipulation in order to further understand the histone code and its role in biology and human disease.
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