Represión genética. represión genética. H3K27me y PRC2 transmiten un recuerdo de represión a través de generaciones y

Laura J Gaydos1, Wenchao Wang2, Susan Strome3

  • 1Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 20, 2014
PubMed
Resumen

La memoria celular de la represión génica es crucial para el desarrollo. La metilación de histona H3 Lys27 (H3K27me) por el complejo represivo 2 de Polycomb (PRC2) se transmite a través de divisiones y generaciones celulares.

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