在整个基因组中,亚核体结构和核体不对称性
Ho Sung Rhee1, Alain R Bataille1, Liye Zhang1
1Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Cell
|December 7, 2014
概括
这项研究揭示了使用ChIP-exo在核体内的非对称的组织组织. 这些亚核体结构,包括半核体,可以指导基因转录方向.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
背景情况:
- 基因被组织成核体阵列,基因组组成每个核体的核心.
- 基因组体表现出多种多样的翻译后修饰,变异异构形和动态行为.
- 核细胞体内单个组素拷贝的独特特性,特别是关于转录方向的特征,仍然在很大程度上未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 在基因组尺度上研究核子体内单个基因组的组织.
- 确定是否存在亚核体结构,以及它们是否具有与转录相关的定向性质.
主要方法:
- 使用染色体免疫沉外核酶 (ChIP-exo) 来实现组织组织组织的高分辨率映射.
- 对基因组DNA进行了分析,以识别和表征亚核体结构.
主要成果:
- 在动态染色体区域中检测到广泛的亚核细胞结构,包括明显的半核细胞.
- 观察到基因素H3尾巴和链接DNA之间的相互作用,可能由H3K36甲基化调节.
- 基因组变体H2A.Z显示了 +1 核素的促进子远端的丰富.
- 基因组基因组修饰H2BK123无处不在和H3K9乙化在促进物-近位侧被丰富,与转录相关.
结论:
- 这些发现表明,核细胞体不均,可能存在不同的基因组排列.
- 这些亚核素体不对称性可能作为分子信号来指导基因转录过程.
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