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Epigenetics. Restricted epigenetic inheritance of H3K9 methylation.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 3 Apr 2015
Audergon Pauline N C B, Catania Sandra, Kagansky Alexander, Tong Pin, Shukla Manu, Pidoux Alison L, Allshire Robin C
Abstract excerpt
Posttranslational histone modifications are believed to allow the epigenetic transmission of distinct chromatin states, independently of associated DNA sequences. Histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) methylation is essential for heterochromatin formation; however, a demonstration of its epigenetic heritability is lacking. Fission yeast has a single H3K9 methyltransferase, Clr4, that directs all H3K9 methylation and...
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