title: Chromatin remodelling.
abstract: Epigenetic mechanisms are heritable traits that are mediated by changes in a genetic locus that do not involve a modification at the nucleotide level. As eukaryotic DNA is organised in chromatin units, epigenetic modifications can be mediated by chromatin remodelling. Although there are a number of well-characterised chromatin remodelling factors to which we can allocate a defined molecular function, we need to understand chromatin remodelling processes as the combined effects of such factors in higher order complexes.
authors.affiliation: Leeds Institute for Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture (LIBA), Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK. p.meyer@leeds.ac.uk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018749:RNA, Plant; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D006657:Histones; D010940:Plant Proteins; D018749:RNA, Plant