Charting histone modifications and the functional organization of mammalian genomes.
A succession of technological advances over the past decade have enabled researchers to chart maps of histone modifications and related chromatin structures with increasing accuracy, comprehensiveness and throughput. The resulting data sets highlight the interplay between chromatin and genome function, dynamic variations in chromatin structure across cellular conditions, and emerging roles for large-scale domains and higher-ordered chromatin organization. Here we review a selection of recent studies that have probed histone modifications and successive layers of chromatin structure in mammalian genomes, the patterns that have been identified and future directions for research.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Vicky W
VW
Zhou
Alon
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Goren
Bradley E
BE
Bernstein
D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016678:Genome; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000235:genetics; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
D002843:Chromatin; D006657:Histones