title: Brain H2A.Z: the long and the short.
abstract: The role of histone variants and their specific post-translational modifications (PTMs) in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression is still poorly understood. A paper published by Simonet and colleagues in Epigenetics and Chromatin describes a new H2A.Z subtype that is specific for brain and pituitary in the carp and provides additional information about the functional epigenetic complexity of the PTMs associated with histone H2A.Z.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada. jausio@uvic.ca
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ausió