title: Polycomb-mediated chromatin compaction weathers the STORM.
abstract: A recent super-resolution imaging study by Boettiger et al. elegantly demonstrates that three epigenetically defined, and functionally disparate, chromatin states have distinct folding characteristics in Drosophila nuclei.
authors.affiliation: MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.affiliation: MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Wendy.Bickmore@igmm.ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Wendy A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Bickmore
authors.affiliation: MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Illingworth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D063146:Polycomb-Group Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D006657:Histones; D063146:Polycomb-Group Proteins