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Epigenetic control by histone methylation

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The diversity of covalent histone tail modifications for imparting epigenetic information -- Observations of robust histone modifications at silent chromatin regions -- The representation of repressive histone marks as indications of epigenetic plasticity in different cells -- Analysis of the profiles of normal and aberrant histone lysine methylation patterns, as they occur during the transition of an embryonic to a differentiated cell or in controlled self-renewal vs. pro-neoplastic or metastatic conditions -- Elucidation of these histone modification patterns for novel advances in stem cell research, nuclear reprogramming and cancer.…”
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Histone dynamics, heritability and variants

Table of Contents: “…Contents: DNA is organized into chromatin which promotes compaction and brings about additional information -- The histone code hypothesis -- Chromatin dynamics and heritability -- Factors involved in chromatin dynamics -- Nucleosomes disruption and assembly following DNA replication fork passage -- General steps in chromatin assembly -- Histone chaperones and their possible roles (CAF-1, HIRA, ...) -- Histone H3 variants and chromatin assembly coupled or not with DNA synthesis -- Specific histone deposition pathways for each variant? …”
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Chromatin architecture and alterations in the control of gene regulation

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The chromatin environment -- Hierarchical organization of chromatin fibers within interphase chromosomes -- Milestone experiments that linked chromatin architecture and gene expression -- Proteins and processes that influence both chromatin fiber architecture and gene expression -- Core histone N-terminal tail domains -- Core histone sequence variants -- Linker histones -- Heterochromatin proteins -- Histone post-translational modifications -- The structurally dynamic nature of the genome in vivo and its relation to gene expression.…”
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Polycomb epigenetic mechanisms Part 2 of 2, methylation of DNA /

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Enhancer malfunction in cancer

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DNA methylation

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Roles of DNA methylation -- Evolution of eukaryotic DNA methyltransferases -- Mechanism of action of DNA methyltransferases -- Specific loci targeting -- Histone modification -- Small interfering RNA.…”
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Role of polycomb proteins in gene transcription, stem cell and human diseases

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Chromatin structure -- Histone modification and regulation of methylation -- Polycomb complexes (gene silencing, recruitement & displacement of proteins, protein levels in embryoid bodies, binding regulation) -- PcG genes and human cancers -- Variations of Polycomb Repressive Complexes and their associations with polycomb proteins -- CBX family of proteins -- The Polycomb-like gene family.…”
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Comparing transcriptomes of distant organisms models of gene expression, part 2 of 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Histone modification (HM) models relating gene expression to promoter activity -- Building a universal model for human, worm and fly -- Similarly constructed transcription factor (TF) binding models.…”
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Gene silencing in budding yeast

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Skin epigenetics how chromatin regulators orchestrate skin functions /

Table of Contents: “…-- Genes encoding keratinocyte-specific proteins -- Molecular signature of epidermal layers -- Levels of epigenetic regulation -- DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation -- DNA methylation influence on the epidermis -- Post-translational histone/covalent modifications -- Histone acetylation/de-acetylation -- Polycomb-repressive complex -- Polycomb and Trithorax play antagonistic roles -- ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling -- Non-coding RNA-dependent mechanisms -- Nucleus: storage, replication of genetic material -- Topological gene interactomes -- Morphogenesis of the epidermis -- Epidermal differentiation complex -- EDC and Lor relocation to nuclear interior -- p63 and Brg1 ablation results in retention of EDC -- Genome organizer AT-rich binding Satb1 protein -- Transcription factor and epigenetic mechanisms -- Future directions of epigenetic research.…”
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