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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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Series (Epigenetics : concepts, theories, paradigms and mechanisms)
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Mechanisms of transcription the eukaryotic pre-initiation complex /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Overview of RNA polymerase II transcription -- Core promoter elements -- Proximal promoters -- Enhancers and silencers -- General transcription factors -- Activators and repressors -- Coactivator complexes -- RNA polymerase II structure and function -- Mechanisms of transcription initiation -- Steroid hormone receptors -- Coactivator complexes, including mediator and TFIID -- Chromatin remodellers including SWI/SNF -- Covalent histone modifiers, including histone acetyltransferases, methyltransferases and deacetylases.…”
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Stem cell memory

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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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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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