--- _id: '9535' abstract: - lang: eng text: The most well-studied function of DNA methylation in eukaryotic cells is the transcriptional silencing of genes and transposons. More recent results showed that many eukaryotes methylate the bodies of genes as well and that this methylation correlates with transcriptional activity rather than repression. The purpose of gene body methylation remains mysterious, but is potentially related to the histone variant H2A.Z. Studies in plants and animals have shown that the genome-wide distributions of H2A.Z and DNA methylation are strikingly anticorrelated. Furthermore, we and other investigators have shown that this relationship is likely to be the result of an ancient but unknown mechanism by which DNA methylation prevents the incorporation of H2A.Z. Recently, we discovered strong correlations between the presence of H2A.Z within gene bodies, the degree to which a gene's expression varies across tissue types or environmental conditions, and transcriptional misregulation in an h2a.z mutant. We propose that one basal function of gene body methylation is the establishment of constitutive expression patterns within housekeeping genes by excluding H2A.Z from their bodies. article_processing_charge: No article_type: review author: - first_name: D. full_name: Coleman-Derr, D. last_name: Coleman-Derr - first_name: Daniel full_name: Zilberman, Daniel id: 6973db13-dd5f-11ea-814e-b3e5455e9ed1 last_name: Zilberman orcid: 0000-0002-0123-8649 citation: ama: Coleman-Derr D, Zilberman D. DNA methylation, H2A.Z, and the regulation of constitutive expression. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 2012;77:147-154. doi:10.1101/sqb.2012.77.014944 apa: Coleman-Derr, D., & Zilberman, D. (2012). DNA methylation, H2A.Z, and the regulation of constitutive expression. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. https://doi.org/10.1101/sqb.2012.77.014944 chicago: Coleman-Derr, D., and Daniel Zilberman. “DNA Methylation, H2A.Z, and the Regulation of Constitutive Expression.” Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1101/sqb.2012.77.014944. ieee: D. Coleman-Derr and D. Zilberman, “DNA methylation, H2A.Z, and the regulation of constitutive expression,” Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, vol. 77. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, pp. 147–154, 2012. ista: Coleman-Derr D, Zilberman D. 2012. DNA methylation, H2A.Z, and the regulation of constitutive expression. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 77, 147–154. mla: Coleman-Derr, D., and Daniel Zilberman. “DNA Methylation, H2A.Z, and the Regulation of Constitutive Expression.” Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, vol. 77, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2012, pp. 147–54, doi:10.1101/sqb.2012.77.014944. short: D. Coleman-Derr, D. Zilberman, Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 77 (2012) 147–154. date_created: 2021-06-08T13:01:23Z date_published: 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-12-14T08:33:09Z day: '18' department: - _id: DaZi doi: 10.1101/sqb.2012.77.014944 extern: '1' external_id: pmid: - '23250988' intvolume: ' 77' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.1101/sqb.2012.77.014944 month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 147-154 pmid: 1 publication: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology publication_identifier: eissn: - 1943-4456 issn: - 0091-7451 publication_status: published publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: DNA methylation, H2A.Z, and the regulation of constitutive expression type: journal_article user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 volume: 77 year: '2012' ...