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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.
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article_type: review
author:
- first_name: D.
full_name: Coleman-Derr, D.
last_name: Coleman-Derr
- first_name: Daniel
full_name: Zilberman, Daniel
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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
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url: https://doi.org/10.1101/sqb.2012.77.014944
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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
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title: DNA methylation, H2A.Z, and the regulation of constitutive expression
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