Region-specific H3K9me3 gain in aged somatic tissues in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Epigenetic alterations occur as organisms age, and lead to chromatin deterioration, loss of transcriptional silencing and genomic instability. Dysregulation of the epigenome has been associated with increased susceptibility to age-related disorders. In this study, we aimed to characterize the age-de...

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Main Authors: Cheng-Lin Li, Mintie Pu, Wenke Wang, Amaresh Chaturbedi, Felicity J Emerson, Siu Sylvia Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009432