Hybrid protein assembly-histone modification mechanism for PRC2-based epigenetic switching and memory
The histone modification H3K27me3 plays a central role in Polycomb-mediated epigenetic silencing. H3K27me3 recruits and allosterically activates Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), which adds this modification to nearby histones, providing a read/write mechanism for inheritance through DNA replica...
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2021-09-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/66454 |