Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are master regulators of proliferation and development that play essential roles in human pathologies including cancers. PcGs act as gatekeepers of cellular identity, maintaining repression of a multitude of target genes. However, these properties have only been recently uncovered thanks to technological advances, first of all chromatin immunoprecipitations (ChIP), that allowed a systematic characterization of the activity of these factors in an unbiased manner at a genome-wide level. Using PcG protein as example, this chapter introduces the readers to the use of chromatin analysis (ChIP assays and replication timing) and how to move these approaches to a level of genome-wide interpretation.

Mapping the function of polycomb proteins / D. Pasini (METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY). - In: Polycomb Group Proteins : methods and protocols / [a cura di] C. Lanzuolo, B. Bodega. - New York : Humana Press, 2016. - ISBN 978-1-4939-6380-5. - pp. 3-6 [10.1007/978-1-4939-6380-5_1]

Mapping the function of polycomb proteins

D. Pasini
2016

Abstract

Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are master regulators of proliferation and development that play essential roles in human pathologies including cancers. PcGs act as gatekeepers of cellular identity, maintaining repression of a multitude of target genes. However, these properties have only been recently uncovered thanks to technological advances, first of all chromatin immunoprecipitations (ChIP), that allowed a systematic characterization of the activity of these factors in an unbiased manner at a genome-wide level. Using PcG protein as example, this chapter introduces the readers to the use of chromatin analysis (ChIP assays and replication timing) and how to move these approaches to a level of genome-wide interpretation.
ChIP; Chromatin; Next-generation sequencing; Polycomb; Replication; Cell Differentiation; Chromatin; Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; Chromosome Mapping; Genome; Humans; Molecular Biology; Polycomb-Group Proteins; Structure-Activity Relationship; Molecular Biology; Genetics
Settore BIO/11 - Biologia Molecolare
Settore BIO/10 - Biochimica
2016
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