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
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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.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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