CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome
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...induce transcription at CpG regions of various promoters. Other researchers additionally fused a TAL effector...: dCas9-p300 adds H3K27ac marks to histones in promoter and enhancer regions. These marks are associated...Figure 2: dCas9-Tet1 demethylates cytosines at promoters and enhancers. This targeted demethylation is ...Figure 3: dCas9-DNMT3A methylates cytosines at promoters and enhancers. This targeted methylation is associated...-based acetyltransferase activates genes from promoters and enhancers. Nature Biotechnology 33:510–517.... Grant Challen’s lab also created constitutive (pCMV-dCas9-D3A) and Tet-dependent (TetO-dCas9-D3A) constructs...