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  1. Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 19, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...substrate (the histone-derived peptide) which can localise the construct specifically to the histone protein ...target the K9 (pcDNA3-K9 histone methylation reporter) and K27 (pcDNA3-K27 histone methylation reporter) ... remodeling. Chromatin is a complex of DNA and histone proteins that compacts cellular DNA into chromosomes...dangerous DNA damage. If the way DNA is wrapped around histones changes, then gene expression can change as well...The more frequently and tightly bound DNA is to histones, the more compacted it becomes. This prevents ...can occur by two main mechanisms, either through histone modifications, which can influence the transcription...plasmid-based biosensor to visualise changes in histone methylation in living cells. Essentially this reporter...
  2. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...bound to modified proteins called histones. We can detect modified histones with “GPS for proteins,” ChIP-... of modified histones, a genomic region that has mono-methylated and acetylated histones, but not tri-...Locates ChIP-seq Proteins (for our example later, histones) ChiRP-seq RNA Hi-C DNA (genome-to-genome ...tri-methylated histones, functions as an enhancer. We can therefore denote enhancers as follows: (mono_methylation...of epigenomics: H3 – one of NANOG’s associated histone proteins K4 and K27 – locations of the amino ...combination of coiled DNA and structural proteins called histones. Chromatin folds into secondary structures (loops...
  3. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    Blog Post
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    June 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
    ...field in which covalent modifications to DNA or histones, the proteins that help package DNA, were associated...modifications, researchers used blunt tools like histone deacetylases, but targeted epigenetic modification...researchers additionally fused a TAL effector to LSD1 histone demethylase to demethylate enhancer regions (Mendenhall...regulate transcription, also includes light-regulated histone methyltransferases and deacetylases. CRISPR and... acetyltransferase increases levels of H3K27ac histone modification at specified loci. Charles Gersbach... Figure 1: dCas9-p300 adds H3K27ac marks to histones in promoter and enhancer regions. These marks ... for targeted removal of H3K4me1/2 and H3K9me2 histone modifications. Like the TALE-LSD1 system described...
  4. Why and how to start studying chromatin (with Addgene's help)

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    Blog Post
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    June 12, 2018, 11:40 a.m.
    ...context of chromatin?” Though it’s true that adding histones and chromatin architecture to every diagram portraying...transcription of a gene a megabase away, or looking at the histone methylation status at a double-strand break that...2018 Keystone meeting for Chromatin. Note that histone genes frequently have many different variant names...
  5. Let There Be LITE Plasmids

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 21, 2013, 3:56 p.m.
    ...expression via epigenetics with the addition of histone modifiers. “We want to allow people to prove the...476 (22 August 2013).   , with the addition of histone modifiers, ...
  6. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

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    March 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...a nucleus -> DNA compaction around histones -> Examples of histone-modifying enzymes and reader-effector... specific chromatin feature (e.g. a methylated histone such as H3K27me3), a linker between these modules...
  7. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

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    Aug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...structures (at < 5 Å resolution) of the linker histone H1.8 in Xenopus nucleosomes and in complex with...has developed a new epigenetic editor, Coupled Histone tail for Autoinhibition Release of Methyltransferase...can be toxic, CHARM uses a cofactor fused to a histone tail to recruit and stimulate the endogenous methyltransferase...uses a fusion of the DNMT3L cofactor (D3L) with a histone tail (H3K4me0) to a DNA-binding protein (dCas9 ...
  8. How to Write a Scientific Review Article

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 16, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Thompson, and Thomas D. Gilmore. "Histone acetyltransferases and histone deacetylases in B-and T-cell development...scientist’s tool kit. I wrote a review article on histone modifers in B and T cells with my adviser when ...
  9. Hot Plasmids - October 2020

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 13, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...2020.07.02.185249 Predicting cell cycle length with a histone-fused fluorescent timer By Kate Harten DeMaio Studies...color-changing fluorescent timer (FT) protein to the histone H2B that allows for  observation in live cells....
  10. Antibodies 101: ChIP

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    March 10, 2022, 3:25 p.m.
    ...antibody on crosslinked proteins. In the case of histone modifying proteins, which bind quite strongly to...
  11. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    Blog Post
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    July 15, 2014, 4:03 p.m.
    ...other members of the complex, such as p300 and CBP histone acetyltransferases or CARM1 methyltransferase. ...
  12. RANbodies: Reporter Nanobody Fusions

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    Blog Post
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    April 10, 2018, 12:56 p.m.
    ...targeted the following antigens: GFP, RFP,  the histone protein H2A2B, and the actin-binding protein gelsolin...
  13. MXS Chaining

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    Feb. 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Subcellular localization 1 TagBFP 399nm/ 456nm histone 2B (H2B) Chromatin 2 Cerulean 433nm/ 475nm Lyn-tag...
  14. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... localization signal or including fusions with Histone 2A or 2B can result in bright targeted expression...
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