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Specificity, propagation, and memory of pericentric heterochromatin

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular Systems Biology, August 2014
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Title
Specificity, propagation, and memory of pericentric heterochromatin
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Molecular Systems Biology, August 2014
DOI 10.15252/msb.20145377
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Authors

Katharina Müller-Ott, Fabian Erdel, Anna Matveeva, Jan-Philipp Mallm, Anne Rademacher, Matthias Hahn, Caroline Bauer, Qin Zhang, Sabine Kaltofen, Gunnar Schotta, Thomas Höfer, Karsten Rippe

Abstract

The cell establishes heritable patterns of active and silenced chromatin via interacting factors that set, remove, and read epigenetic marks. To understand how the underlying networks operate, we have dissected transcriptional silencing in pericentric heterochromatin (PCH) of mouse fibroblasts. We assembled a quantitative map for the abundance and interactions of 16 factors related to PCH in living cells and found that stably bound complexes of the histone methyltransferase SUV39H1/2 demarcate the PCH state. From the experimental data, we developed a predictive mathematical model that explains how chromatin-bound SUV39H1/2 complexes act as nucleation sites and propagate a spatially confined PCH domain with elevated histone H3 lysine 9 trimethylation levels via chromatin dynamics. This "nucleation and looping" mechanism is particularly robust toward transient perturbations and stably maintains the PCH state. These features make it an attractive model for establishing functional epigenetic domains throughout the genome based on the localized immobilization of chromatin-modifying enzymes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 3 2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 128 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 41 30%
Researcher 20 15%
Student > Bachelor 14 10%
Student > Master 9 7%
Professor 8 6%
Other 18 13%
Unknown 26 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 47 35%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 37 27%
Computer Science 3 2%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 2%
Physics and Astronomy 3 2%
Other 10 7%
Unknown 33 24%
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