Overview of histone modification

Y Zhang, Z Sun, J Jia, T Du, N Zhang, Y Tang… - Histone Mutations and …, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetics is the epi-information beyond the DNA sequence that can be inherited from
parents to offspring. From years of studies, people have found that histone modifications …

Histone lysine methyltransferases in biology and disease

D Husmann, O Gozani - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
The precise temporal and spatial coordination of histone lysine methylation dynamics across
the epigenome regulates virtually all DNA-templated processes. A large number of histone …

The histone mark H3K36me2 recruits DNMT3A and shapes the intergenic DNA methylation landscape

DN Weinberg, S Papillon-Cavanagh, H Chen, Y Yue… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Enzymes that catalyse CpG methylation in DNA, including the DNA methyltransferases 1
(DNMT1), 3A (DNMT3A) and 3B (DNMT3B), are indispensable for mammalian tissue …

Writing, erasing and reading histone lysine methylations

K Hyun, J Jeon, K Park, J Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Histone modifications are key epigenetic regulatory features that have important roles in
many cellular events. Lysine methylations mark various sites on the tail and globular …

Targeting epigenetic modifications in cancer therapy: erasing the roadmap to cancer

HP Mohammad, O Barbash, CL Creasy - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic dysregulation is a common feature of most cancers, often occurring directly
through alteration of epigenetic machinery. Over the last several years, a new generation of …

Dynamic de novo heterochromatin assembly and disassembly at replication forks ensures fork stability

V Gaggioli, CSY Lo, N Reverón-Gómez… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Chromatin is dynamically reorganized when DNA replication forks are challenged. However,
the process of epigenetic reorganization and its implication for fork stability is poorly …

Epigenetics and beyond: targeting writers of protein lysine methylation to treat disease

KP Bhat, H Ümit Kaniskan, J Jin… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Protein lysine methylation is a crucial post-translational modification that regulates the
functions of both histone and non-histone proteins. Deregulation of the enzymes or 'writers' …

Interplay between chromatin marks in development and disease

SM Janssen, MC Lorincz - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
DNA methylation (DNAme) and histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) have
important roles in transcriptional regulation. Although many reports have characterized the …

The interplay between DNA and histone methylation: molecular mechanisms and disease implications

Y Li, X Chen, C Lu - EMBO reports, 2021 - embopress.org
Methylation of cytosine in CpG dinucleotides and histone lysine and arginine residues is a
chromatin modification that critically contributes to the regulation of genome integrity …

The genetic architecture of multiple myeloma

GJ Morgan, BA Walker, FE Davies - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
Based on the clinical features of myeloma and related malignancies of plasma cells, it has
been possible to generate a model system of myeloma progression from a normal plasma …