Epigenetics. Restricted epigenetic inheritance of H3K9 methylation

Allshire lab paper featured in Science.

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Audergon P.N., Catania S., Kagansky A., Tong P., Shukla M., Pidoux A.L., Allshire R.C.

Summary

This paper shows that H3K9 methylation is a heritable epigenetic mark whose transmission is usually countered by its active removal, which prevents the unauthorised inheritance of heterochromatin.

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