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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
SUBMITTER: Dimos Gaidatzis
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-74133 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cell 20151119 6
Interphase chromatin is organized in distinct nuclear sub-compartments, reflecting its degree of compaction and transcriptional status. In Caenorhabditis elegans embryos, H3K9 methylation is necessary to silence and to anchor repeat-rich heterochromatin at the nuclear periphery. In a screen for perinuclear anchors of heterochromatin, we identified a previously uncharacterized C. elegans chromodomain protein, CEC-4. CEC-4 binds preferentially mono-, di-, or tri-methylated H3K9 and localizes at th ...[more]