دورية أكاديمية
Specific Methyl-CpG Configurations Define Cell Identity through Gene Expression Regulation
العنوان: | Specific Methyl-CpG Configurations Define Cell Identity through Gene Expression Regulation |
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المؤلفون: | Teresa Improda, Valentina Morgera, Maria Vitale, Lorenzo Chiariotti, Fabiana Passaro, Antonia Feola, Antonio Porcellini, Mariella Cuomo, Antonio Pezone |
المصدر: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 24, Iss 12, p 9951 (2023) |
بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2023. |
سنة النشر: | 2023 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Biology (General) LCC:Chemistry |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | methyl-CpG, DNA methylation, gene expression, cell identity, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Chemistry, QD1-999 |
الوصف: | Cell identity is determined by the chromatin structure and profiles of gene expression, which are dependent on chromatin accessibility and DNA methylation of the regions critical for gene expression, such as enhancers and promoters. These epigenetic modifications are required for mammalian development and are essential for the establishment and maintenance of the cellular identity. DNA methylation was once thought to be a permanent repressive epigenetic mark, but systematic analyses in various genomic contexts have revealed a more dynamic regulation than previously thought. In fact, both active DNA methylation and demethylation occur during cell fate commitment and terminal differentiation. To link methylation signatures of specific genes to their expression profiles, we determined the methyl-CpG configurations of the promoters of five genes switched on and off during murine postnatal brain differentiation by bisulfite-targeted sequencing. Here, we report the structure of significant, dynamic, and stable methyl-CpG profiles associated with silencing or activation of the expression of genes during neural stem cell and brain postnatal differentiation. Strikingly, these methylation cores mark different mouse brain areas and cell types derived from the same areas during differentiation. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 1422-0067 1661-6596 |
العلاقة: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/12/9951Test; https://doaj.org/toc/1661-6596Test; https://doaj.org/toc/1422-0067Test |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijms24129951 |
الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/d25ae182487e4d2e9da2cd82607c95d0Test |
رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.25ae182487e4d2e9da2cd82607c95d0 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 14220067 16616596 |
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DOI: | 10.3390/ijms24129951 |