Writing of H3K4Me3 overcomes epigenetic silencing in a sustained but context-dependent manner

Epigenome editing by zinc finger (ZF) and CRISPR-dCas9 technologies can induce or repress gene expression. Here, the authors show that histone methyltransferase PRDM9 fused to either dCas9 or ZF proteins can sustain gene re-expression, and H3K79me is required for stable gene re-expression.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Cano-Rodriguez, Rutger A F. Gjaltema, Laura J Jilderda, Pytrick Jellema, Jelleke Dokter-Fokkens, Marcel H J. Ruiters, Marianne G Rots
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12284