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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Approaches to Study Native Chromatin-Modifying Complex Activities and Functions.

Maxime Galloy, Catherine Lachance, Xue Cheng, Félix Distéfano-Gagné, Jacques Côté, Amelie Fradet-Turcotte

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maxime GalloySt-Patrick Research Group in Basic Oncology, Oncology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, QC, Canada.
Catherine LachanceSt-Patrick Research Group in Basic Oncology, Oncology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, QC, Canada.
Xue ChengSt-Patrick Research Group in Basic Oncology, Oncology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, QC, Canada.
Félix Distéfano-GagnéSt-Patrick Research Group in Basic Oncology, Oncology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, QC, Canada.
Jacques CôtéSt-Patrick Research Group in Basic Oncology, Oncology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, QC, Canada.
Amelie Fradet-TurcotteSt-Patrick Research Group in Basic Oncology, Oncology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, QC, Canada.
Université Laval · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The modification of histones-the structural components of chromatin-is a central topic in research efforts to understand the mechanisms regulating genome expression and stability. These modifications frequently occur through associations with multisubunit complexes, which contain active enzymes and additional components that orient their specificity and read the histone modifications that comprise epigenetic signatures. To understand the functions of these modifications it is critical to study the enzymes and substrates involved in their native contexts. Here, we describe experimental approaches to purify native chromatin modifiers complexes from mammalian cells and to produce recombinant nucleosomes that are used as substrates to determine the activity of the complex. In addition, we present a novel approach, similar to the yeast anchor-away system, to study the functions of essential chromatin modifiers by quickly inducing their depletion from the nucleus. The step-by-step protocols included will help standardize these approaches in the research community, enabling convincing conclusions about the specificities and functions of these crucial regulators of the eukaryotic genome.

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chromatinhistone modificationnative protein complexesnuclear protein depletionrecombinant nucleosomes

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PMID34604228
PMCPMC8481805
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