Heterochromatin effects in Friedreich's ataxia and sexual dimorphism
Heterochromatin effects in Friedreich's ataxia and sexual dimorphism
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2012-04
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Cihangir Yandım
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................................................................................................................................................. 3 Publication ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Dedication .............................................................................................................................................. 5 Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................................. 6 List of contents ..................................................................................................................................... 7 List of figures ...................................................................................................................................... 12 List of tables ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 24 1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 25 1.2 Chromatin structure ...................................................................................................................... 26 1.2.1 Hierarchical packaging of DNA ................................................................................................ 26 1.2.2 Euchromatin and heterochromatin ........................................................................................... 28 1.2.3 Nucleosome ............................................................................................................................. 30 1.2.4 Histone variants ....................................................................................................................... 32 1.2.5 Chromatin remodeling .............................................................................................................. 32 1.3 Histone Modifications ................................................................................................................... 33 1.3.1 General information .................................................................................................................. 33 1.3.2 Acetylation of lysines................................................................................................................ 36 1.3.2.1 Mechanism of action ......................................................................................................... 36 1.3.2.2 Histone acetyltransferases ................................................................................................ 37 1.3.2.3 Histone deacetylases ........................................................................................................ 40 1.3.2.4 Histone deacetylase inhibitors .......................................................................................... 44 1.3.3 Methylation of lysines ............................................................................................................... 48 1.3.3.1 Mechanism of action ......................................................................................................... 48 1.3.3.2 H3K4 methylation .............................................................................................................. 50 1.3.3.3 H3K27 methylation and polycomb system ........................................................................ 51 1.3.3.4 H3K9 methylation and heterochromatin protein 1 ............................................................ 55 1.4 Other mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation .................................................................... 61 1.4.1 DNA methylation ...................................................................................................................... 61 1.4.2 RNA interference mediated gene silencing ............................................................................. 61 1.5 Lessons from position effect variegation and control mechanisms against the spreading of heterochromatin .................................................................................................................................. 62 1.5.1 Position effect variegation ........................................................................................................ 62 1.5.2 Competition between euchromatin and heterochromatin ........................................................ 64