
Within the past two decades, the fields of chromatin structure and function and transcription regulation research started to fuse and overlap, as evidence mounted to support a very strong regulatory role in gene expression that was associated with histone post-translational modifications, DNA methylation, as well as various chromatin-associated proteins (the pillars of the “Epigenetics” building). The fusion and convergence of these complementary fields is now often simply referred to as “Epigenetics”. During these same 20 years, numerous new research groups have started to recognize the importance of chromatin composition, conformation, and its plasticity. However, as the field started to grow exponentially, its growth came with the spreading of several important misconceptions, which have unfortunately led to improper or hasty conclusions. The goal of this short “opinion” piece is to attempt to minimize future misinterpretations of experimental results and ensure that the right sets of experiment are used to reach the proper conclusion, at least as far as epigenetic mechanisms are concerned.
Biomedical Research, Guidelines as Topic, DNA Methylation, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, Epigenesis, Genetic, DNA-Binding Proteins, Histones, Professional Competence, Gene Expression Regulation, Workforce, Humans, Interdisciplinary Communication, [SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, Protein Processing, Post-Translational
Biomedical Research, Guidelines as Topic, DNA Methylation, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, Epigenesis, Genetic, DNA-Binding Proteins, Histones, Professional Competence, Gene Expression Regulation, Workforce, Humans, Interdisciplinary Communication, [SDV.BC] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology, Protein Processing, Post-Translational
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