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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 55, Issue 5, Pages 694-707Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.07.008
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- NIH [GM60398]
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Chromosomes form 3D structures that are critical to the regulation of cellular and genetic processes. Here, we present a study of global chromatin interaction patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana. Our genomewide approach confirmed interactions that were previously observed by other methods as well as uncovered long-range interactions such as thoseamong small heterochromatic regions embedded in euchromatic arms. Wealso found that interactions are correlated with various epigenetic marks that are localized in active or silenced chromatin. Arabidopsis chromosomes do not contain large local interactive domains that resemble the topological domains described in animals but, instead, contain relatively small interactive regions scattered aroundthegenomethat contain H3K27me3 or H3K9me2. We generated interaction maps in mutants that are defective in specific epigenetic pathways and found altered interaction patterns that correlate with changes in the epigenome. These analyses provide further insights into molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation of the genome.
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