| Literature DB >> 27005444 |
Jiyong Wang1, Sharon T Jia1, Songtao Jia2.
Abstract
All living organisms are constantly exposed to stresses from internal biological processes and surrounding environments, which induce many adaptive changes in cellular physiology and gene expression programs. Unexpectedly, constitutive heterochromatin, which is generally associated with the stable maintenance of gene silencing, is also dynamically regulated in response to stimuli. In this review we discuss the mechanism of constitutive heterochromatin assembly, its dynamic nature, and its responses to environmental changes.Entities:
Keywords: constitutive heterochromatin; dynamics; epigenetic adaptation; stress
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27005444 PMCID: PMC4842111 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2016.02.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Genet ISSN: 0168-9525 Impact factor: 11.639