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Thomas Jenuwein
Researcher at Max Planck Society
Publications - 121
Citations - 54534
Thomas Jenuwein is an academic researcher from Max Planck Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Histone methyltransferase & Heterochromatin. The author has an hindex of 87, co-authored 118 publications receiving 50995 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas Jenuwein include Research Institute of Molecular Pathology.
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Translating the Histone Code
Thomas Jenuwein,C. David Allis +1 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that this epigenetic marking system represents a fundamental regulatory mechanism that has an impact on most, if not all, chromatin-templated processes, with far-reaching consequences for cell fate decisions and both normal and pathological development.
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Methylation of histone H3 lysine 9 creates a binding site for HP1 proteins.
TL;DR: It is shown that mammalian methyltransferases that selectively methylate histone H3 on lysine 9 (Suv39h HMTases) generate a binding site for HP1 proteins—a family of heterochromatic adaptor molecules implicated in both gene silencing and supra-nucleosomal chromatin structure.
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Regulation of chromatin structure by site-specific histone H3 methyltransferases
Stephen Rea,Frank Eisenhaber,Dónal O'Carroll,Brian D. Strahl,Zu-Wen Sun,Manfred Schmid,Susanne Opravil,Karl Mechtler,Chris P. Ponting,C D Allis,Thomas Jenuwein +10 more
TL;DR: A functional interdependence of site-specific H3 tail modifications is revealed and a dynamic mechanism for the regulation of higher-order chromatin is suggested.
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Loss of acetylation at Lys16 and trimethylation at Lys20 of histone H4 is a common hallmark of human cancer
Mario F. Fraga,Esteban Ballestar,Ana Villar-Garea,Manuel Boix-Chornet,Jesús Espada,Gunnar Schotta,Tiziana Bonaldi,Claire E. Haydon,Santiago Ropero,Kevin Petrie,N. Gopalakrishna Iyer,Alberto Pérez-Rosado,Enrique Calvo,Juan Antonio López,Amparo Cano,María José Calasanz,Dolors Colomer,Miguel A. Piris,Natalie G. Ahn,Natalie G. Ahn,Axel Imhof,Carlos Caldas,Thomas Jenuwein,Manel Esteller +23 more
TL;DR: It is found that cancer cells had a loss of monoacetylated and trimethylated forms of histone H4 early and accumulated during the tumorigenic process, which is a common hallmark of human tumor cells.
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The molecular hallmarks of epigenetic control
C. David Allis,Thomas Jenuwein +1 more
TL;DR: A personal perspective on the development of epigenetics, from its historical origins to what is defined as 'the modern era of epigenetic research', is provided.