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Histone Modifications and Cancer.

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Many of the key and newly identified histone modifications known to be deregulated in cancer and how this impacts function are reviewed.
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Histone posttranslational modifications represent a versatile set of epigenetic marks involved not only in dynamic cellular processes, such as transcription and DNA repair, but also in the stable maintenance of repressive chromatin. In this article, we review many of the key and newly identified histone modifications known to be deregulated in cancer and how this impacts function. The latter part of the article addresses the challenges and current status of the epigenetic drug development process as it applies to cancer therapeutics.

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Chromatin Modifications and Their Function

TL;DR: The surface of nucleosomes is studded with a multiplicity of modifications that can dictate the higher-order chromatin structure in which DNA is packaged and can orchestrate the ordered recruitment of enzyme complexes to manipulate DNA.
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Translating the Histone Code

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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Regulation of chromatin by histone modifications

TL;DR: The known histone modifications are described, where they are found genomically and discussed and some of their functional consequences are discussed, concentrating mostly on transcription where the majority of characterisation has taken place.
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The epigenomics of cancer.

TL;DR: Recent advances in understanding how epigenetic alterations participate in the earliest stages of neoplasia, including stem/precursor cell contributions, are reviewed and the growing implications of these advances for strategies to control cancer are discussed.
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