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Figure 3 | Epigenetics & Chromatin

Figure 3

From: Generation of bivalent chromatin domains during cell fate decisions

Figure 3

α Globin expression and chromatin structure in embryonic stem (ES) cells, hematopoietic progenitors and differentiated cells. (a) Relative expression level of α globin. The error bars represent the standard deviation of three independent experiments. CMPs = common myeloid progenitors; EBV-Ly = Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed lymphoblastoid cell line; ES = ES cells; Ery = primary erythroblasts; GMPs = granulocyte-monocyte progenitors; HSCs = hematopoietic stem cells; MEPs = megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors. The ratio between the level of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3, as measured by quantitative PCR (qPCR) at the α globin gene (see below), is shown by each of the cell types analysed. The value obtained in primary erythroblasts was set to 1. (b) Examples of OCT4 and α globin expression analysis carried out in 270 single ES cells. Each lane corresponds to the same ES single cell. A = α globin control; O = OCT4 control; M = molecular weight marker. (c) Example of HPRT and α globin expression analysis carried out in 110 single EBV-Ly cells. Each lane corresponds to the same EBV-Ly single cell. H = HPRT control. Only OCT4 or HPRT positive cells were considered as informative. (d) H3K27me3 chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-qPCR in hematopoietic progenitors. The fold enrichment is relative to a control sequence in the ACTB promoter. The error bars show the standard deviation of two independent experiments. (e) H3K4me3 ChIP-qPCR in hematopoietic progenitors. The fold enrichment is relative to a control sequence in the ACTB promoter. The error bars show the standard deviation of two independent experiments.

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