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Table 1 Summary of promoter and enhancer chromatin states identified by Ernst et al. in relation to histone methylation and acetylation

From: Transcription-coupled recruitment of human CHD1 and CHD2 influences chromatin accessibility and histone H3 and H3.3 occupancy at active chromatin regions

Chromatin state

H3K4me1

H3K4me2

H3K4me3

H3K27me3

H3K9ac

H3K27ac

Active promoter

+

+++

+++

-

+++

+++

Weak Promoter

++

+++

+++

-

+

++

Inactive promoter

++

+++

++

+++

-

+

Enhancer state 4

+++

+++

++

-

+++

+++

Enhancer state 5

+++

++

-

-

+

+++

Enhancer state 6

++

+++

-

-

-

-

Enhancer state 7

++

-

-

-

-

-

  1. The frequency of a given mark at each chromatin state is identified as not present (-; <5% frequency), low (+; 5 to 40% frequency), abundant (++; 40 to 70% frequency) or highly abundant (+++; 70 to 100% frequency).