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Fig. 6 | Epigenetics & Chromatin

Fig. 6

From: Sporadic DUX4 expression in FSHD myocytes is associated with incomplete repression by the PRC2 complex and gain of H3K9 acetylation on the contracted D4Z4 allele

Fig. 6

Increase in activating H3K9Ac mark leads to DUX4 expression in a small fraction of cultured FSHD myoblasts. The epigenetic landscape in human iPS and ES cells in the non-contracted (a) and contracted (b) D4Z4 locus start out as bivalent and become univalent upon differentiation into myoblasts. Even in the euchromatin state majority of the cells with the permissive D4Z4 arrays do not express DUX4 but a small fraction of cells express DUX4 due to specific activating histone mark

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Epigenetics & Chromatin

ISSN: 1756-8935