Painting a Clearer Picture of Chromatin

Elizabeth H Finn; Tom Misteli; Sigal Shachar

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2016.02.002

Painting a Clearer Picture of Chromatin

Dev Cell. 2016 Feb 22;36(4):356-7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.02.002.

Authors

Elizabeth H Finn¹, Tom Misteli², Sigal Shachar¹

Affiliations

¹ National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
² National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

Elucidating chromatin's 3D shape is critical to understanding its function, but the fine structure of chromatin domains remains poorly resolved. In a recent report in Nature, Boettiger et al. (2016) visualize chromatin in super-resolution, gaining unprecedented insight into chromatin architecture.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Animals
Chromatin / genetics*
Chromatin / metabolism*
Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly*
Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
Epigenesis, Genetic*

Substances

Chromatin

Grants and funding

ZIA BC010309-15/Intramural NIH HHS/United States