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High resolution mapping of developmental changes in histone acetylation at the chicken lysozyme locus

ReferenceG16866
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Colyn Crane-Robinson
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Constanze Bonifer, Dr Alan Thorne
Institution University of Portsmouth
DepartmentSch of Biological Sciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 235,996
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 02/01/2002
End date 01/04/2005
Duration39 months

Abstract

Core histone acetylation is a key element in transcriptional regulation. Expression of the chicken lysozyme gene is upregulated during macrophage development. The complete regulatory unit is contained within a 21kb region but nothing is known of its acetylation status or how this changes during development. A detailed map of core histone acetylation will be obtained by chromatin immunoprecipitation assays using cell lines representing several developmental stages. The results will be correlated with changes in chromatin structure, in particular at enhancers and the silencer, and with cofactor recruitment to the locus determined in separate experiments.

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Committee Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
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