An ambitious EC-funded research initiative on epigenetics advancing towards systems biology

Philipp A. Steffen, João P. Fonseca, Leonie Ringrose, published online at BioEssays: 22 AUG 2012
This review explores the application of quantitative and mathematical approaches to mechanisms of epigenetic regulation
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Supremely well-written story about how a small team of experimentalists and theoreticians collaborated to develop a theoretical model; why it is good for them to collaborate, and how these collaborations can be most productive.

by David G. Drubin and George Oster

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BitesizeBio blog, by Judith R. Brouwer, June 06, 2012
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The lack of a consistent naming convention for histone variants has led to much confusion for histone researchers in recent years, and has also led to problems concerning the similarity of names and incorrect attributions of orthology or common function. Faced with this challenge, attendees of the EMBO Workshop on Histone Variants held last year have developed consistent but flexible naming rules that are both informative and database-searchable. The comprehensive review, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Epigenetics & Chromatin, proposes a new, unified, phylogeny-based nomenclature for histone variants.
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