Ubiquitylated H2A.Z is associated with diverse types of silenced chromatin including methylated CpG islands and homopurine/homopyrimidine sequences
Bakhtiyar Taghizada, Marlee K. Ng, Ulrich Braunschweig, Benjamin J. Blencowe, Peter Cheung
This study identifies H2A.Z ubiquitylation as a marker of repressive chromatin by associating it with silenced regions like methylated CpG islands and homopurine/homopyrimidine sequences.
bioRxiv · Apr 10, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry