Destabilization of chromosome structure by histone H3 lysine 27 methylation
Mareike Möller, Klaas Schotanus, Jessica L. Soyer, Janine Haueisen, Kathrin Happ, Maja Stralucke, Petra Happel, Kristina Smith, Lanelle Connolly, Michael Freitag, Eva H. Stukenbrock
The paper investigates the role of H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 in genome stability in Zymoseptoria tritici, showing H3K9me3 maintains stability by preventing H3K27me3, while H3K27me3 promotes instability of accessory chromosomes.
PLoS Genetics · Apr 22, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics