Determination of histone methylation in mono- and dicotyledonous plants
Nic-Can, G.I.; De la Peña, C.
Methods in Molecular Biology 877: 313-324
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1940-6029 PMID: 22610638 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-818-4_24
Accession: 052532087
Epigenetics includes DNA methylation and histones posttranslational modifications such as methylation, acetylation, phosphorylation among others. One of the most abundant modifications in histone tail is the methylation. It has been found that the methylation pattern in the histone H3 may provide understanding of the process involved in cell differentiation, adaptation, and evolution in plants. In this work, we detail a method for isolation of nuclear proteins from small amount of sample to identify global changes in different lysines of the histone H3 tail by using immunodetection.