Guest Editor:
Albert Jeltsch: University of Stuttgart, Germany
Epigenetics & Chromatin is calling for submissions to our Collection on "Fundamentals and Perspectives in Epigenetics & Chromatin Research".
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Research in Epigenetics and Chromatin has moved in the center of Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Developmental Biology and Molecular Medicine. This collection provides reviews describing the current mechanistic understanding and key concepts in the various subareas which are written by experts in the field. In addition, papers highlighting future developments are welcome. This collection will serve as a useful reference resource for researchers in the field and it aims to provide provocative and far-sighted concepts and ideas that will stimulate future development.
Protein and nucleic acid methylation are important biochemical modifications. In addition to their well-established roles in gene regulation, they also regulate cell signaling, metabolism, and translation. Des...
Histones display a wide variety of post-translational modifications, including acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation. These epigenetic modifications can influence chromatin structure and function witho...
Histone methyltransferase SETDB1 (SET domain bifurcated histone lysine methyltransferase 1, also known as ESET or KMT1E) is known to be involved in the deposition of the di- and tri-methyl marks on H3K9 (H3K9m...
Chromatin plays a central role in the conversion of energy in cells: alteration of chromatin structure to make DNA accessible consumes energy, and compaction of chromatin preserves energy. Alteration of chroma...
Histone variant H3.3 plays novel roles in development as compared to canonical H3 proteins and is the most commonly mutated histone protein of any kind in human disease. Here we discuss how gene targeting stud...
Super-enhancers are large, densely concentrated swaths of enhancers that regulate genes critical for cell identity. Tumorigenesis is accompanied by changes in the super-enhancer landscape. These aberrant super...
Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Fundamentals and Perspectives in Epigenetics & Chromatin Research" from the dropdown menu.
Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.
The Guest Editor has no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editor has competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.