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XB-ART-40666
Biophys J 2009 Sep 16;976:1804-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.06.045.
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Recognition imaging of acetylated chromatin using a DNA aptamer.

Lin L , Fu Q , Williams BA , Azzaz AM , Shogren-Knaak MA , Chaput JC , Lindsay S .


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Histone acetylation plays an important role in the regulation of gene expression. A DNA aptamer generated by in vitro selection to be highly specific for histone H4 protein acetylated at lysine 16 was used as a recognition element for atomic force microscopy-based recognition imaging of synthetic nucleosomal arrays with precisely controlled acetylation. The aptamer proved to be reasonably specific at recognizing acetylated histones, with recognition efficiencies of 60% on-target and 12% off-target. Though this selectivity is much poorer than the >2000:1 equilibrium specificity of the aptamer, it is a large improvement on the performance of a ChIP-quality antibody, which is not selective at all in this application, and it should permit high-fidelity recognition with repeated imaging. The ability to image the precise location of posttranslational modifications may permit nanometer-scale investigation of their effect on chromatin structure.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: h4c4

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