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Epigenetics

New England Biolabs has called upon its 35 years of expertise in enzymology to develop a suite of validated reagents for epigenetics research. This line of easy-to-use EpiMark® kits simplifies DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation detection and analysis, as well as ChIP, histone and nucleosome analysis. Independently applicable, individual epigenetics reagents also complement the EpiMark® kits. NEB's methylation- and hydroxymethylation- sensitive or dependent enzymes, DNA methyltransferases and DNA controls are all useful for mapping DNA modifications and methylating DNA at specific sites for gene expression studies. Our protein methyltransferases and recombinant histones perform efficiently in protein modification and characterization studies. Our range of modified and unmodified genomic DNAs can be used as controls for detection of DNA methylation. Our series of human DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferase (DNMT) antibodies are ideally suited for Western blots and immunoprecipitation.

Our complete Epigenetics suite is expertly designed for optimized research and discovery.

EpiMark® is a registered trademark of New England Biolabs, Inc.

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Epigenetics includes these subcategories:

Antibodies

Control DNA
Epigenetic Analysis (Epimark® Validated)
Histones
Methylation Dependent Restriction Enzymes for Epigenetics
Methylation Sensitive Restriction Enzymes for Epigenetics
Methyltransferases for Epigenetics

FAQs for Epigenetics

Protocols for Epigenetics

    Publications related to Epigenetics

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  6. Foraker, A.B., et al. 2012. Clathrin promotes centrosome integrity in early mitosis through stabilization of centrosomal ch-TOG J. Cell Bio.. 198, PubMedID: , DOI:
  7. Gong, H. wt al. 2012. Near-infrared fluorescence imaging of mammalian cells and xenograft tumors with SNAP-tag PLoS ONE. 7, PubMedID: 22479502, DOI:
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  17. Canc. Res. 2011. 6-Thioguanine reactivates epigenetically silenced genes in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells by facilitating proteasome-mediated degradation of DNMT1 . 71, PubMedID: 21239472, DOI:
  18. Stroud, H., et al. 2011. 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine is associated with enhancers and gene bodies in human embryonic stem cells Gen. Biol.. , PubMedID: 21689397 , DOI:
  19. Ficz, G., et al. 2011. Dynamic regulation of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in mouse ES cells and during differentiation Nature . , PubMedID: 21460836, DOI: 10.1038/nature10008
  20. Zhang, J. et al. 2011. Cyclophosphamide perturbs cytosine methylation in jurkat-T Cells through LSD1-mediated stabilization of DNMT1 Protein Chem. Res. Toxicol.. 24(11), PubMedID: 22007908, DOI:
  21. 2011. Comparitive characterization of the PvuRts11 family and application in mapping genomic 5-hydroxymethylcytosine Nucl. Acids Res.. 39, PubMedID: 21813453, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr607
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  23. Page A., Paoli P., Salvador E., White S., French J., Mann J. 2015. Hepatic Stellate Cell Transdifferentiation Involves Genome-Wide Remodeling of the DNA Methylation Landscape J Hepatol. , PubMedID: 26632634, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.11.024
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  25. Chernov AV., Reyes L., Peterson S., Strongin AY. 2015. Depletion of CG-Specific Methylation in Mycoplasma hyorhinis Genomic DNA after Host Cell Invasion PLoS One. 10, PubMedID: 26544880, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142529
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Types of Histone Modifications

Amino Acid Modification
Lysine Methylation, Acetylation,
Ubiquitination, Sumoylation,
ADP-Ribosylation
Arginine Methylation
Serine Phosphorylation
Threonine Phosphorylation

Types of DNA Modifications

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Videos

  1. What is Epigenetics?

    What Is Epigenetics?

    If all cells are created from the same genetic material, why are there so many different cell types? Listen to Sriharsa Pradhan, Senior Scientist, RNA Biology at NEB, as he describes how DNA is methylated and how this affects the path of reading the DNA code the same way an obstruction would derail a train off its tracks.

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