Influence of DNA methylation on positioning and DNA flexibility of nucleosomes with pericentric satellite DNA.
Osakabe, A., Adachi, F., Arimura, Y., Maehara, K., Ohkawa, Y., Kurumizaka, H.(2015) Open Biol 5
- PubMed: 26446621 
- DOI: 10.1098/rsob.150128
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5CPI, 5CPJ, 5CPK - PubMed Abstract: 
DNA methylation occurs on CpG sites and is important to form pericentric heterochromatin domains. The satellite 2 sequence, containing seven CpG sites, is located in the pericentric region of human chromosome 1 and is highly methylated in normal cells. In contrast, the satellite 2 region is reportedly hypomethylated in cancer cells, suggesting that the methylation status may affect the chromatin structure around the pericentric regions in tumours ...