This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Allis laboratory at The Rockefeller University studies how post-translational modifications on histones affect the biology of chromatin. In this regard, we have immobilized synthetic peptides (corresponding to histones from various organisms such as Tetrahymena thermophila, Homo sapiens, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae) containing defined post-translational modifications to resin, and isolated interacting proteins from nuclear lysates. To date, we have isolated numerous proteins that appear to interact with specifically modified histones. Current efforts include: 1) continuing to identify proteins that associate with specifically modified histones, and 2) understand how and why these identified proteins interact with the specially modified histones.
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