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Dissertation
Characterization of DnmA, the Dnmt2 homolog in Dictyostelium discoideum
(2010-08-24)
Eukaryotic DNA m5C methyltransferases (MTases) play a major role in many epigenetic regulatory processes like genomic imprinting, X-chromosome inactivation, silencing of transposons and gene expression. Members of the two DNA m5C MTase families, Dnmt1 and Dnmt3, are relatively well studied and many details of their biological functions, biochemical properties as well as interaction partners are known. In contrast, the biological functions of the highly conserved Dnmt2 family, which appear to have non-canonical dual ...
Dissertation
Posttranslationale Chromatin-Modifikationen in Dictyostelium discoideum
(2010-06-09)
Die Erforschung posttranslationaler Veränderungen von Chromatin-Komponenten stellt einen wichtigen Pfeiler der Epigenetik dar. Epigenetische Mechanismen verändern die Aussagekraft der DNA-Sequenz und entscheiden somit beispielsweise über die Aktivierung oder Stilllegung von Genen. Ein häufiges Ziel der Stilllegung sind springende genetische Elemente, die ansonsten zur Destabilisierung des Genoms führen können.
Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden zwei unterschiedliche Stilllegungsmechanismen der Transpo-sons DIRS-1 und ...
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Nuclear organisation and epigenetic regulation of gene expression in Dictyostelium discoideum
(2010-06-04)
A series of vectors for the over-expression of tagged proteins in Dictyostelium were designed, constructed and tested. These vectors allow the addition of an N- or C-terminal tag (GFP, RFP, 3xFLAG, 3xHA, 6xMYC and TAP) with an optimized polylinker sequence and no additional amino acid residues at the N or C terminus. Different selectable markers (Blasticidin and gentamicin) are available as well as an extra chromosomal version; these allow copy number and thus expression level to be controlled, as well as allowing ...