Recombinant antibodies to histone post-translational modifications.

Hattori, Takamitsu; Taft, Joseph M; Swist, Kalina M; Luo, Hao; Witt, Heather; Slattery, Matthew; Koide, Akiko; Ruthenburg, Alexander J et al. · Nat Methods · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Variability in the quality of antibodies to histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) is a widely recognized hindrance in epigenetics research. Here, we produced recombinant antibodies to the trimethylated lysine residues of histone H3 with high specificity and affinity and no lot-to-lot variation. These recombinant antibodies performed well in common epigenetics applications, and enabled us to identify positive and negative correlations among histone PTMs.

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