Epigenetics Excitement
“Epigenetics is one of the more exciting things going on in biology right now.” Such is the opinion of our epigenetics market segment manager, Shannon Dempsey who commented for the recently published editorial article on Biocompare. There has definitely been an increase in epigenetics research within the past few years. Is it worthy of the hype?
Are you new to epigenetics?
Epigenetics is the study of stable, heritable changes to gene expression that result without altering the DNA sequence. Modifications that impact gene expression may include DNA methylation, histone modification and RNA regulation and researchers are finding that these modifications are impacting numerous biological processes including replication, transcription and repair.
Check out this video to learn more!
Are you a seasoned epigenetics researcher?
You may be interested in our broad range of tools for epigenetics research including kits for bisulfite modification and quantifying DNA methylation, as well as a full suite of antibodies for gene regulation. Plus, this Fall, we plan to release a portfolio of highly active, histone modifying enzymes. The portfolio will include nearly 100 methyltransferases, demethylases and deacetylases. Now, that is exciting.
A few months ago, while the “Where Bio Begins” campaign was still very fresh, we had a discussion on the Facebook fan page that Epigenetics is basically the intersection of Genomics and Protein Phosphorylation. As a specialist in Protein Phosphorylation, I hope to see as much information about it as possible here!
Cheers on always continuing to do an awesome job!