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Nature Reviews Genetics 9, 326 (1 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrg2378

Epigenetics: Pioneering the path from methylation to transcription

Patrick Goymer

Epigenetic marks have a key role in setting up the transcriptional programmes that define specific cell types, but it is not clear how the marks are interpreted to give rise to differential transcription. New research shows that the FOXA1 transcription factor binds to methylated enhancers and opens the chromatin to facilitate access by other transcription factors.