Ezh2-dCas9 and KRAB-dCas9 enable engineering of epigenetic memory in a context-dependent manner.
Henriette O'GeenSofie L BatesSakereh S CarterKarly A NissonJulian HalmaiKyle D FinkSuhn K RhiePeggy J FarnhamDavid J SegalPublished in: Epigenetics & chromatin (2019)
These data demonstrate that targeting different combinations of histone and DNA methyltransferases is required to achieve maximal repression at different loci. Fine-tuning of targeting tools is a necessity to engineer epigenetic memory at any given locus in any given cell type.