A new approach that scans the modification states of histones along the chromosome allows the identification of enhancer elements in the complex genomes of higher eukaryotes. This is an important step in the functional annotation of the genome.
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Schübeler, D. Enhancing genome annotation with chromatin. Nat Genet 39, 284–285 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0307-284
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