Cbx7-associated histone modifications. (A) Far Western blotting assay. The GST-Cbx7 CD binds to female ES cell (LF2) histone H3 through K9me3 and K27me3, demonstrated by peptide competitions (lanes 1 to 6); Cbx7 CD does not bind to recombinant H3 (lane 2); GST alone and caging aromatic mutants fail to associate (lanes 7 to 9); Ponceau for equal loading of total histones (bottom). (B) IPs of mononucleosomal extracts prepared from Cbx7-flag stable 293 cells versus control cells. Inputs in both cases show presence of all histone modifications; Cbx7-flag associated histones (IP) are marked predominantly by facultative heterochromatic modifications, including H3K9me2, H3K27me3, and H4K20me1. un, unmodified.