Figure 2. Compilation of 150 representative genes involved in epigenetic regulation.

The genes were identified, selected, and classified according to their function based on published literature and database searches. In a further step, the genes related to histone modifications were sub-classified as writers (coding for modifying enzymes such as methyltransferases), as erasers (coding for de-modifying enzymes such as histone deacetylases) and as readers (coding for proteins that bind to the respective modification).