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Mechanisms of epigenetic modifications have been represented in this figure. DNA methylation (A) and histone deacetylation (B, left panel) will promote chromatin coiling and inhibit the binding of transcriptional machinery; while histone acetylation (B, right panel) will facilitate uncoiling of chromatin and enhance binding of the transcriptional machinery. Abbreviations are as in the text.
