7.342:Materials

Week 1: Introduction

Course Syllabus File:Syllabus v4.doc

Slides File:Class intro.ppt

Week 2: Chromatin Functions to Define Cell State

Papers

Chromosomal Subunits in Active Genes Have an Altered Conformation

Weintraub, H & Groudine, M. (1976) Science 193, 848-856.

Hyperdynamic Plasticity of Chromatin Proteins in Pluripotent Embryonic Stem Cells

Meshorer, E, Yellajoshula, D, George, E, Scambler, PJ, Brown, DT, & Misteli, T. (2006) Dev Cell 10, 105-116.

Bonus Materials

Commentary on Meshorer et al paper

Obituary for Harold Weintraub from Molecular Biology of the Cell, 1995 (by Marc Kirschner)

Obituary for Harold Weintraub from Cell, 1995 (by Richard Axel & Tom Maniatis)