Table 1

Comparison of transposable element (TE) histone modification enrichments found in this study with those of previous studies.

Enriched in previous studya

Status in current studyb


Kondo and Issa 2003 (Human) [19]


SINE: H3K9me2

Depleted


Martens et al. 2005 (Mouse) [20]


SINE: H3K9me3

Depleted


SINE: H3K27me3

Enriched


SINE: H4K20me3

Depleted


LTR: H3K9me3

Enriched


LTR: H3K27me3

Enriched


LTR: H4K20me3

Depleted


DNA: H3K27me3

Enriched


DNA: H4K20me3

Depleted


Mikkelsen et al. 2007 (Mouse) [8]


LTR: H3K9me3

Enriched


LTR: H4K20me3

Depleted


Pauler et al. 2008 (Mouse) [22]


SINE: H3K27me3

Enriched


a TE classes (SINE, LINE, LTR or DNA) that were shown to be enriched for specific histone modifications (as shown) in previous studies.

b Status of the same TE class-histone modification pairs as enriched or depleted in this study

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