Epigenetic Lab Report

Epigenetics is defined as the study of changes in organisms resulting from modifications in gene expressions.The use of stem cells prove to be a vital part in the course of Epigenetics.Stem cells are characterized by two traits. They are self-renewal, able to divide into more identical cells and pluripotency, which allow the cells to become any kind of cell such as Erthrocyte or osteoclast.The relationship between epignetics and stem cells paved a pathway to an experiment relating to the relationship between TET, a protein that oxidizes certain kinds of DNA and stems cells and its properties when it is both modified and unmodified, by OGT, an enzyme that modifies other proteins with different materials such as sugar.
Gene expression is the …show more content…
Scientist could also mutate/alter the sequence from the involved part of amino acid and visualize its affect on the interaction between OGT and TET.In order for scientist to examine the specific amino acids involved, they have to use a two method process known immunoprecipitation and western …show more content…
However, the interaction between TET and OGT as visualized from immunopercipitation and western blot result in many different questions such as methods to aallow the TET not be bound by the OGT. Another question that is poised is how are TET proteins and mutated Tet proteins different from each other and if the DNA modifications and expressed genes are the same or have changed throughout the