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Table 1 Description of each interpretation term

From: A unified encyclopedia of human functional DNA elements through fully automated annotation of 164 human cell types

Interpretation term

Description

Characteristic activity

Quiescent

Inactive region

None

ConstitutiveHet

Constitutive heterochromatin

H3K9me3, HP1

FacultativeHet

Facultative heterochromatin

H3K27me3, PRC

Transcribed

Transcribed region

H3K36me3

Promoter

Promoter

H3K4me3, H3K9ac

Enhancer

Enhancer

H3K4me1, H3K27ac, P300

RegPermissive

Region with weak marks of regulation

H3K4me1

Bivalent

Regulatory element with marks of both activation and repression

H3K4me3 or H3K27ac, H3K27me3

Unclassified

Placeholder assigned to reference states that do not fit the above vocabulary

LowConfidence

Placeholder assigned to new states that were not classified with high confidence. (Note: Unclassified applies only to reference states; LowConfidence only to new states)