The '''epigenetic code''' is hypothesised to be a defining code in every [[eukaryotic]] [[Cell (biology)|cell]] consisting of the specific [[epigenetic]] modification in each cell. It consists of histone modifications defined by the [[histone code]] and additional epigenetic modifications such as [[DNA methylation]]. The base for the epigenetic code is a system above the [[genetic code]] of a single cell. While in one individual the genetic code in each cell is the same, the epigenetic code is tissue and cell specific.<ref>{{cite Unlikejournal genetics,|author=Turner theB |title=Defining an epigenetic code |journal=[[Nature Cell Biology]] |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=2–6 |year=2007 |pmid=17199124 |doi=10.1038/ncb0107-2}}</ref> The epigenetic code can be multidimensional in nature. It could include any of the three major cellular macromolecucles;macro-molecules: namely, DNA (code independent), RNA, and/or protein. In some ciliates potential structural codes have also been suggested tends to be multidimensional in nature .<ref>Chahwan{{cite R.,journal Wontakal| S.N.,pmid and= Roa21447282 S.| (2011).volume=11 | issue=58 | "title=The multidimensional nature of epigenetic information and its role in disease."Discovery| Medicinedate=March 2011 | journal=Discov Med | pages=233–43 | author=Chahwan R, Mar;11(58):233-43.Wontakal PMID:SN, 21447282Roa S | url = [http://www.discoverymedicine.com/Richard-Chahwan/2011/03/17/the-multidimensional-nature-of-epigenetic-information-and-its-role-in-disease/]. }}</ref>.
== See also ==
* [[Histone code]]
* [[Epigenetics]]
* [[DNA methylation]]
==References==
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* {{cite journal |author=Turner B |title=Defining an epigenetic code |journal=Nat Cell Biol |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=2–6 |year=2007 |pmid=17199124 |doi=10.1038/ncb0107-2}}
