The '''epigenetic code''' is hypothesizedhypothesised to be a defining code in every [[eucaryoticeukaryotic]] [[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, called [[epigenetics]]. While in one individual the genetic code in each cell is the same, the epigenticepigenetic code is tissue and cell specific.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Turner B |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 macro-molecules: namely, DNA (code independent), RNA, and/or protein. In some ciliates potential structural codes have also been suggested.<ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 21447282 | volume=11 | issue=58 | title=The multidimensional nature of epigenetic information and its role in disease | date=March 2011 | journal=Discov Med | pages=233–43 | author=Chahwan R, Wontakal SN, Roa 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 ==
"The genetic code is the piano, the epigenetic code the pianoplayer"
