Western blot analysis was performed essentially as previously described (Vucetic et al., 2008 (link); Zhao et al., 2009 (link)). Primary antibodies used were goat anti-GAPDH (sc-48176, Santa Cruz), mouse anti-V5 (R960-25, Life Technologies), mouse anti-FLAG (F1804, Sigma-Aldrich,), mouse anti-H3 histone (10799, Abcam) and rabbit anti-HP1α (2616, Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA). Secondary antibodies used were donkey anti-mouse IRDye 800CW, donkey anti-rabbit IRDYE 800CW, and donkey anti-goat IRDye 680CW purchased from LI-COR, Lincoln, NE. Images were captured and quantitated using the LI-COR Odyssey instrument and software. GAPDH levels were used as the loading control.