In contrast, regions more H3K9ac-enriched in HeLa contained genes involved in cell–cell adherens junction (FE 2.0, P = 9.4 × 10–20) and pathways in cancer (FE 1.5, P = 9.9 × 10–8), including oncogenes such as ERBB2, WNT5A and BRAF. This evidence concerns the gene BRAF and cancer.