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Histone H4 lysine 16 acetylation breaks the genome's silence

Acetylation at histone H4 lysine 16 is involved in many cellular processes in organisms as diverse as yeast and humans. A recent biochemical study pinpoints this particular acetylation mark as a switch for changing chromatin from a repressive to a transcriptionally active state.

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Main Authors: Shia, Wei-Jong, Pattenden, Samantha G, Workman, Jerry L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779524/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16689998
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2006-7-5-217
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