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Drosophila FACT contributes to Hox gene expression through physical and functional interactions with GAGA factor.
Genes & development - 1 Jul 2003
Shimojima Tsukasa, Okada Masahiro, Nakayama Takahiro, Ueda Hitoshi, Okawa Katsuya, Iwamatsu Akihiro, Handa Hiroshi, Hirose Susumu
Abstract excerpt
Chromatin structure plays a critical role in the regulation of transcription. Drosophila GAGA factor directs chromatin remodeling to its binding sites. We show here that Drosophila FACT (facilitates chromatin transcription), a heterodimer of dSPT16 and dSSRP1, is associated with GAGA factor through its dSSRP1 subunit, binds to a nucleosome, and facilitates GAGA factor-directed chromatin remodeling. Moreover,...
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