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Transcription in the absence of histone H3.3.
Current biology : CB - 28 Jul 2009
Hödl Martina, Basler Konrad
Abstract excerpt
Di- and trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4me2 and H3K4me3) are hallmarks of chromatin at active genes. The major fraction of K4-methylated histone H3 is the variant H3 (termed H3.3 in Drosophila), which replaces canonical H3 (H3.2) in transcribed genes. Here, we genetically address the in vivo significance of such K4 methylation by replacing wild-type H3.3 with a mutant form (H3.3K4A) that cannot be...
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