Chromatin Dynamics of Gene Activation and Repression in Response to Interferon α (IFNα) Reveal New Roles for Phosphorylated and Unphosphorylated Forms of the Transcription Factor STAT2

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Signal transducer and activator of transcription 2 (STAT2), the critical component of type I interferons signaling, is a prototype latent cytoplasmic signal-dependent transcription factor. Activated tyrosine-phosphorylated STAT2 associates with STAT1 and IRF9 to bind the ISRE elements in the promoters of a subset of IFN-inducible genes (ISGs). In addition to activate hundreds of ISGs, IFNα also represses numerous...

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