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Insight into the mechanism of nucleosome reorganization from histone mutants that suppress defects in the FACT histone chaperone.
Genetics - 1 Aug 2011
McCullough Laura, Rawlins Robert, Olsen Aileen, Xin Hua, Stillman David J, Formosa Tim
Abstract excerpt
FACT (FAcilitates Chromatin Transcription/Transactions) plays a central role in transcription and replication in eukaryotes by both establishing and overcoming the repressive properties of chromatin. FACT promotes these opposing goals by interconverting nucleosomes between the canonical form and a more open reorganized form. In the forward direction, reorganization destabilizes nucleosomes, while the reverse...
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