Histone Function in Transcription

Michael Grunstein

doi:10.1146/annurev.cb.06.110190.003235

Abstract

INTRODUCTION ••• •••• •...... , .....•••• ....•........ 644 NUCLEOSOMES PREVENT TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION IN VITRO •• 644 HISTONE HI AND REPRESSION .. . . ... ..... .... ...... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .... 646 Hi Helps Determine Linker Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 An A ltered Hi Interaction May Be Involved in Repression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Hi in yeast?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648

Keywords

BiologyTranscription (linguistics)GeneticsHistoneComputational biologyFunction (biology)Evolutionary biologyGene

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University of California, Los Angeles US

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Year: 1990
Type: review
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Pages: 643-676
Citations: 352
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                                    Michael Grunstein
                                
                            (1990). 
                            Histone Function in Transcription. 
                            Annual Review of Cell Biology
                            , 6
                            (1)
                            , 643-676.
                            https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.cb.06.110190.003235

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DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cb.06.110190.003235