Weakly positioned nucleosomes enhance the transcriptional competency of chromatin.

Transcription is affected by nucleosomal resistance against polymerase passage. In turn, nucleosomal resistance is determined by DNA sequence, histone chaperones and remodeling enzymes. The contributions of these factors are widely debated: one recent title claims "… DNA-encoded nucleosome orga...

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Main Authors: Yaakov Belch, Jingyi Yang, Yang Liu, Sridhar A Malkaram, Rong Liu, Jean-Jack M Riethoven, Istvan Ladunga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2945322?pdf=render