Martienssen, R., Henikoff, S.
(May 1999)
The House & Garden guide to chromatin remodelling.
Nature Genetics, 22 (1).
pp. 6-7.
ISSN 1061-4036
Abstract
In our gene-centred society, a chromosome is often regarded merely as an accomodation for genes, providing replication, segregation and other housekeeping functions for its many residents. The transcription of genes garners nearly all of our attention, and we tend to consider the customized gene-by-gene regulation of transcription to be the key to development and physiology. During the past few years, however, the importance of chromosomes and chromatin in the regulation of gene expression has come to the fore, with the recognition that chromatin remodelling and histone acetylation influence transcription1. This has been revealed in large part by genetic interactions between genes encoding subunits of remodelling complexes and their targets2, 3. And yet genes account for only a minor percentage of the eukaryotic genome; non-genic regions are similarly packaged into nucleosomes. Focus on gene-based processes may obscure the generality of nucleosome displacement for maintaining and packaging chromosomes.
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Paper
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dna methyltransferase
arabidopsis
methylation
transcription
yeast
genes
probe |
| Subjects: |
organism description > plant > Arabidopsis
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > DNA methylation
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > Chromatin dynamics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > chromosome
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > chromosomes, structure and function > chromosome
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > methyltransferase |
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CSHL labs > Martienssen lab |
| Depositing User: |
Matt Covey
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| Date: |
May 1999 |
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13 Dec 2013 16:25 |
| Last Modified: |
13 Dec 2013 16:25 |
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https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/28991 |
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