Understanding the Words of Chromatin Regulation

Jiang I. Wu; Julie Lessard; Gerald R. Crabtree

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.01.009

Understanding the Words of Chromatin Regulation

Jiang I. Wu, Julie Lessard, Gerald R. Crabtree

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Abstract

Recent studies indicate that chromatin regulatory complexes produce biological specificity in the way that letters produce meanings by combinations into words. Combinatorial assembly of chromatin regulatory complexes may be critical for maximizing the information content provided by arrays of histone modifications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	200-206
Number of pages	7
Journal	Cell
Volume	136
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.01.009
State	Published - Jan 23 2009

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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