A Conserved Role for Human Nup98 in Altering Chromatin Structure and Promoting Epigenetic Transcriptional Memory
Author(s) -
William H. Light,
Jonathan E. Freaney,
Varun Sood,
Abbey Thompson,
Agustina D’Urso,
Curt M. Horvath,
Jason H. Brickner
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001524
Subject(s) - biology , chromatin , promoter , rna polymerase ii , epigenetics , transcriptional regulation , transcription (linguistics) , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , nucleoplasm , transcription factor , gene expression , nucleolus , cytoplasm , linguistics , philosophy
In yeast and humans, interaction of a nuclear pore protein with promoters alters chromatin structure and allows RNA polymerase II to bind, poising them for faster reactivation for several generations.
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