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Specifying transcription

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To switch on the right genes at the right times, our cells rely on many different proteins. Some help to remodel the architecture of the genome, and are remarkably choosy about which other proteins they work with.

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Figure 1: Wrapping up the genome.
Figure 2: Remodelling complexes and gene transcription.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02114, Massachusetts

    Ian F. G. King & Robert E. Kingston

  2. Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02115, Massachusetts, USA

    Ian F. G. King & Robert E. Kingston

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King, I., Kingston, R. Specifying transcription. Nature 414, 859–861 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/414858a

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