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We have used an in vitro procedure to direct nucleosomes to different sites on a chicken embryo tRNA gene. The results show that transcription of the tRNA gene depends on nucleosome position and in a functional promoter structure, the constant gene sequence TTCGA coincides with the nucleosome middle axis.
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Wittig, S., Wittig, B. Function of a tRNA gene promoter depends on nucleosome position. Nature 297, 31–38 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/297031a0
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