Histone Modifications: Cycling with Chromosomal Replication
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Histone Modifications: Cycling with Chromosomal Replication
Histone modifications tend to be lost during chromosome duplication. Several recent studies suggest that the RNA interference pathway becomes active during the weakened transcriptional repression occurring at centromeres in S phase, resulting in the re-establishment of histone modifications that direct the formation of heterochromatin.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.03.044