Histones as regulators of genes.

Scientific American ·Vol. 267 ·No. 4 ·1992-10-00 ·Pages 68-74B

Grunstein M

Abstract

Histones were once dismissed as little more than packing material for nuclear DNA. In fact, these proteins can both repress and facilitate activation of many genes.

MeSH Terms

Animals Gene Expression Regulation/physiology Histones/physiology Humans Macromolecular Substances Nucleosomes/physiology Transcription, Genetic/physiology Yeasts/genetics

Chemicals

Histones Macromolecular Substances Nucleosomes

Authors & Affiliations

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Grunstein M

Article Info

Journal

Scientific American

Abbr.

Sci Am

ISSN

0036-8733

DOI

10.1038/scientificamerican1092-68

Published

1992-10-00

Pages

68-74B

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404400

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican1092-68 View journal details

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