The SNF2-family member Fun30 promotes gene silencing in heterochromatic loci.

Chromatin regulates many key processes in the nucleus by controlling access to the underlying DNA. SNF2-like factors are ATP-driven enzymes that play key roles in the dynamics of chromatin by remodelling nucleosomes and other nucleoprotein complexes. Even simple eukaryotes such as yeast contain memb...

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Main Authors: Ana Neves-Costa, W Ryan Will, Anna T Vetter, J Ross Miller, Patrick Varga-Weisz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2780329?pdf=render