Global nucleosome distribution and the regulation of transcription in yeast.
Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1,000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
Recent studies show that active regulatory regions of the yeast genome have a lower density of nucleosomes than other regions, and that there is an inverse correlation between nucleosome density and the transcription rate of a gene. This may be the result of transcription factors displacing nucleosomes.
PMID: 15461807 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMCID: PMC545588