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1: Genome Biol. 2006;7(5):217. Epub 2006 May 10.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Histone H4 lysine 16 acetylation breaks the genome's silence.

Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.

Acetylation at histone H4 lysine 16 is involved in many cellular processes in organisms as diverse as yeast and humans. A recent biochemical study pinpoints this particular acetylation mark as a switch for changing chromatin from a repressive to a transcriptionally active state.

PMID: 16689998 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1779524