Chromatin remodelling: the industrial revolution of DNA around histones - PubMed (original) (raw)

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doi: 10.1038/nrm1945.

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Chromatin remodelling: the industrial revolution of DNA around histones

Anjanabha Saha et al. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

Chromatin remodellers are specialized multi-protein machines that enable access to nucleosomal DNA by altering the structure, composition and positioning of nucleosomes. All remodellers have a catalytic ATPase subunit that is similar to known DNA-translocating motor proteins, suggesting DNA translocation as a unifying aspect of their mechanism. Here, we explore the diversity and specialization of chromatin remodellers, discuss how nucleosome modifications regulate remodeller activity and consider a model for the exposure of nucleosomal DNA that involves the use of directional DNA translocation to pump 'DNA waves' around the nucleosome.

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