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Nature Cell Biology 6, 571–572 (1 July 2004) | doi:10.1038/ncb0704-571

Ubiquitin signalling: what's in a chain?

Mark Hochstrasser

An emerging theme in eukaryotic transcriptional control is the regulation of gene-specific activation by the ubiquitin–proteasome system. This regulation has some surprising twists.