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Versatile assembler

The protein machines that assemble and remodel chromosomal proteins often contain a common component. The role of this component in maintaining stability during development is now revealed.

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Figure 1: Chromatin assembly on new DNA.

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Henikoff, S. Versatile assembler. Nature 423, 815–817 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/423814a

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