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A chromatin thermostat

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When environmental temperatures rise, plants seek help from their core molecular mechanisms to adapt. The chromatin protein H2A.Z, which regulates gene expression, is one such rescue molecule.

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Figure 1: Thermal regulation of gene expression by the H2A.Z protein1.

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  1. Roger B. Deal and Steven Henikoff are in the Basic Sciences Division and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA. steveh@fhcrc.org,

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