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Nucleosome remodelers on track

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology volume 12, pages 732–733 (2005)Cite this article

Two recent studies address how chromatin-remodeling enzymes alter nucleosomes and suggest that they anchor on the particle while translocating on the nucleosomal DNA.

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Figure 1: A model for ATP-dependent remodeling, integrating information provided by publications referred to in the text.

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