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Regulated nucleosome mobility and the histone code

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Post-translational modifications of the histone tails are correlated with distinct chromatin states that regulate access to DNA. Recent proteomic analyses have revealed several new modifications in the globular nucleosome core, many of which lie at the histone-DNA interface. We interpret these modifications in light of previously published data and propose a new and testable model for how cells implement the histone code by modulating nucleosome dynamics.

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Figure 1: Annotated map of previously known and newly identified histone modifications on the surface of the X. laevis nucleosome core particle26.
Figure 2: The regulated nucleosome mobility model.
Figure 3: Regulated nucleosome mobility, a missing link in the regulation of chromatin dynamics.

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This work is supported in part by the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellowship to M.S.C. from the US National Cancer Institute, and by a grant from the US National Institutes of Health to J.D.B. and C.W.

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