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Focus on Chromatin

In eukaryotes, the packaging of DNA by histones into chromatin has profound effects on transcription and other nuclear processes. Far from being a uniform set of 'beads on a string', chromatin structure is remodeled and even modified, altering the accessibility of packaged genes to the factors involved in their regulation. This special focus on chromatin features an Overview, six Reviews and a Perspective that describe how chromatin is built and subsequently altered at various structural levels, and the impact of these events on fundamental biological processes involving DNA.

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Editorial

Focus on Chromatin

Chromatin coming into focus p985

doi:10.1038/nsmb1107-985


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Overview

Focus on Chromatin

Chromatin rules pp986 - 988

Roger D Kornberg & Yahli Lorch

doi:10.1038/nsmb1107-986


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Perspective

Focus on Chromatin

Chromatin remodeling: insights and intrigue from single-molecule studies pp989 - 996

Bradley R Cairns

doi:10.1038/nsmb1333


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Reviews

Focus on Chromatin

Histone chaperones: an escort network regulating histone traffic pp997 - 1007

Leanne De Koning, Armelle Corpet, James E Haber & Geneviève Almouzni

doi:10.1038/nsmb1318


Focus on Chromatin

Covalent modifications of histones during development and disease pathogenesis pp1008 - 1016

Sukesh R Bhaumik, Edwin Smith & Ali Shilatifard

doi:10.1038/nsmb1337


Focus on Chromatin

Cross-regulation of histone modifications pp1017 - 1024

John A Latham & Sharon Y R Dent

doi:10.1038/nsmb1307


Focus on Chromatin

How chromatin-binding modules interpret histone modifications: lessons from professional pocket pickers pp1025 - 1040

Sean D Taverna, Haitao Li, Alexander J Ruthenburg, C David Allis & Dinshaw J Patel

doi:10.1038/nsmb1338


Focus on Chromatin

Transcription and RNAi in heterochromatic gene silencing pp1041 - 1048

Marc Bühler & Danesh Moazed

doi:10.1038/nsmb1315


Focus on Chromatin

Gene regulation through nuclear organization pp1049 - 1055

Tom Sexton, Heiko Schober, Peter Fraser & Susan M Gasser

doi:10.1038/nsmb1324


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Primers

Focus on Chromatin

Primers on chromatin pp1110 - 1115

Sabbi Lall

doi:10.1038/nsmb1107-1110


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