HISTONE-H1 AND THE REGULATION OF TRANSCRIPTION OF EUKARYOTIC GENES

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ZLATANOVA, J
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[1] Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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10.1016/0968-0004(90)90053-E
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Histone H1 plays a role in the formation of chromatin structure, both at the level of the nucleosome particle itself and in the formation of the higher-order structures of the chromatin fibre. Histone H1 is regarded as a part of a general repressor mechanism that ensures a strong and stable repression of gene expression. In addition to serving as a general repressor for relatively large chromatin fragments, histone H1 might also be involved in controlling the transcriptional activity of individual genes. © 1990.
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