Swr1 mediated H2A.Z incorporation designates centromere DNA for de novo CENP-A assembly
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Histone variant H2A.Z regulates centromere silencing and chromosome segregation in fission yeast.
The incorporation of histone variant H2A.Z into nucleosomes plays essential roles in regulating chromatin structure and gene expression. A multisubunit complex containing chromatin remodeling protein Swr1 is responsible for the deposition of H2A.Z in budding yeast and mammals. Here, we show that the JmjC domain protein Msc1 is a novel component of the fission yeast Swr1 complex and is required ...
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