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Chromatin remodeling
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Form of dynamic modification
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Chromatin remodeling is the dynamic modification of chromatin architecture to allow access of condensed genomic DNA to the regulatory transcription machinery proteins, and thereby control gene expression. Such remodeling is mainly carried out by 1) covalent histone modifications by specific enzymes, e.g., histone acetyltransferases (HATs),...

Instance of
Biological process
Subclass of
chromatin organization
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