Sentences with phrase «bind euchromatin»
It has three key protein domains: a DNA - binding domain, a chromodomain (which may bind euchromatin), and a helicase domain (which is thought to activate transcription by acting against repressing transcription effects, such as heterochromatin structure).
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Specifically, they found that Chd1 is highly expressed in ESCs (relative to differentiated cells) and that Chd1 binds to the promoters of genes actively being transcribed in mouse ESC euchromatin.
Currently, although it is known that Chd1 binds to euchromatin, the exact mechanisms of how Chd1 counters heterochromatin formation are unclear; it may act to prevent the spread of heterochromatin areas to euchromatin.