histone acetyltransferase

biology
Also known as: HAT

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epigenetic regulation

  • Histones and nucleosomes
    In histone

    …act on histones, such as histone acetyltransferases (HATs), which add acetyl groups and promote gene activation, and histone deacetylases (HDACs), which remove acetyl groups and generally block gene activity.

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