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Comment
. 2008 Dec;6(12):e313.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060313. Epub 2008 Dec 2.

Loopy chromatin brings distant DNA to bear on silencing promoter genes

Mary Hoff
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Loopy chromatin brings distant DNA to bear on silencing promoter genes

Mary Hoff. PLoS Biol. 2008 Dec.
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The “loopiness” of chromatin around a target gene influences the gene's level of transcriptional activation.
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