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. 2011 Oct 11;108(41):16867-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1113321108. Epub 2011 Oct 3.

Chromatin plasticity and the pathogenesis of Huntington disease

Michelle E Ehrlich  1 , Sam Gandy
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Chromatin plasticity and the pathogenesis of Huntington disease

Michelle E Ehrlich et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
X-ray crystal structure of a nucleosome assembled with macroH2A (Protein Data Bank 1U35; α-satellite DNA + Mus musculus H3, H4, H2B + Homo sapiens macroH2A11). [Reprinted from ref. with the permission of the authors.]
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Schematic diagram contrasting the molecular changes in macroH2A occupancy that occur at genes activated or repressed by macroH2A. [Reprinted from ref. with the permission of the authors.]
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