BIOL 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Histone H2A, Histone Deacetylase, Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance

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We have seen so far the bottom half of this diagram, i. e. what is necessary once a gene is accessible for transcription to occur. This includes rna polymerase, all of the necessary general tfs, as well as gene- specific tfs and the mediator complex. There are a number of conditions which need to be met before the dna is accessible to be transcribed efficiently. Chromatin can either be in a packed conformation or in a loose conformation; this is regulated by repressors, which compress chromatin, and activators, which de-compress the dna. This will then lead to a change in gene expression. Because it"s so difficult to access dna, cooperative binding becomes important; the more activators that are bound, the looser the dna will be and the higher the level of gene expression: the same is true for repressors. Conformational changes don"t occur very easily because of its structure, allowing nucleosomes to bind and tighten dna.

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