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. 2008 Mar;15(3):318-20.
doi: 10.1038/nsmb.1385. Epub 2008 Feb 10.

HP1-mediated silencing targets Pol II coactivator complexes

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HP1-mediated silencing targets Pol II coactivator complexes

Andrea Smallwood et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Mar.

Abstract

Little is known of the specific biochemical mechanism by which heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) inactivates a gene. We analyzed HP1-mediated inhibition of preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly in vitro on chromatin templates regulated by GAL4-VP16 or Sp1. HP1 blocked key subunits of the TFIID and Mediator coactivator complexes. Notably, binding of the same subunits was inhibited by HP1 on the Sp1-regulated survivin gene in vivo upon DNA damage-induced silencing.

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