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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages 2118-2131Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.5.2118-2131.2004
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM62484, R01 GM062484] Funding Source: Medline
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The eukaryotic genome is divided into chromosomal domains of distinct gene activities. Transcriptionally silent chromatin tends to encroach upon active chromatin. Barrier elements that can block the spread of silent chromatin have been documented, but the mechanisms of their function are not resolved. We show that the prokaryotic LexA protein can function as a barrier to the propagation of transcriptionally silent chromatin in yeast. The barrier function of LexA correlates with its ability to disrupt local chromatin structure. In accord with this, (CCGNN)(n) and poly(dA-dT), both of which do not favor nucleosome formation, can also act as efficient boundaries of silent chromatin. Moreover, we show that a Rap1p-binding barrier element also disrupts chromatin structure. These results demonstrate that nucleosome exclusion is one of the mechanisms for the establishment of boundaries of silent chromatin domains.
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