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  • noun genetics, biochemistry A sequence of amino acids, common to the protein of many species, that is responsible for the manipulation of chromatin

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  • "We found that a part of Chp1 known as the chromodomain binds with high affinity to methylated chromatin," explains Thomas Schalch, Ph. D., a postdoctoral researcher in the Joshua-Tor lab who led the current study.

    GEN News Highlights 2009

  • Methylation of histone H3 on lysine 9 and accumulation of chromodomain proteins, hallmarks of heterochromatin, also occur specifically on sequences undergoing elimination and are dependent on the small RNAs.

    Another Protozoan and Front-Loading 2006

  • Lsh −/− cells is associated with efficient transcriptional elongation and splicing, in part mediated by the chromodomain protein Chd1.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

  • As for transcriptional regulation of Hox genes we provide evidence that Chd1 is involved, a chromodomain protein that associates with elongation as well as splicing factors.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

  • As for transcriptional regulation of Hox genes we provide evidence that Chd1 is involved, a chromodomain protein that associates with elongation as well as splicing factors.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

  • Lsh −/− cells is associated with efficient transcriptional elongation and splicing, in part mediated by the chromodomain protein Chd1.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

  • Lsh −/− cells is associated with efficient transcriptional elongation and splicing, in part mediated by the chromodomain protein Chd1.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

  • Lsh −/− cells is associated with efficient transcriptional elongation and splicing, in part mediated by the chromodomain protein Chd1.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

  • The chromodomain protein Chd1 recognizes the lysine methyl mark and has been shown to promote transcriptional elongation

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

  • The chromodomain protein Chd1 recognizes the lysine methyl mark and has been shown to promote transcriptional elongation

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yongguang Tao et al. 2010

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