Abstract
In this issue of Molecular Cell, Sahu et al.1 find that shielding heterochromatin from SWI/SNF chromatin remodelers is essential to maintain and epigenetically propagate pre-existing heterochromatin domains, whereas SWI/SNF action protects facultative heterochromatic regions from premature silencing.
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MeSH terms
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Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly*
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Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone* / genetics
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Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone* / metabolism
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Epigenesis, Genetic
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Gene Silencing
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Heterochromatin* / genetics
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Heterochromatin* / metabolism
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Transcription Factors / genetics
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Transcription Factors / metabolism
Substances
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Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
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Heterochromatin
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SWI-SNF-B chromatin-remodeling complex
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Transcription Factors