The Arabidopsis acetylated histone-binding protein BRAT1 forms a complex with BRP1 and prevents transcriptional silencing

oleh: Cui-Jun Zhang, Xiao-Mei Hou, Lian-Mei Tan, Chang-Rong Shao, Huan-Wei Huang, Yong-Qiang Li, Lin Li, Tao Cai, She Chen, Xin-Jian He

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-06-01

Deskripsi

Transposons and repetitive sequences are typically subject to transcription silencing. Here, Zhang et al. find that the bromodomain-containing protein BRAT1 forms a complex with BRP1, recognizes histone acetylation and acts to prevent transcriptional silencing in Arabidopsis.