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Novel approaches towards determining the effect of histone acetylation on chromatin structure

ReferenceG12115
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Tom Owen-Hughes
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution University of Dundee
DepartmentCollege of Life Sciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 164,128
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/09/2000
End date 01/09/2003
Duration36 months

Abstract

There is a history of evidence linking histone acetylation to gene regulation. More recently, the identification of a number of the enzymes responsible for the acetylation of histones has demonstrated the importance of this process in the regulation of many genes. Despite the general role acetylation lays in gene regulation, the pathway by which it affects transcription is not clear. This proposal involves the use of powerful new approaches to study the effect of acetylation on chromatin structure. These will be combined with the aim of furthering our understanding of how histone acetylation affects gene regulation.

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Committee Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
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Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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