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Shocking phosphorylation of histones

Jonathan Weitzman

Genome Biology 2001, 2:spotlight-20010104-01 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010104-01

Published: 4 January 2001

Immunocytochemistry experiments show that histone phosphorylation, rather than acetylation, is important for transcription during the heat shock response in Drosophila.