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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: M. David Stewart
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-71833 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Disease models & mechanisms 20160301 3
HIRA is the histone chaperone responsible for replication-independent incorporation of histone variant H3.3 within gene bodies and regulatory regions of actively transcribed genes, and within the bivalent promoter regions of developmentally regulated genes. The HIRA gene lies within the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome critical region; individuals with this syndrome have multiple congenital heart defects. Because terminally differentiated cardiomyocytes have exited the cell cycle, histone variants shou ...[more]