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SUBMITTER: Petesch SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3473076 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Petesch Steven J SJ Lis John T JT
Molecular cell 20111215 1
Eukaryotic cells possess many transcriptionally regulated mechanisms to alleviate the nucleosome barrier. Dramatic changes to the chromatin structure of Drosophila melanogaster Hsp70 gene loci are dependent on the transcriptional activator, heat shock factor (HSF), and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Here, we find that PARP is associated with the 5' end of Hsp70, and its enzymatic activity is rapidly induced by heat shock. This activation causes PARP to redistribute throughout Hsp70 loci and ...[more]