Biology:HMGN4

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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High mobility group nucleosome-binding domain-containing protein 4 is a transcription factor that in humans is encoded by the HMGN4 gene.[1][2]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene, a member of the HMGN protein family, is thought to reduce the compactness of the chromatin fiber in nucleosomes, thereby enhancing transcription from chromatin templates. Transcript variants utilizing alternative polyadenylation signals exist for this gene.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: high mobility group nucleosomal binding domain 4". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10473. 
  2. "HMGN4, a newly discovered nucleosome-binding protein encoded by an intronless gene". DNA Cell Biol. 20 (5): 257–64. May 2001. doi:10.1089/104454901750232454. PMID 11410162. 

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