Mann et al., EMBO J 1992
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Recent work has shown that the yeast histone H4 N-terminus , while not essential for viability, is required for repression of the silent mating loci and activation of GAL1 and PHO5 promoters
Fisher-Adams et al., EMBO J 1995
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Our results are consistent with the H4 N-terminus mediating activation of GAL1 through its effect on the proximal promoter region near the TATA box