A novel histone H4 variant regulates rDNA transcription in breast cancer
Mengping Long, Xulun Sun, Wenjin Shi, Yanru An, Sophia T C Leung, Dongbo Ding, Manjinder S. Cheema, Nicol A. Macpherson, Christopher J. Nelson, Juan Ausió, Yan Yan, Toyotaka Ishibashi
This study identifies H4G, a novel histone variant overexpressed in breast cancer tissues, which localizes to nucleoli and enhances rDNA transcription by destabilizing nucleosomes.
Nucleic Acids Research · Jun 10, 2019Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology