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chromatin remodelling

noun

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changes to the packaging of DNA around histones that alter the accessibility of genes for transcription

Example Sentence

Chromatin remodelling opens the DNA tightly wrapped around histones so a liver-specific gene can be transcribed.

Usage Note

Use the term when explaining how environmental cues like diet or stress can turn genes on or off without changing the DNA sequence itself.

Synonyms

chromatin restructuring nucleosome remodeling epigenetic reprogramming

Antonyms

chromatin compaction gene silencing heterochromatin formation