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Hislons oroteins 616 structural comoonsnls ol chromalin 6nd as such<br />

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essentialt lh€ same histon6 protsin, Allhough conlrol of histons g€ne<br />

expression occurs at mu[iple rsgubrory lev6lE, transcriplional r€gulalion<br />

rcprcsonts a prominsnt level ol conrrol T.anscridion oI histono gsnes is<br />

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coordinatet rcgurat€d du ng €ntry into and €xit frorn s-phas€, as w6ll as<br />

wh6n c6lls c6as6 prolileration, Transariplional mod€ls ol hislone gene<br />

6rpt6ssion iNolve s€q€nc€-sp3cifc p,otein/oNA inls€ct'ons by hislon€<br />

gsne pfomor€| factols. Th8s€ tactors m8y m6di6t6 (i) sp€cific recognilion ot<br />

the mFNA slart sir€, (ii) 6lficbncy ol iniuauon, (iii) s€bcri!€ discdmina on ol<br />

histone gene promolers, as wsll as (iv) $e tming ol t anscriplion relali!€ lo<br />

specmc siagos of lha cdlcycl€, Ths main locls ol rhis study is to und€rsland<br />

the cont bution ot sequsnce.sp€ciic promot€r taclors lo cell cycl6 regulated<br />

ranscription ol hsman hisbne <strong>H4</strong> 96n6s.

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