nucleosome array spacer activity

Term ID

GO:0140750

Synonyms

• nucleosome array spacing activity

Definition

A histone octamer slider activity that spaces nucleosomes along chromosomal DNA. This activity is involved in assembling chromatin in uniform nucleosome arrays to regulate transcription by RNA polymerases I, II, and III, as well as DNA replication, recombination and repair. (2)

References

Ontology

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