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Dna Deacetylation Increases Histones Positive Charge Attraction Phosphate

Deacetylation increases the positive charge on histones, strengthening their attraction to DNA's phosphate groups, which makes DNA less accessible to transcription factors and switches genes off.

Deacetylation increases the positive charge on histones, strengthening their attraction to DNA's phosphate groups, which makes DNA less accessible to transcription factors and switches genes off.

Front What does Deacetylation do the DNA
Back Deacetylation increases positive charge on histones
This increases attraction to phosphate groups of DNA
Association between DNA and histones stronger
DNA not accesible to transcriptional factors
Gene switched off

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