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. 2017 Mar 21;20:81–86. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2017.03.007

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Histone acetylation converts chromatin to an open or transcriptionally permissive state and is regulated by the histone acetyltransferases. Deacetylation is regulated by the histone deacetylases and converts chromatin to a condensed or transcriptionally repressive state.