Which of the following statements about histone “code” is most accurate?
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Correct answer: Patterns of histone tail modifications encode gene-regulatory information
The histone-code hypothesis posits that specific combinations of post-translational histone modifications (acetylation, methylation, etc.) on histone tails create a regulatory language that determines chromatin state and gene expression.
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