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REST acts through multiple deacetylase complexes.

E C Griffith·C W Cowan·M E Greenberg
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The RE1 binding silencer protein REST represses neuronal-specific gene expression in nonneuronal cell types. In this issue of Neuron, Ballas et al. show that REST inhibits gene expression via the recruitment of multiple histone deacetylase complexes.

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E C Griffith, C W Cowan, M E Greenberg. 2001-08-16. REST acts through multiple deacetylase complexes.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0896-6273(01)00386-5

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