What is the function of histone deacetylation?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: The general effect of histone deacetylation is the repression of gene expression. Deacetylases are often associated with repressor complexes, and heterochromatin (with few active genes) generally contains nucleosomes with deacetylated histones.
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