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- noun biochemistry The excessive
acetylation of thelysine residues of aprotein (especially of ahistone )
Etymologies
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hyper- + acetylation
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Examples
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Domain-wide hyperacetylation was strongly reduced by treatment with actinomycinD but not with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (CHX).
PLoS Biology: New Articles Francesca De Santa et al. 2010
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(C) Transcription is required for inducible H3K9 hyperacetylation at the transcribed region upstream of Cxcl11.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Francesca De Santa et al. 2010
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P21WAF1 / cip1 promoters by Smad1 / 5 / 8 to induce the hyperacetylation of histones H3 and
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