Volume 25, No 2, Feb 2015

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
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Volume 25 Issue 2, February 2015: 151-152

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Another twist in the histone memory code

Sheena Josselyn^1,2,3,4 and Paul W Frankland^1,2,3,4

¹Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
²Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
³Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3GM, Canada
⁴Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada Correspondence: Paul W Frankland,(paul.frankland@sickkids.ca)

Transcription is a highly regulated process and several studies have examined the role of transcription factors and various epigenetic regulators in memory formation. In a recent paper in Nature, Zokvic and colleagues show an important role for a novel regulator of chromatin structure (the incorporation of histone variants) in memory formation.

10.1038/cr.2014.134

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