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Chromatin Remodeling Factor
The protein complexes or individual proteins that have the function of chromatin remodeling. These proteins act to remodel chromatin by altering the accessibility of DNA to factors required for gene transcription. Polycomb group genes are involved in chromatin based gene silencing and gene repression. (NCI Thesaurus)
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