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The transcription factor NF-κB plays a critical role in regulating inducible gene expression in immune responses. The activation of NF-κB is regulated at multiple levels, probably reflecting a need to maintain a tight control of its activity. We have recently discovered that direct phosphorylation of NF-κB itself is essential for its transcriptional activity and that phosphorylation acts as a switch to determine association of nuclear NF-κB with histone acetylases vs deacetylases.
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Ghosh, S. Regulation of inducible gene expression by the transcription factor NF-κB. Immunol Res 19, 183–190 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02786486
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