Chromatin modification.
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   Enzymes can add negative acetyl groups (-COCH[3]) to histone tails.
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   Histone  acetylation  loosens  chromatin  structure,  making  the  DNA
   accessible to transcription.
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   Such  chromatin  modifications  may be passed to future generations of
   cells in a process called epigenetic inheritance.