Common features of analogous replacement histone H3 genes in animals and plants

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 194-206

  Waterborg, Jakob H ^a   Robertson, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin assembly; Histone H3; Histone H4; Nucleosome structure; Phylogenetic analysis; Polypyrimidine sequence; Replacement histone

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0029810308     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02338827     Document Type: Article

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