Yeast histone H3 and H4 amino termini are important for nucleosome assembly in vivo and in vitro: Redundant and position-independent functions in assembly but not in gene regulation

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 686-699

  Ling, Xuefeng ^a,b   Harkness, Troy A A ^c   Schultz, Michael C ^c   Fisher Adams, Grace ^a,b   Grunstein, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

gene expression; histone H3; histone H4; nucleosome assembly; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; HYDROPHILICITY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SILENT GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029878216     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.6.686     Document Type: Article

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