Either of the major H2A genes but not an evolutionarily conserved H2A.F/Z variant of Tetrahymena thermophila can function as the sole H2A gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2878-2887

  Liu, Xiuwen ^a,b   Bowen, Josephine ^a   Gorovsky, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0029982345     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.2878     Document Type: Article

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