Histones and chromatin structure in hyperthermophilic Archaea

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 203-213

  Grayling, Rowan A ^a   Sandman, Kathleen ^a   Reeve, John N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth regulation; HMf; Methanogen; Methanothermus fervidus; Nucleosome like structure; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030012909     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6445(96)00012-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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