Identification of two DNA-binding sites on the globular domain of histone H5

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3421-3429

  Goytisolo, Fermín A ^a   Gerchman, Sue Ellen ^b   Yu, Xiang ^a   Rees, Christine ^a   Graziano, V ^b   Ramakrishnan, V ^b,c   Thomas, Jean O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA binding; Globular domain; Histone H5; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE H5; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030016336     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00708.x     Document Type: Article

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