A novel histone H4 mutant defective in nuclear division and mitotic chromosome transmission

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1017-1026

  Smith, M Mitchell ^a   Yang, Peirong ^a   Santisteban, Maria Soledad ^a   Boone, Paul W ^a   Goldstein, Andrew T ^a   Megee, Paul C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030026561     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.3.1017     Document Type: Article

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