An approximately half set of histone genes is enough for cell proliferation and a lack of several histone variants causes protein pattern changes in the DT40 chicken B cell line

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 394-408

  Takami, Yasunari ^a   Takeda, Shunichi ^b   Nakayama, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compensation; Gene targeting; Histones; Protein patterns; RNase protection assay

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HOMOZYGOTE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031592478     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0733     Document Type: Article

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