Analysis of primary structural determinants that distinguish the centromere-specific function of histone variant Cse4p from histone H3

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 6130-6139

  Keith, Kevin C ^a,c   Baker, Richard E ^b   Chen, Yinhuai ^a   Harris, Kendra ^b   Stoler, Sam ^a   Fitzgerald Hayes, Molly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0032812344     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.9.6130     Document Type: Article

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