Core histone N-termini play an essential role in mitotic chromosome condensation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 379-391

  De La Barre, Anne Elisabeth ^a   Gerson, Véronique ^a   Gout, Stéphanie ^a   Creaven, Martina ^a   Allis, C Dave ^b   Dimitrov, Stefan ^a  

^a INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Chromosome; Condensation; H3 phosphorylation; Histone tails

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PHOSPHOSERINE; TRYPSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034142381     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.3.379     Document Type: Article

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