The archaeal histone-fold protein HMf organizes DNA into bona fide chromatin fibers

Structure

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1201-1211

  Tomschik, Miroslav ^a   Karymov, Mikhail A ^a   Zlatanova, Jordanka ^b   Leuba, Sanford H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Atomic force microscope; Chromatin fibers; HMf; In vitro reconstitution; Tetrasomes

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HISTONE; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HMF; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE FUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOSOME; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HISTONES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035659506     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(01)00682-7     Document Type: Article

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