The N-terminus of histone H2B, but not that of histone H3 or its phosphorylation, is essential for chromosome condensation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 6383-6393

  De La Barre, Anne Elisabeth ^a   Angelov, Dimitri ^b   Molla, Annie ^a   Dimitrov, Stefan ^a  

^a INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Condensation; H3 phosphorylation; Histone H2B; Histone tails

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTONES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KINETICS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES; OVUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERINE; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; TRYPSIN; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0035890134     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.22.6383     Document Type: Article

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