Equilibrium folding of the core histones: The H3-H4 tetramer is less stable than the H2A-H2B dimer

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6827-6839

  Banks, Douglas D ^a   Gloss, Lisa M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY;

DIMERS; FLUORESCENCE; FREE ENERGY; HYDROGEN BONDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

HISTONE; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIC STRENGTH; NUCLEOSOME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; GUANIDINE; HISTONES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038661090     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi026957r     Document Type: Article

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