Phylogenomics of the nucleosome

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 882-891

  Malik, Harmit S ^a   Henikoff, Steven ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H3;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA HELIX; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOSOME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0242407193     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb996     Document Type: Review

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