A variant histone H3 is enriched at telomeres in Trypanosoma brucei

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5937-5947

  Lowell, Joanna E ^a   Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CenH3; Histone H3 variant; Telomere; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MINICHROMOSOME; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA REPAIR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 12344257200     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01515     Document Type: Article

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