Histones in functional diversification: Core histone variants

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 5149-5168

  Pusarla, Rama Haritha ^a   Bhargava, Purnima ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Gene expression; Histone variants; Histones; Nucleosome

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H3;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA REPAIR; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA REPAIR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HISTONES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOSOMES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 27144504752     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04930.x     Document Type: Review

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