Physical methods used to study core histone tail structures and interactions in solution

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 578-588

  Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Hayes, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Core histone tail domains; Core histones; DNA; Method; Nucleosome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; CELLS; CROSSLINKING; DNA SEQUENCES; PROTEINS;

CORE HISTONE TAIL DOMAINS; CORE HISTONES; NUCLEOSOME; THERMAL DENATURATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

HISTONE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACETYLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; DNA BINDING; DNA DENATURATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BINDING SITES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA; HISTONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SOLUTIONS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 33750741949     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O06-076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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