H2A and H2B tails are essential to properly reconstitute nucleosome core particles

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1083-1094

  Bertin, Aurélie ^a,c   Durand, Dominique ^b   Renouard, Madalena ^a   Livolant, Françoise ^a   Mangenot, Stéphanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Histone tails; Nucleosome; SAXS

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; NUCLEASE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMATIN; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIGESTION; DNA SUPERCOILING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VITRIFICATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA; HISTONES; LYTECHINUS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 35748982118     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0212-9     Document Type: Article

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