Trypanosome H2Bv replaces H2B in nucleosomes enriched for H3 K4 and K76 trimethylation

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 368, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 846-851

  Mandava, Veena ^a   Janzen, Christian J ^a   Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Histone methylation; Histone modification; Histone ubiquitination; Histone variant; Mass spectrometry; Nucleosome; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; UBIQUITINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 40049098866     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.01.144     Document Type: Article

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