New twists on H2A.Z: A histone variant with a controversial structural and functional past

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 490-497

  Dryhurst, Deanna ^a   Thambirajah, Anita A ^a   Ausió, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Heterochromatin; Histone H2A.Z; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTEGRATION; SPECIFICATIONS;

CHROMATIN ORGANIZATIONS; H2A.Z; HISTONE VARIANTS; HOMEOSTATIC REGULATIONS;

CHROMOSOMES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2A Z; PROTEIN SWI; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMEOSTASIS; NUCLEOSOME; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DIMERIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 4644311959     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o04-043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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