30 nm Chromatin Fibre Decompaction Requires both H4-K16 Acetylation and Linker Histone Eviction

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 381, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 816-825

  Robinson, Philip J J ^a,b   An, Woojin ^c,d   Routh, Andrew ^a   Martino, Fabrizio ^e   Chapman, Lynda ^a   Roeder, Robert G ^c   Rhodes, Daniela ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

30 nm fibre; chromatin; histone acetylation; linker histone; MOF

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; HISTONE; HISTONE H4; RECOMBINANT HISTONE OCTAMER; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; LYSINE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DECOMPACTION; DNA MICROARRAY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; XENOPUS;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HISTONES; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; XENOPUS;

EID: 48449106172     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.050     Document Type: Article

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