Chromatin condensing functions of the linker histone C-terminal domain are mediated by specific amino acid composition and intrinsic protein disorder

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 164-172

  Lu, Xu ^a,d   Hamkalo, Barbara ^b   Parseghian, Missag H ^c   Hansen, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Research and Development   (United States)

^d VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-TERMINAL DOMAIN (CTD); CHROMATIN FIBERS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURES; DNA STRUCTURES; IN-VIVO; ISOFORM; ISOFORMS; LINKER HISTONES; MODEL SYSTEMS; PRIMARY SEQUENCES;

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; DNA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FUNCTIONS; GENES; LUTETIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PORT TERMINALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CHROMOSOMES;

HISTONE; ISOPROTEIN; LINK PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 58549094957     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi801636y     Document Type: Article

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