A distinct H2A.X isoform is enriched in Xenopus laevis eggs and early embryos and is phosphorylated in the absence of a checkpoint

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 749-754

  Shechter, David ^a   Chitta, Raghu K ^b   Xiao, Andrew ^a   Shabanowitz, Jeffrey ^b   Hunt, Donald F ^b,c   Allis, C David ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA damage; Histone; Variant

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHICKPEA; DNA DAMAGE; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FROG; GOLDFISH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SOMATIC CELL; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; S PHASE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; ARABIDOPSIS; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CICER ARIETINUM; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 58849129850     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812207106     Document Type: Article

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