Toxoplasma H2A Variants Reveal Novel Insights into Nucleosome Composition and Functions for this Histone Family

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 392, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-47

  Dalmasso, Maria C ^a   Onyango, David O ^b   Naguleswaran, Arunasalam ^b   Sullivan Jr , William J ^b   Angel, Sergio O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chromatin; development; histone; nucleosome; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2A1; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AZ; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 68949196209     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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