Identification and characterization of two novel primate-specific histone H3 variants, H3.X and H3.Y

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 777-791

  Wiedemann, Sonja M ^a   Mildner, Silke N ^a   Bönisch, Clemens ^a   Israel, Lars ^a   Maiser, Andreas ^a   Matheisl, Sarah ^a   Straub, Tobias ^a   Merkl, Rainer ^b   Leonhardt, Heinrich ^a,d   Kremmer, Elisabeth ^c   Schermelleh, Lothar ^a   Hake, Sandra B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3.X; HISTONE H3.Y; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STARVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEOSOMES; PRIMATES; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

PRIMATES;

EID: 77956385727     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201002043     Document Type: Article

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