Structure of the CENP-A nucleosome and its implications for centromeric chromatin architecture

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 357-364

  Tachiwana, Hiroaki ^a   Kurumizaka, Hitoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CENP A; Centromere; Chromatin; Histone; Kinetochore; Nucleosome

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; CHAPERONE; CSE3 PROTEIN; CSE4 PROTEIN; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HJURP PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SCM3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA WRAPPING; HUMAN; MITOSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AUTOANTIGENS; BINDING SITES; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA; HISTONES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84859112988     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 18805779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.86.357     Document Type: Article

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