Evolution of histone H3: Emergence of variants and conservation of post-translational modification sites

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-95

  Waterborg, Jakob H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Evolution; H3; Histone; Variants

Indexed keywords

EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; H3; HISTONE; VARIANTS;

ACETYLATION; ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

PROTEINS;

ARGININE; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SERINE; THREONINE;

ALVEOLATA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTIST; TREE OF LIFE; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PROTISTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 84859467582     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o11-036     Document Type: Article

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