Ascending the nucleosome face: Recognition and function of structured domains in the histone H2A-H2B dimer

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1819, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 892-901

  Wyrick, John J ^a   Kyriss, McKenna N M ^a   Davis, William B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic patch; Histone H2A and H2B; Nucleosome recognition; Post translational modification; Sir3

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE KINASE; DIMER; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H4; LATENCY ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SIRTUIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SAGA;

ACETYLATION; ACIDITY; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

CHROMATIN; HISTONES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84861968365     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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