Replication-coupled chromatin assembly of newly synthesized histones: Distinct functions for the histone tail domains

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-21

  Ejlassi Lassallette, Aïda ^a   Thiriet, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin assembly; Histone tails; Nuclear import; Replication

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINUS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CELLULAR PROCESS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY; CRITICAL FUNCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HISTONE TAILS; MODEL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEOSOMES; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; REPLICATION; REPLICATION SITES; SLIME MOLD;

CHROMOSOMES; CYTOLOGY;

PROTEINS;

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HYBRID PROTEIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE STAGE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HELA CELL; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEOSOME; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; HISTONES;

PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 84862874347     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o11-044     Document Type: Review

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