The CENP-A nucleosome: A dynamic structure and role at the centromere

Chromosome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 465-479

  Quénet, Delphine ^a   Dalal, Yamini ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CENP A; Chromatin dynamic; HJURP; Nucleosome structure

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A;

CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; EPIGENETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEOSOMES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84864873737     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-012-9301-4     Document Type: Review

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