Histone H2A variants in nucleosomes and chromatin: More or less stable?

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 10719-10741

  Bönisch, Clemens ^a   Hake, Sandra B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AZ; MACROH2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESICCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMINATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUMOYLATION; UBIQUITINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84870575235     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks865     Document Type: Article

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