Histone chaperones in nucleosome assembly and human disease

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-22

  Burgess, Rebecca J ^a   Zhang, Zhiguo ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1; HISTONE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

BINDING AFFINITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA REPLICATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTONE CHAPERONES; HISTONES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 84872051865     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2461     Document Type: Review

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