Organizing the genome with H2A histone variants

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 449, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 567-579

  Millar, Catherine B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; H2A.B; H2A.X; H2A.Z; Histone variant; mH2A

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2AX; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN H2AB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84872444836     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20121646     Document Type: Review

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