Secondary structures of the core histone N-terminal tails: Their role in regulating chromatin structure

Sub-Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-55

  du Preez, Louis L ^a   Patterton, Hugh G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84878920535     PISSN: 03060225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4525-4_2     Document Type: Article

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