The variant histone H2A.V of Drosophila - Three roles, two guises

Chromosoma

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 245-258

  Baldi, Sandro ^a   Becker, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA damage response; H2A.X; Nucleosome remodelling; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2A.V; HISTONE H2A.X; HISTONE H2A.Z; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HISTONES; HUMANS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84880775985     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-013-0409-x     Document Type: Review

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