Chromatin dynamics in vivo: A game of musical chairs

Genes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 751-776

  Melters, Daniël P ^a   Nye, Jonathan ^a   Zhao, Haiqing ^a,b   Dalal, Yamini ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

CENP A; Chaperones; Chromatin; H2A.Z; H3.3; Histones; macroH2A

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE PROTEIN A; CHAPERONE; HISTONE H2AZ; HISTONE H3.3; HISTONE MACROH2A; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 84940983863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes6030751     Document Type: Review

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