Nucleosomes containing the histone variant H2A.Bbd organize only 118 base pairs of DNA

Date

2004

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Bao, Y
Konesky, Kasey
Park, Young Ju
Rosu, Simona
Dyer, Pamela
Rangasamy, Danny
Tremethick, David
Laybourn, Paul
Luger, Karolin

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Oxford University Press

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H2A.Bbd is an unusual histone variant whose sequence is only 48% conserved compared to major H2A. The major sequence differences are in the docking domain that tethers the H2A-H2B dimer to the (H3-H4)2 tetramer; in addition, the C-terminal tail is absent

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Keywords: cyclic AMP responsive element binding protein; dimer; DNA; histone H2A; histone h2a bbd; histone H2B; histone H3; histone H4; micrococcal nuclease; Tax protein; tetramer; unclassified drug; amino acid sequence; amino acid substitution; article; base pairi Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Histone variant; Nucleosome; Transcription

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EMBO Journal, The

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