Nucleosomes and the chromatin fiber.

Current opinion in genetics & development ·Vol. 11 ·No. 2 ·2001-04-00 ·Pages 124-9

Hayes JJ, Hansen JC

Abstract

During the past year and a half, significant progress has been made in understanding the structure and dynamics of nucleosomes and the chromatin fiber, the mechanism of action of the core histone amino termini, the structure and function of histone variants, and the function of linker histones in the chromatin fiber.

MeSH Terms

Acetylation Animals Chromatin/physiology,ultrastructure DNA/chemistry,metabolism Histones/chemistry,physiology Humans Macromolecular Substances Nucleosomes/physiology,ultrastructure Protein Conformation Protein Folding Structure-Activity Relationship

Chemicals

Chromatin Histones Macromolecular Substances Nucleosomes DNA

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Hayes J J

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, New York 14642, USA.

Hansen J C

Article Info

Journal

Current opinion in genetics & development

Abbr.

Curr Opin Genet Dev

ISSN

0959-437X

DOI

10.1016/s0959-437x(00)00168-4

Published

2001-04-00

Pages

124-9

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

9111375

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0959-437x(00)00168-4 View journal details

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