Histone variants — ancient wrap artists of the epigenome
Histone variants — ancient wrap artists of the epigenome
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Canonical histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 wrap DNA to form nucleosome particles that compact the genome. Histone variants have diverse additional roles in chromosome metabolism and can differ from canonical histones in stability, DNA wrapping and specialized domains.
The 'universal' variants, centromeric histone variant H3 (CenH3), H3...
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Histone variants — ancient wrap artists of the epigenome
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_745709114
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_745709114
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1471-0072
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1471-0080
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10.1038/nrm2861
