HISTONE STRUCTURE

被引:25
作者
RAMAKRISHNAN, V
机构
[1] Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
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D O I
10.1016/S0959-440X(94)90058-2
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A revised crystal structure of the histone octamer is compatible with earlier studies on both the octamer and the nucleosome core particle. The crystal structure of GH5, the globular domain of histone H5 is strikingly similar to that of the transcription factor HNF-3 gamma, and to certain other DNA-binding domains that contain a helix-turn-helix motif. Both these structures can be used as a starting point to understand the interaction of histones With DNA in the nucleosome.
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