New crystals of the histone core octamer diffract to higher resolution, 2.65 angstrom

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作者
Carter, RJ
Lambert, SJ
Chantalat, L
Korber, FCF
Nicholson, JM
Baldwin, JP
机构
[1] Beckman Laboratory, Biophysics Group, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, Byrom Street
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ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY | 1996年 / 52卷
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10.1107/S090744499501420X
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Q5 [生物化学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A new crystal form of the histone octamer, crystallized in 1.6 M KCl, 1.6 M phosphate, diffracts to appreciably better than 2.6 Angstrom resolution. The crystals have space group P6(1) or P6(5) and lattice parameters a = b = 158.29, c = 103.27 Angstrom, alpha = beta = 90, gamma = 120 degrees, with one molecule per asymmetric unit. The new crystals promise to yield more detail of the histone basic domains and a higher resolution structure for the histone octamer.
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