Histone structure and nucleosome stability

被引:205
作者
Marino-Ramirez, Leonardo
Kann, Maricel G.
Shoemaker, Benjamin A.
Landsman, David
机构
[1] Natl Lib Med, NIH, Computat Biol Branch, Natl Ctr Biotechnol Informat, Bethesda, MD 20894 USA
[2] Natl Lib Med, NIH, Computat Biol Branch, Natl Ctr Biotechnol Informat, Bethesda, MD 20894 USA
关键词
chromatin structure; historic variants; nucleosomes;
D O I
10.1586/14789450.2.5.719
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Histone proteins play essential structural and functional roles in the transition between active and inactive chromatin states. Although histones have a high degree of conservation due to constraints to maintain the overall structure of the nucleosomal octameric core, variants have evolved to assume diverse roles in gene regulation and epigenetic silencing. Histone variants, post-translational modifications and interactions with chromatin remodeling complexes influence DNA replication, transcription, repair and recombination. The authors review recent findings on the structure of chromatin that confirm previous interparticle interactions observed in crystal structures.
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页码:719 / 729
页数:11
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