The many tales of a tail: carboxyl-terminal tail heterogeneity specializes histone H2A variants for defined chromatin function.

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For many years, histones were considered to be passive structural components of eukaryotic chromatin. Experimental evidence that has accumulated during the past few years indicates that in addition to their structural role, histones play a very important functional role and that they can operate as epigenetic markers. This notion has rekindled the interest in histone variants and their participation in the...

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