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Glom is a novel mitochondrial DNA packaging protein in Physarum polycephalum and causes intense chromatin condensation without suppressing DNA functions.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Dec 2003
Sasaki Narie, Kuroiwa Haruko, Nishitani Chikako, Takano Hiroyoshi, Higashiyama Tetsuya, Kobayashi Tamaki, Shirai Yuki, Sakai Atsushi, Kawano Shigeyuki, Murakami-Murofushi Kimiko, Kuroiwa Tsuneyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is packed into highly organized structures called mitochondrial nucleoids (mt-nucleoids). To understand the organization of mtDNA and the overall regulation of its genetic activity within the mt-nucleoids, we identified and characterized a novel mtDNA packaging protein,...
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