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Structural basis of instability of the nucleosome containing a testis-specific histone variant, human H3T.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 Jun 2010
Tachiwana Hiroaki, Kagawa Wataru, Osakabe Akihisa, Kawaguchi Koichiro, Shiga Tatsuya, Hayashi-Takanaka Yoko, Kimura Hiroshi, Kurumizaka Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
A histone H3 variant, H3T, is highly expressed in the testis, suggesting that it may play an important role in the chromatin reorganization required for meiosis and/or spermatogenesis. In the present study, we found that the nucleosome containing human H3T is significantly unstable both in vitro and in vivo, as compared to the conventional nucleosome containing H3.1. The crystal structure of the H3T nucleosome...
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