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Sequence-dependent histone variant positioning signatures.
BMC genomics - 2 Dec 2010
Le Ngoc Tu, Ho Tu Bao, Ho Bich Hai
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BACKGROUND: Nucleosome, the fundamental unit of chromatin, is formed by wrapping nearly 147bp of DNA around an octamer of histone proteins. This histone core has many variants that are different from each other by their biochemical compositions as well as biological functions. Although the deposition of histone variants onto chromatin has been implicated in many important biological processes, such as...
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