Article
Histone H3-variant Cse4-induced positive DNA supercoiling in the yeast plasmid has implications for a plasmid origin of a chromosome centromere.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Aug 2011
Huang Chu-Chun, Chang Keng-Ming, Cui Hong, Jayaram Makkuni
Abstract excerpt
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2-μm plasmid is a multicopy selfish genome that resides in the nucleus. The genetic organization of the plasmid is optimized for stable, high-copy propagation in host-cell populations. The plasmid's partitioning system poaches host factors, including the centromere-specific histone H3-variant Cse4 and the cohesin complex, enabling replicated plasmid copies to segregate equally in a...
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Centromere
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
- Chromosomes
- DNA, Superhelical
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Genetic Variation
- Histones
- Plasmids
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
