Relaxation of chromatin structure upon removal of histones H2A and H2B |
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| Authors: | J Jordano F Montero E Palacián |
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| Affiliation: | Clinical Pharmacology Branch, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20205, USA |
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| Abstract: | Modification of chromatin from chicken erythrocytes with dimethylmaleic anhydride is accompanied by its solubilization and the dissociation of histones H1, H5, H2A and H2B. Histone H1 is the first to dissociate and H5 the last. After regeneration of the modified amino groups, residual chromatin preparations with different histone composition were studied by circular dichroism and thermal denaturation. In addition to the effects produced by the lack of histones H1 and H5, both techniques show a substantial relaxation of chromatin structure induced by the loss of histones H2A and H2B, which appear to play an important role in the superhelical folding of DNA. |
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| Keywords: | Metalloporphyrin NMR imaging Paramagnetic reagent NMR contrast agent |
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