| Literature DB >> 16030242 |
L'ubomíra Cubonová1, Kathleen Sandman, Steven J Hallam, Edward F Delong, John N Reeve.
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Archaeal histone-encoding genes have been identified in marine Crenarchaea. The protein encoded by a representative of these genes, synthesized in vitro and expressed in Escherichia coli, binds DNA and forms complexes with properties typical of an archaeal histone. The discovery of histones in Crenarchaea supports the argument that histones evolved before the divergence of Archaea and Eukarya.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16030242 PMCID: PMC1196040 DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.15.5482-5485.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490