Nucleosome, the fundamental packing unit of chromatin is known as a nucleosome.
Latest Nucleosome Publications:
Histone variants - ancient wrap artists of the epigenome. Histones wrap DNA to form nucleosome particles that compact eukaryotic ... Talbert PB, Henikoff S,http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrm2861 Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2010 Mar 3.
Autoimmune Response of IgE Antibodies to Cellular Self-Antigens in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients may exhibit high ... Atta AM, Santiago MB, Guerra FG, Pereira MM, Sousa Atta ML,http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000288293 Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2010 Mar 3;152(4):401-406.
Transcription within Condensed Chromatin: Steric Hindrance Facilitates Elongation. During eukaryotic transcription, RNA-polymerase activity generates ... Becavin C, Barbi M, Victor JM, Lesne A,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.10.054 Biophys J. 2010 Mar 3;98(5):824-833.
The Nucleosome Remodeling Factor ISWI Functionally Interacts with an Evolutionarily Conserved Network of Cellular Factors. ISWI is an evolutionarily conserved ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling ... Arancio W, Onorati MC, Burgio G, Collesano M, Ingrassia AM, Genovese SI, Fanto M, Corona DF,http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.110.114256 Genetics. 2010 Mar 1.
A Role for Gcn5 in Replication-Coupled Nucleosome Assembly. Acetylation of lysine residues at the H3 N terminus is proposed to ... Burgess RJ, Zhou H, Han J, Zhang Z,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2010.01.020 Mol Cell. 2010 Feb 26;37(4):469-480.
Identification of New Pathogenic Players in Lupus: Autoantibody-Secreting Cells Are Present in Nephritic Kidneys of (NZBxNZW)F1 Mice. An important hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus is the production of ... Lacotte S, Dumortier H, Decossas M, Briand JP, Muller S,http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0902595 J Immunol. 2010 Feb 24.
An assessment of prediction algorithms for nucleosome positioning. Nucleosome configuration in eukaryotic genomes is an important clue to ... Tanaka Y, Nakai K, Genome Inform. 2009 Oct;23(1):169-78.
Evaluation of DNA intramolecular interactions for nucleosome positioning in yeast. We calculated intramolecular interaction energies of DNA by threading DNA ... Fernandez M, Fujii S, Kono H, Sarai A, Genome Inform. 2009 Oct;23(1):13-20.
Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms in vertebrate eye development and disease. Eukaryotic DNA is organized as a nucleoprotein polymer termed chromatin ... Cvekl A, Mitton KP,http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2010.16 Heredity. 2010 Feb 24.
Rotational dynamics of DNA on the nucleosome surface markedly impact accessibility to a DNA repair enzyme. Histones play a crucial role in the organization of DNA in the nucleus, ... Hinz JM, Rodriguez Y, Smerdon MJ,http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0914443107 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Feb 22.
Drosophila RB proteins repress differentiation-specific genes via two different mechanisms. RB and E2F proteins play important roles in the regulation of cell ... Lee H, Ohno K, Voskoboynik Y, Ragusano L, Martinez A, Dimova DK,http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MCB.01075-09 Mol Cell Biol. 2010 Feb 22.
Function and metabolism of sirtuin metabolite O-acetyl-ADP-ribose. Sirtuins catalyze the NAD(+)-dependent deacetylation of target proteins, ... Tong L, Denu JM,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.02.007 Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Feb 20.
Recent advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating C. elegans transcription. We review recent studies that have advanced our understanding of the ... Gaudet J, McGhee JD,http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.22246 Dev Dyn. 2010 Feb 19.
Nucleosomal context of binding sites influences transcription factor binding affinity and gene regulation. Transcription factor (TF) binding to its DNA target site plays an ... Dai Z, Dai X, Xiang Q, Feng J,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1672-0229(08)60045-5 Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics. 2009 Dec;7(4):155-62.
Exogenous allogenic fragmented double-stranded DNA is internalized into human dendritic cells and enhances their allostimulatory activity. Exogenous allogenic DNA as nucleosome-free fragments reaches main cellular ... Alyamkina EA, Dolgova EV, Likhacheva AS, Rogachev VA, Sebeleva TE, Nikolin VP, Popova NA, Kiseleva EV, Orishchenko KE, Sakhno LV, Gel'fgat EL, Ostanin AA, Chernykh ER, Zagrebelniy SN, Bogachev SS, Shurdov MA,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cellimm.2010.01.005 Cell Immunol. 2010 Feb 1.