Molecular mechanism of the deposition of centromeric histone 3

Eukaryotic chromosomes consist of DNA wrapped around histones, forming nucleosomes. Each nucleosome contains two histone proteins of each of the H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 class. The centromere is a specialized condensed region of chromosome comprising a H3 variant that differs from conventional histones....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim, Shermain
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16359