Mitotic post-translational modifications of histones promote chromatin compaction in vitro

How eukaryotic chromosomes are compacted during mitosis has been a leading question in cell biology since the nineteenth century. Non-histone proteins such as condensin complexes contribute to chromosome shaping, but appear not to be necessary for mitotic chromatin compaction. Histone modifications...

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Main Authors: Alisa Zhiteneva, Juan Jose Bonfiglio, Alexandr Makarov, Thomas Colby, Paola Vagnarelli, Eric C. Schirmer, Ivan Matic, William C. Earnshaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2017-01-01
Series:Open Biology
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsob.170076