Nanoarchaeal origin of histone H3? Export

@article{citeulike:3744166, abstract = {NEQ288, one of two archaeal histones in Nanoarchaeum equitans, has a unique four-residue insertion that closely resembles an insertion in the eukaryotic histone H3 lineage. NEQ288 bound DNA, but did not compact DNA in vitro in the absence of NEQ348, the second N. equitans archaeal histone. The properties of NEQ288 suggest an intermediate between the archaeal and H3 histone lineages, and an evolutionary step towards the now mandatory assembly of eukaryotic histones into heterodimers. 10.1128/JB.01431-08}, author = {Friedrich-Jahn, Ulrike and Aigner, Johanna and Langst, Gernot and Reeve, John N. and Huber, Harald}, citeulike-article-id = {3744166}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01431-08}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19047349}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19047349}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1128/JB.01431-08}, journal = {J. Bacteriol.}, keywords = {archaea, evolution, histone, nanoarcheum, phylogeny}, month = {December}, pages = {JB.01431-08+}, posted-at = {2008-12-04 00:38:15}, priority = {2}, title = {Nanoarchaeal origin of histone H3?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01431-08}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3744166 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3744166 N2 - NEQ288, one of two archaeal histones in Nanoarchaeum equitans, has a unique four-residue insertion that closely resembles an insertion in the eukaryotic histone H3 lineage. NEQ288 bound DNA, but did not compact DNA in vitro in the absence of NEQ348, the second N. equitans archaeal histone. The properties of NEQ288 suggest an intermediate between the archaeal and H3 histone lineages, and an evolutionary step towards the now mandatory assembly of eukaryotic histones into heterodimers. 10.1128/JB.01431-08 JF - J. Bacteriol. TI - Nanoarchaeal origin of histone H3? SP - JB.01431-08 KW - archaea KW - evolution KW - histone KW - nanoarcheum KW - phylogeny AU - Friedrich-Jahn, Ulrike AU - Aigner, Johanna AU - Langst, Gernot AU - Reeve, John AU - Huber, Harald PY - 2008/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01431-08 ER -