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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
| - | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone Histones] are a family of basic, positively charged proteins that associate with DNA inside the nucleus to help condense the DNA into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatin chromatin] <ref name="Histones"> Histones | Learn Science at Scitable https://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/histone-histones-57</ref>. | + | ===Histones=== |
| + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone Histones] are a family of basic, positively charged proteins that associate with DNA inside the nucleus to help condense the DNA into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatin chromatin] <ref name="Histones"> Histones | Learn Science at Scitable https://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/histone-histones-57</ref>. The nuclear DNA is wrapped around the histone in order to fit in the nucleus. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleosome Nucleosomes] are chromatin beads made up of DNA wrapped around eight histone proteins, or a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone_octamer histone octamer] <ref name="Histones" />. Each histone octamer is made up of two copies of four different histone proteins, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone_H2A H2A], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone_H2B H2B], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone_H3 H3] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone_H4 H4] <ref name="Histones" />. | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone_deacetylase Histone Deacetylase] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone_deacetylase Histone Deacetylase] | ||
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===HDAC8=== | ===HDAC8=== | ||
Revision as of 17:55, 5 April 2019
Histone Deacetylase 8 (HDAC 8), H. sapians
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Histones | Learn Science at Scitable https://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/histone-histones-57
Student Contributors
- Cassandra Marsh
- Courtney Brown
- Carolyn Hurdle
