Viral proteins as a potential driver of histone depletion in dinoflagellates

Autor: Nicholas A. T. Irwin, Benjamin J. E. Martin, Barry P. Young, Martin J. G. Browne, Andrew Flaus, Christopher J. R. Loewen, Patrick J. Keeling, LeAnn J. Howe
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03993-4
Popis: Dinoflagellates are known to use dinoflagellate-viral-nucleoproteins (DVNPs) in place of histones, yet this evolutionary transition is not well understood. Here, Irwin et al. use yeast expressing DVNP to show that DVNP displaces histones and that histone reduction allows cells to cope with DVNP.
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