The structure and function of chromatin.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Symposium on the Structure and Function of Chromatin, Corporate Author.

Conference Name:

Symposium on the Structure and Function of Chromatin (1974 : London, England)

Series:

Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 28.

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chromatin--Congresses.

Chromatin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1975.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Contents:

The Structure and Function of Chromatin; Contents; Foreword: histone nomenclature; Editors' note; Introduction; Chromosomal structure as seen by electron microscopy; Discussion; The specific template activity of chromatin; Discussion; Histone function and evolution as viewed by sequence studies; Discussion; Structure of histone H2A (histone ALK, IIbl or F2a2); Discussion; Chromosomal proteins related to histones; Discussion; Chemistry of the non-histone chromosomal proteins; Discussion; Histones in chromosomal structure and control of cell division; Discussion

X-ray diffraction of nucleohistones from spermatozoaDiscussion; The regulatory role of non-histone proteins in RNA synthesis; Discussion; Sequence-specific binding of DNA by non-histone proteins and their migration from cytoplasm to nucleus during gene activation; Discussion; The biological roles of post-synthetic modification of basic nuclear proteins; Discussion; Micromodification of histone during the cell cycle; Discussion; Changes in chromatin structure and function in W138 cells stimulated to proliferate; Discussion; Some properties of the zones binding polylysine in chromatin

The arrangement of histone complexes along the chromosomal fibreDiscussion; Regulation of gene expression in higher organisms: how it all works; Discussion; General Discussion; Location of chromatin components; Interaction sites for proteins in DNA molecules; Index of contributors; Subject index

Notes:

"Symposium on the Structure and Function of Chromatin held at the Ciba Foundation, London, on 3rd-5th April, 1974"--Participants page.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613693860

9781280783470

1280783478

9780470720103

0470720107

9780470717783

0470717785

OCLC:

797918315