
Organisation of Chromosomes
Description
Key Features
- Covers reviews of methodology and research in all aspects of protein chemistry
- Brings forth new information about protocols and analysis of proteins while presenting the most recent findings from leading experts in a broad range of protein-related topics
Readership
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter One. Large Tandem Repeats Make up the Chromosome Bar Code: A Hypothesis
1 Introduction
2 Satellite DNA in the Mouse Genome
3 Tandem Repeat Position Defined by FISH
4 “Bar Code” Hypothesis
Chapter Two. Mammalian Satellite DNA: A Speaking Dumb
1 Introduction
2 Heterochromatin Criteria
3 The Constitutive HC DNA
4 Transcription of HC DNA
5 Functions of Centromeric and Pericentromeric HC DNA Transcription
6 Conclusions
Chapter Three. Zinc Finger Proteins and the 3D Organization of Chromosomes
1 The 3D Organization of the Genome and Loops
2 CTCF and its Role in the 3D Genome Organization
3 A Model for CTCF
4 A Model for CTCF Binding
5 A Method to Compute Similarity for Unstructured Proteins
6 Discussion and Outlook
Chapter Four. Dynamics of Modeled Oligonucleosomes and the Role of Histone Variant Proteins in Nucleosome Organization
1 Introduction
2 Role of H2A.Z in the Dynamics of Modeled Oligonucleosomes
3 Conclusions and Outlook
Chapter Five. Unconventional Actin Configurations Step into the Limelight
1 Introduction
2 Structural Organization of Actin
3 Tools to Study Actin Localization, Arrangement, and Conformation
4 There is More Than F- and G-Actin in Eukaryotic Cells
5 Unconventional Actin Contacts
6 Conclusion
Chapter Six. Chromatin Reorganization Through Mitosis
1 Packaging the Genome
2 The Mitotic Chromosome
3 Specialized Mitotic Chromatin
4 Gene Bookmarking
5 Going Back to Interphase: Chromosome Decondensation
Author Index
Subject Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 264
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2013
- Published: April 5, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780124105447
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780124105232
About the Serial Editor
Rossen Donev
