Characterization of the Structure and Transcriptional Patterns of the Gene Encoding the Late Histone Subtype H1-beta of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus

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Journal Mol Cell Biol

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 1988 Apr 1

PMID 2837660

Citations 17

Authors

Z C Lai

G Childs

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Abstract

We have cloned and characterized the gene encoding the late histone H1-beta subtype from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. The gene contains all of the upstream sequence homologies previously seen in late H1-gamma genes. The expression of H1-beta mRNA is coordinated with that of H1-gamma mRNA, and like H1-gamma it is expressed in all adult somatic tissues tested.

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