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ArticleBiophysical journal2009

Chromatin stability at low concentration depends on histone octamer saturation levels.

Thomas A Hagerman, Qiang Fu, Benoit Molinié, James Denvir, Stuart Lindsay, Philippe T Georgel

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Real-time analysis and selection of methylated DNA by fluorescence-activated single molecule sorting in a nanofluidic channel.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012
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6 authors.

Thomas A HagermanMarshall University, Department of Biological Sciences, Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, Huntington, West Virginia 25755, USA.
Qiang Fu
Benoit Molinié
James Denvir
Stuart Lindsay
Philippe T Georgel

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on the stability of nucleosome core particles as a function of concentration have indicated a lower limit of approximately 5 ng/microL, below which the complexes start to spontaneously destabilize. Until recently little information was available on the effect of low concentration on chromatin. Using the well-characterized array of tandemly repeated 5S rDNA reconstituted into chromatin, we have investigated the effect of dilution. In this study, we demonstrate that the stability of saturated nucleosomal arrays and that of nucleosome core particles are within the same order of magnitude, and no significant loss of histones is monitored down to a concentration of 2.5 ng/microL. We observed that levels of subsaturation of the nucleosomal arrays were directly correlated with an increased sensitivity to histone loss, suggesting a shielding effect. The loss of histones from our linear nucleosomal arrays was shown not to be random, with a significant likelihood to occur at the end of the template than toward the center. This observation indicates that centrally located nucleosomes are more stable than those close to the end of the DNA templates. Itis important to take this information into account for the proper design of experiments pertaining to histone composition and the folding ability of chromatin samples.

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AnimalsChickensChromatinDNA, RibosomalElectrophoresis, Agar GelHistonesLytechinusMicroscopy, Atomic ForceNucleosomesProtein MultimerizationProtein StabilityChromatinDNA, RibosomalHistonesNucleosomes

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PMID19254554
PMCPMC2717262

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