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SUBMITTER: Thiriet C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2631944 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thiriet Christophe C Hayes Jeffrey J JJ
The Journal of biological chemistry 20081117 5
Despite the presence of linker histone in all eukaryotes, the primary function(s) of this histone have been difficult to clarify. Knock-out experiments indicate that H1s play a role in regulation of only a small subset of genes but are an essential component in mouse development. Here, we show that linker histone (H1) is involved in the global regulation of DNA replication in Physarum polycephalum. We find that genomic DNA of H1 knock-down cells is more rapidly replicated, an effect due at least ...[more]