Archaeal genetics: Structural insights into archaeal chromatin

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 575 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.110

Author: Irene Vacca
Most archaea have small basic proteins that are likely to share a common evolutionary ancestor with eukaryotic histones. A recent study by Mattiroli, Bhattacharyya et al. reported the 4 Å crystal structure of an archaeal histone–DNA complex. The authors reported that the DNA is

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - August 30, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Irene Vacca Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research