Diversification of histone H2A variants during plant evolution. (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kawashima, Tomokazu; Lorković, Zdravko J.; Nishihama, Ryuichi; Ishizaki, Kimitsune; Axelsson, Elin; Yelagandula, Ramesh; Kohchi, Takayuki; Berger, Frederic
• Is Part Of: Trends in plant science. Volume 20:Number 7(2015)
• Page Start: 419
• Page End: 425
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Botany -- Periodicals; Botanique -- Périodiques; Botany; Periodicals; 580.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.04.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-1385

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Flowering plants have evolved a large array of unusual histone variants.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Three major features categorize H2A histones into distinct variant classes.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Canonical H2A and H2A.X diverged already in green algae.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Additional diversification of H2A.X took place gradually during land plant evolution.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">In addition to H2A.Z and H2A.X, the land plant ancestors evolved two variant classes H2A.M and H2A.W.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>