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Nucleosomal structure and histone H1 subfractional composition of pea (Pisum sativum) root nodules, radicles and callus chromatin. / Bers, E. P.; Singh, N. P.; Pardonen, V. A.; Lutova, L. A.; Zalensky, A. O.
In: Plant Molecular Biology, Vol. 20, No. 6, 12.1992, p. 1089-1096.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Nucleosomal structure and histone H1 subfractional composition of pea (Pisum sativum) root nodules, radicles and callus chromatin
AU - Bers, E. P.
AU - Singh, N. P.
AU - Pardonen, V. A.
AU - Lutova, L. A.
AU - Zalensky, A. O.
PY - 1992/12
Y1 - 1992/12
N2 - Higher-order packaging of DNA in chromatin structures could be an essential step in the complex chain of events leading to activation/repression of eukaryotic gene expression. With the goal to investigate this aspect of transcriptional regulation of plant genes involved in symbiotic interactions between legumes and rhizobia we analyze here the molecular parameters of chromatin structure in functioning root nodules, callus and radicles of pea. Morphological intactness and the typical nucleosomal organization are preserved in purified nuclei isolated from all three sources. The calculated values of nucleosomal repeat changed from 185±5 bp in the nuclei of radicles to 168±5 bp and 195±6 bp in nodules and callus respectively. The observed changes are due to alterations in linker DNA lengths. The core histones are identical in all cases, but the subfractional composition of H1 linker histone is subjected to quantitative alterations. The most pronounced is the several-fold increase in content of the lowest-molecular-weight subfraction H1-6 which takes place during nodule development.
AB - Higher-order packaging of DNA in chromatin structures could be an essential step in the complex chain of events leading to activation/repression of eukaryotic gene expression. With the goal to investigate this aspect of transcriptional regulation of plant genes involved in symbiotic interactions between legumes and rhizobia we analyze here the molecular parameters of chromatin structure in functioning root nodules, callus and radicles of pea. Morphological intactness and the typical nucleosomal organization are preserved in purified nuclei isolated from all three sources. The calculated values of nucleosomal repeat changed from 185±5 bp in the nuclei of radicles to 168±5 bp and 195±6 bp in nodules and callus respectively. The observed changes are due to alterations in linker DNA lengths. The core histones are identical in all cases, but the subfractional composition of H1 linker histone is subjected to quantitative alterations. The most pronounced is the several-fold increase in content of the lowest-molecular-weight subfraction H1-6 which takes place during nodule development.
KW - chromatin
KW - histone H1
KW - nodule development
KW - nucleosomal repeat
KW - plant nuclei
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0027022421&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/BF00028895
DO - 10.1007/BF00028895
M3 - Article
C2 - 1463843
AN - SCOPUS:0027022421
VL - 20
SP - 1089
EP - 1096
JO - Plant Molecular Biology
JF - Plant Molecular Biology
SN - 0167-4412
IS - 6
ER -
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