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Eukaryot Cell
; 2(3): 646-50, 2003 Jun.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12796310
RESUMEN
The dinoflagellates have very large genomes encoded in permanently condensed and histoneless chromosomes. Sequence alignment identified significant similarity between the dinoflagellate chromosomal histone-like proteins of Crypthecodinium cohnii (HCCs) and the bacterial DNA-binding and the eukaryotic histone H1 proteins. Phylogenetic analysis also supports the origin of the HCCs from histone-like proteins of bacteria.