Phylogeny as the basis for naming histones

Comment

Paul B Talbert et al. Trends Genet. 2013 Sep.

. 2013 Sep;29(9):499-500.

doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2013.06.009. Epub 2013 Jul 19.

No abstract available

Keywords: CENP-A; cenH3; evolution; nomenclature.

Comment in

CENP-A and the CENP nomenclature: response to Talbert and Henikoff.
Earnshaw WC, Cleveland DW. Earnshaw WC, et al. Trends Genet. 2013 Sep;29(9):500-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2013.06.008. Epub 2013 Aug 2. Trends Genet. 2013. PMID: 23910159 No abstract available.

Esperanto for histones: CENP-A, not CenH3, is the centromeric histone H3 variant.
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