Endogenous mammalian histone H3. 3 exhibits chromatin-related functions during development

KM Bush, BTK Yuen, BL Barrilleaux, JW Riggs… - Epigenetics & …, 2013 - Springer
Background The histone variant H3. 3 plays key roles in regulating chromatin states and
transcription. However, the role of endogenous H3. 3 in mammalian cells and during …

Knockout tales: the versatile roles of histone H3. 3 in development and disease

RH Klein, PS Knoepfler - Epigenetics & Chromatin, 2023 - Springer
Histone variant H3. 3 plays novel roles in development as compared to canonical H3
proteins and is the most commonly mutated histone protein of any kind in human disease …

Histone H3. 3 maintains genome integrity during mammalian development

CW Jang, Y Shibata, J Starmer, D Yee… - Genes & …, 2015 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Histone H3. 3 is a highly conserved histone H3 replacement variant in metazoans and has
been implicated in many important biological processes, including cell differentiation and …

Histone H3. 3 regulates dynamic chromatin states during spermatogenesis

BTK Yuen, KM Bush, BL Barrilleaux… - …, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
The histone variant H3. 3 is involved in diverse biological processes, including
development, transcriptional memory and transcriptional reprogramming, as well as …

Contribution of the two genes encoding histone variant h3. 3 to viability and fertility in mice

MCW Tang, SA Jacobs, DM Mattiske, YM Soh… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Histones package DNA and regulate epigenetic states. For the latter, probably the most
important histone is H3. Mammals have three near-identical H3 isoforms: canonical H3. 1 …

Identification and characterization of two novel primate-specific histone H3 variants, H3. X and H3. Y

SM Wiedemann, SN Mildner, C Bönisch, L Israel… - Journal of cell …, 2010 - rupress.org
Nucleosomal incorporation of specialized histone variants is an important mechanism to
generate different functional chromatin states. Here, we describe the identification and …

H3. 5 is a novel hominid-specific histone H3 variant that is specifically expressed in the seminiferous tubules of human testes

R Schenk, A Jenke, M Zilbauer, S Wirth, J Postberg - Chromosoma, 2011 - Springer
The incorporation of histone variants into chromatin plays an important role for the
establishment of particular chromatin states. Six human histone H3 variants are known to …

Specificities and genomic distribution of somatic mammalian histone H1 subtypes

L Millán-Ariño, A Izquierdo-Bouldstridge… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2016 - Elsevier
Histone H1 is a structural component of chromatin that may have a role in the regulation of
chromatin dynamics. Unlike core histones, the linker histone H1 family is evolutionarily …

Role of H1 linker histones in mammalian development and stem cell differentiation

C Pan, Y Fan - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory …, 2016 - Elsevier
H1 linker histones are key chromatin architectural proteins facilitating the formation of higher
order chromatin structures. The H1 family constitutes the most heterogeneous group of …

Histone H1 and its isoforms: contribution to chromatin structure and function

N Happel, D Doenecke - Gene, 2009 - Elsevier
The lysine-rich H1 histone family in mammals includes eleven different subtypes, and thus it
is the most divergent class of histone proteins. The central globular H1 domain …