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Oncohistones: corruption at the core

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High-throughput biochemical and biological analyses of disease-associated histone mutations reveal key residues in globular cores that affect chromatin remodeling, nucleosome stability, and stem cell pluripotency.

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Fig. 1: Globular domain oncohistone mutations and the cellular processes they affect.

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    Kanishk Jain & Brian D. Strahl

  2. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Kanishk Jain & Brian D. Strahl

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