Histones are important chromatin-organising proteins in eukaryotes and archaea. They form
superhelical structures around which DNA is wrapped. Recent studies have shown that …

Archaeal histones and the eucaryal (eucaryotic) nucleosome core histones have almost
identical histone folds. Here, we show that DNA molecules selectively incorporated by …

Histone proteins are found across diverse lineages of Archaea, many of which package
DNA and form chromatin. However, previous research has led to the hypothesis that the …

The eukaryotic lineage arose from bacterial and archaeal cells that underwent a symbiotic
merger. At the origin of the eukaryote lineage, the bacterial partner contributed genes …

In eukaryotes and some archaebacteria, DNA is found associated with histones in a
nucleoprotein complex called chromatin, which allows for a high extent of compaction of …

DNA in cells is associated with proteins that constrain its structure and affect DNA-templated
processes including transcription and replication. HU and histones are the main constituents …

Many archaea encode and express histone proteins to compact their genomes. Archaeal
and eukaryotic histones share a near-identical fold that permits DNA wrapping through …

We have applied chromatin sequencing technology to the euryarchaeon Thermococcus
kodakarensis, which is known to possess histone‐like proteins. We detect positioned …

HTz is a member of the archaeal histone family. The archaeal histones have primary
sequences and structural similarity to the eukaryal histone fold domain, and are thought to …

In eukaryotes, histone paralogues form obligate heterodimers such as H3/H4 and H2A/H2B
that assemble into octameric nucleosome particles. Archaeal histones are dimeric and …