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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: Biochemistry. 2009 Jun 9;48(22):5007–5017. doi: 10.1021/bi900196c

Table 1.

Summary and Nomenclature of the Reconstituted NCPs Used in This Work According to Their Histone Compositiona

name H2A variant histone complement
(H2B, H3, H4)
2A-N H2Ab native (N)b
r2A-N rH2Ac native (N)
r2AZ-N rH2A.Zd native (N)
r2A4Q-N rH2AQ5-Q9-Q13-Q15c native (N)
r2AZ3Q-N rH2A.ZQ4-Q7-Q11d native (N)
2A/r2AZ-N H2Ab/rH2A.Zd native (N)
2A-N* H2A acetylated (N*)e
2A*-N* Ac*H2Ae acetylated (N*)
2AZ*-N* Ac*H2A.Zf acetylated (N*)
r2AZ-N* rH2A.Z acetylated (N*)
r2A4Q-N* rH2AQ5-Q9-Q13-Q15 acetylated (N*)
r2AZ3Q-N* rH2A.ZQ4-Q7-Q11 acetylated (N*)
r2AQ36-N* rH2AQ36 acetylated (N*)
2A*/ r2AZ3Q-N* Ac*H2Ae/ rH2A.ZQ4-Q7-Q11 acetylated (N*)
a

The asterisks denote acetylation.

b

Native (N) histones obtained from HeLa cells.

c

Recombinant human H2A.

d

Recombinant human H2A.Z.

e

Native acetylated (N*) histones obtained from butyrate-treated HeLa cells.

f

Native (H2A.Z) obtained from butyrate-treated chicken MSB cells.