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. 1980 Jul 11;8(13):2859–2869. doi: 10.1093/nar/8.13.2859

The release of high mobility group protein H6 and protamine gene sequences upon selective DNase I degradation of trout testis chromatin.

B Levy-Wilson, L Kuehl, G H Dixon
PMCID: PMC324130  PMID: 6253894

Abstract

Limited digestion of trout testis nuclei with DNase I selectively degrades the protamine genes. Concomitant with the degradation of transcribed DNA sequences a series of chromosomal proteins are released; among these, the major species corresponds to the high mobility group protein H6. The amounts of H6 released from chromatin by limited DNase I action and that in the residual nuclear pellet have been determined. A very high proportion of H6 is associated with DNase I sensitive chromatin regions.

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