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. 1988 Apr;8(4):1842–1844. doi: 10.1128/mcb.8.4.1842

Characterization of the structure and transcriptional patterns of the gene encoding the late histone subtype H1-beta of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

Z C Lai 1, G Childs 1
PMCID: PMC363351  PMID: 2837660

Abstract

We have cloned and characterized the gene encoding the late histone H1-beta subtype from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. The gene contains all of the upstream sequence homologies previously seen in late H1-gamma genes. The expression of H1-beta mRNA is coordinated with that of H1-gamma mRNA, and like H1-gamma it is expressed in all adult somatic tissues tested.

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