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. 1974 Jul;71(7):2900–2904. doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.7.2900

Isolation and Some Properties of the Genes Coding for Histone Proteins

M Birnstiel 1, J Telford 1, E Weinberg 1,*, D Stafford 1,
PMCID: PMC388580  PMID: 4527857

Abstract

The DNA coding for histone proteins, together with the intervening spacer DNA, has been isolated from the sea urchin, Psammechinus miliaris, by repeated centrifugation on CsCl-asctinomycin gradients. The biophysical data show that a major portion of the spacer is 37% G+C and very divergent in sequence, while the DNA segments coding for histone proteins are high in G+C and have diverged to a lesser extent within the species.

Keywords: histone genes, spacer DNA, synonymous codons, evolution

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