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Nonenzymatic biotinylation of histone H2A

  1. Shannon Healy1,*,
  2. Tom D. Heightman2,
  3. Laura Hohmann3,
  4. David Schriemer1,
  5. Roy A. Gravel1

Article first published online: 15 DEC 2008

DOI: 10.1002/pro.37

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 2, pages 314–328, February 2009

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Healy, S., Heightman, T. D., Hohmann, L., Schriemer, D. and Gravel, R. A. (2009), Nonenzymatic biotinylation of histone H2A. Protein Science, 18: 314–328. doi: 10.1002/pro.37

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  1. 1

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1

  2. 2

    Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  3. 3

    Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington

*Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 JAN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 15 DEC 2008
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 15 DEC 2008 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 4 NOV 2008
  5. Manuscript Revised: 30 OCT 2008
  6. Manuscript Received: 25 SEP 2008

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  • The Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), The CIHR Group in Medical Genetics, The CIHR Strategic Training Program in Genetics, Child Development and Health at the University of Calgary

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