Chromatin Structure and Dynamics: State-of-the-Art

Content: 
To Ken van Holde, the scientist, the humanist, the person
Page v

Preface
Page vii

List of contributors
Pages ix-xi

Contents
Pages xiii-xxii

Chromatin structure and dynamics: a historical perspective Review Article
Pages 1-11
E.Morton Bradbury, K.E van Holde

The core particle of the nucleosome Review Article
Pages 13-44
Joel M. Harp, B.Leif Hanson, Gerard J. Bunick

Paradox lost: nucleosome structure and dynamics by the DNA minicircle approach Review Article
Pages 45-73
Ariel Prunell, Andrei Sivolob

The linker histones Review Article
Pages 75-102
A Jerzmanowski

Chromosomal HMG-box proteins Review Article
Pages 103-134
Andrew A Travers, Jean O Thomas

The role of HMGN proteins in chromatin function Review Article
Pages 135-154
Katherine L. West, Michael Bustin

HMGA proteins: multifaceted players in nuclear function Review Article
Pages 155-180
Raymond Reeves, Dale Edberg

Core histone variants Review Article
Pages 188-204
John R. Pehrson

Histone modifications Review Article
Pages 205-240
James R. Davie

The role of histone variability in chromatin stability and folding Review Article
Pages 241-290
Juan Ausió, D.Wade Abbott

Nucleosome modifications and their interactions; searching for a histone code Review Article
Pages 291-308
Bryan M. Turner

DNA methylation and chromatin structure Review Article
Pages 309-341
Jordanka Zlatanova, Irina Stancheva, Paola Caiafa

Chromatin structure and function: lessons from imaging techniques Review Article
Pages 343-368
David P Bazett-Jones, Christopher H Eskiw

Chromatin structure and dynamics: lessons from single molecule approaches Review Article
Pages 369-396
Jordanka Zlatanova, Sanford H. Leuba

Theory and computational modeling of the 30 nm chromatin fiber Review Article
Pages 397-420
Jörg Langowski, Helmut Schiessel

Nucleosome remodeling Review Article
Pages 421-465
Andrew A. Travers, Tom Owen-Hughes

What happens to nucleosomes during transcription? Review Article
Pages 467-491
Vaughn Jackson

Subject Index
Pages 493-507