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Correlation between phosphorylated H1 histone and condensed chromatin in Planococcus citri
Author(s) -
Karnik Pratima S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(83)81178-8
Subject(s) - mealybug , histone , histone h1 , biology , chromatin , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , dna , pest analysis
Histones of the mealybug Planococcus citri have been isolated and characterised. Although no major differences were observed between the core histones of male and female insects, the pattern of H1 histones was significantly different between the sexes. A specific hyperphosphorylated H1 was found to be present only in male mealybugs, where the paternal chromosomes are condensed and transcriptionally inactive.