title: Chromatin: packaging without nucleosomes.
abstract: Dinoflagellates are unique among eukaryotes in their unusual 'dinokaryons' - nuclei that lack bulk histones. A new study finds that acquisition of a novel dinoflagellate chromatin protein was an early step in the transition to a nucleus lacking detectable nucleosomes.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Talbert
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henikoff
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004141:Dinoflagellida / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009707:Nucleosomes; D004247:DNA