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The core histone fold: Limits to functional versatility

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  1. Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International, 94025, Menlo Park, CA, USA

    Christos A. Ouzounis

  2. Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, IL, USA

    Nikos C. Kyrpides

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Ouzounis, C.A., Kyrpides, N.C. The core histone fold: Limits to functional versatility. J Mol Evol 43, 541–542 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02202101

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