New developments in post-translational modifications and functions of histone H2A variantsThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled CSBMCB’s 51st Annual Meeting – Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, and has undergone the Journal’s usual peer review process.

Dynamic Regulation of Nucleosome Positioning in the Human Genome

(2008) Dustin E. Schones et al.   CELL

Quickly evolving histones, nucleosome stability and chromatin folding: All about histone H2A.Bbd

(2008) Rodrigo González-Romero et al.   GENE

Chromatin Structure and Expression of a Gene Transcribed by RNA Polymerase III Are Independent of H2A.Z Deposition

(2008) A. G. Arimbasseri et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

FACT-Mediated Exchange of Histone Variant H2AX Regulated by Phosphorylation of H2AX and ADP-Ribosylation of Spt16

(2008) Kyu Heo et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Genomic analysis of estrogen cascade reveals histone variant H2A.Z associated with breast cancer progression

(2008) Sujun Hua et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Cooperation between EZH2, NSPc1-mediated histone H2A ubiquitination and Dnmt1 in HOX gene silencing

(2008) Xudong Wu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A phosphorylated subpopulation of the histone variant macroH2A1 is excluded from the inactive X chromosome and enriched during mitosis

(2008) E. Bernstein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

H2A.Z: View from the Top

(2008) Jordanka Zlatanova et al.   STRUCTURE

The γ-H2A.X: Is it just a surrogate marker of double-strand breaks or much more?

(2007) Ismail Hassan Ismail et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS