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RNF168, a new RING finger, MIU-containing protein that modifies chromatin by ubiquitination of histones H2A and H2AX

Sabrina Pinato1, Cristina Scandiuzzi1, Nadia Arnaudo1, Elisabetta Citterio2, Giovanni Gaudino1 and Lorenza Penengo1*

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1 Department of DISCAFF and DFB Center, University of Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy

2 Division of Molecular Genetics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10:55 doi:10.1186/1471-2199-10-55

Published: 5 June 2009

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Additional Figure 1 RNF168 Ub-ligase activity. HeLa cells transfected with cDNA encoding the GFP-tagged version of RNF168 and its RF-defective mutant (RF*) were immunostained using antibodies that recognize ubiquitinated proteins (FK2).

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Additional Figure 2 RNF168 ubiquitinates histone H2A in vivo. Cells transfected with the indicated GFP-RNF168, GFP-RF* or the vector alone were immunostained with anti-uH2A.

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