Principles of modeling in the study of conformations of histones

A study has been made by the CD method of the conformational potentialities of the polypeptides (Gly-Lys-Gly)n and (Ala-Lys-Ala)n and fragments of the terminal sections of histones H4 (the sequence 1–16), H2B (1–21), and H1 (152–184), and they have been used as models of histones in complex formation with DNA under various conditions of the medium.