Absorption of light causes rapid photoisomerization of the bound cis-retinal to the all-trans isomer, triggering a conformational change in opsin that activate the Gαt.

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In Drosophila, the centromeric chromatin appears to consist of “hemisomes” containing one copy each of CenH3, H4, H2A, and H2B.

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Histone H3.1 is replicative histone.

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H3.3 is expressed throughout the cell cycle, in contrast to most histones that are expressed during S phase during replication.

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H3.3 is available for assembly at any time in the cell cycle, and is incorporated at sites of active transcription, where nucleosomes become disrupted.

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H3.3 is often referred to as a “replacement” histone.

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The H2A variants are the largest and most diverse family of core histone variants.