Acetylation of histone H4 plays a primary role in enhancing transcription factor binding to nucleosomal DNA in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2508-2518

  Vettese Dadey, Michelle ^a,b   Grant, Patrick A ^a   Hebbes, Tim R ^c,d   Crane Robinson, Colyn ^c   Allis, C David ^e   Workman, Jerry L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Histone acetylation; Nucleosomes; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029985730     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00608.x     Document Type: Article

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