Phosphorylation of linker histone is associated with transcriptional activation in a normally silent nucleus

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1219-1228

  Sweet, Melody T ^a   Jones, Karrie ^a   Allis, C David ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; HISTONE; N6 BENZOYLADENOSINE 3' 5' CYCLIC MONOPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENT GENE; TETRAHYMENA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CYCLIC AMP; HISTONES; MEIOSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030471601     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.5.1219     Document Type: Article

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