Amine termini of histones H3 and H4 are required for a1-α2 repression in yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 6555-6562

  Huang, Ling ^a   Zhang, Wenzheng ^a   Roth, Sharon Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; CYC8 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MATA2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TUP1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; GENE REPRESSION; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERATOR GENE; PLOIDY; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PLOIDIES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 0030613542     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.11.6555     Document Type: Article

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