Yeast Gcn5 functions in two multisubunit complexes to acetylate nucleosomal histones: Characterization of an ada complex and the saga (spt/ada) complex

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1640-1650

  Grant, Patrick A ^a   Duggan, Laura ^b   Côté, Jacques ^a   Roberts, Shannon M ^c   Brownell, James E ^d   Candau, Reyes ^b   Ohba, Reiko ^d   Owen Hughes, Tom ^a   Allis, C David ^d   Winston, Fred ^c   Berger, Shelley L ^b   Workman, Jerry L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetyltransferase; Ada; Gen5; Nucleosome; Spt; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

ADA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030797349     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.13.1640     Document Type: Article

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