Acetylation of general transcription factors by histone acetyltransferases

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 689-692

  Imhof, Axel ^a   Yang, Xiang Jiao ^a   Ogryzko, Vasily V ^a   Nakatani, Yoshihiro ^a   Wolffe, Alan P ^a   Ge, Hui ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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EID: 0031239891     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00296-X     Document Type: Article

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