Histone acetylation as an epigenetic determinant of long-term transcriptional competence

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-31

  Turner, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell memory; Chromatin; Dosage compensation; Drosophila; Histone acetylation

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DOSAGE; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031963718     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050122     Document Type: Review

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