Histone acetyltransferase activity of yeast Gcn5p is required for the activation of target genes in vivo

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 627-639

  Kuo, Min Hao ^a   Zhou, Jianxin ^a   Jambeck, Per ^b   Churchill, Mair E A ^b   Allis, C David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; GCN5; Histone acetylation; Histone acetyltransferase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032030906     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.5.627     Document Type: Article

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