Essential and redundant functions of histone acetylation revealed by mutation of target lysines and loss of the Gcn5p acetyltransferase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3155-3167

  Zhang, Wenzheng ^a   Bone, James R ^a   Edmondson, Diane G ^a   Turner, Bryan M ^a,b   Roth, Sharon Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetyltransferase; Chromatin; Gene regulation; Histone; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; LYSINE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE MUTATION; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ACETYLATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; LYSINE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEOSOMES; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032101179     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.11.3155     Document Type: Article

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