Histone acetylation facilitates RNA polymerase II transcription of the Drosophila hsp26 gene in chromatin

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2865-2876

  Nightingale, Karl P ^a   Wellinger, Ralf E ^a   Sogo, Jose M ^a   Becker, Peter B ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Heat shock; Histone acetylationl; Nucleosomes; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H4; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HISTONES; RNA POLYMERASE II; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032525139     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.10.2865     Document Type: Article

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