Histone acetyltransferase complexes can mediate transcriptional activation by the major glucocorticoid receptor activation domain

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 5952-5959

  Wallberg, Annika E ^a   Neely, Kristen E ^b   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a   Workman, Jerry L ^b   Wright, Anthony P H ^a,c   Grant, Patrick A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0032793296     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.9.5952     Document Type: Article

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