Acetylated histones are associated with FMR1 in normal but not fragile X-syndrome cells

Nature Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-101

  Coffee, Bradford ^a   Zhang, Fuping ^a   Warren, Stephen T ^a   Reines, Daniel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; DNA METHYLATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AZACITIDINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032905253     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/8807     Document Type: Article

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