A novel histone acetyltransferase is an integral subunit of elongating RNA polymerase II holoenzyme

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-128

  Wittschieben, Birgitte Ø ^a   Otero, Gabriel ^a   De Bizemont, Therese ^a   Fellows, Jane ^a   Erdjument Bromage, Hediye ^b   Ohba, Reiko ^c   Li, Yang ^d,e   Allis, C David ^c   Tempst, Paul ^b   Svejstrup, Jesper Q ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; YEAST;

EID: 0033166761     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80194-X     Document Type: Article

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