Evolution of transcriptional control from prokaryotic beginnings to eukaryotic complexities

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Huang, Lili ^a   Guan, Rong J ^a   Pardee, Arthur B ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; DNA methylation; Histone acetylation; Protein complexes; Superrepression

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033385495     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevEukarGeneExpr.v9.i3-4.20     Document Type: Review

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