Mutations in both the structured domain and N-terminus of histone H2B bypass the requirement for Swi-Snf in yeast

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 229-240

  Recht, Judith ^a   Osley, Mary Ann ^a  

^a Weill Cornell Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; Histone H2B; Transcription; Yeast Swi Snf complex

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H2B; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033521569     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.1.229     Document Type: Article

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