Functional interaction between GCN5 and polyamines: A new role for core histone acetylation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 5622-5633

  Pollard, Kerri J ^a   Samuels, Michael L ^a   Crowley, Kimberly A ^a   Hansen, Jeffrey C ^b   Peterson, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Chromatin; GCN5; Polyamines; SNF; SWI

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H4; POLYAMINE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES; POLYAMINES; PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPERMIDINE; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033569769     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.20.5622     Document Type: Article

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