Role of histone N-terminal tails and their acetylation in nucleosome dynamics

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 7230-7237

  Morales, V ^a   Richard Foy, H ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA HELIX; DNA METABOLISM; GENE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, CIRCULAR; HISTONES; HUMAN; JURKAT CELLS; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033826515     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.19.7230-7237.2000     Document Type: Article

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