Activation of transcription through histone H4 acetylation by MOF, an acetyltransferase essential for dosage compensation in Drosophila

Molecular Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 367-375

  Akhtar, Asifa ^a,b   Becker, Peter B ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; DNA; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; LYSINE DERIVATIVE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033866836     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80431-1     Document Type: Article

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