A new human member of the MYST family of histone acetyl transferases with high sequence similarity to Drosophila MOF

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1490, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 170-174

  Neal, Karama C ^a   Pannuti, Antonio ^a   Smith, Edwin R ^a   Lucchesi, John C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chomodomain; Histone acetyltransferase; MSL3 family; MYST family

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033973262     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(99)00211-0     Document Type: Article

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