The many HATs of transcription coactivators

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-19

  Brown, Christine E ^a   Lechner, Thomas ^a   Howe, LeAnn ^a   Workman, Jerry L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLATION; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 0033985079     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(99)01516-9     Document Type: Review

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