The Drosophila MSL complex acetylates histone H4 at lysine 16, a chromatin modification linked to dosage compensation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 312-318

  Smith, Edwin R ^a,b   Pannuti, Antonio ^a   Gu, Weigang ^a   Steurnagel, Arnd ^a   Cook, Richard G ^c   Allis, C David ^b   Lucchesi, John C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033988212     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.1.312-318.2000     Document Type: Article

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