Nickel compounds are novel inhibitors of histone H4 acetylation

Cancer Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 238-241

  Broday, Limor ^a   Peng, Wu ^a   Kuo, Min Hao ^b   Salnikow, Konstantin ^a   Zoroddu, Maria ^c   Costa, Max ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H4; NICKEL;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TELOMERE;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; COPPER SULFATE; HISTIDINE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NICKEL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034650743     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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