Histone H1 enhances synergistic activation of the MMTV promoter in chromatin

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 588-599

  Koop, Ronald ^a,b   Di Croce, Luciano ^a,c   Beato, Miguel ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

H1 phosphorylation; Linker histone; Nucleosome structure; Progesterone receptor; Transcriptional synergism

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA HELIX; MINICHROMOSOME; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RNA GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HISTONES; HUMANS; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE; NFI TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; Y-BOX-BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMALIA; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; ONCOVIRINAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0037415732     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg052     Document Type: Article

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