Transcriptional activation via sequential histone H2B ubiquitylation and deubiquitylation, mediated by SAGA-associated Ubp8

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2648-2663

  Henry, Karl W ^a   Wyce, Anastasia ^a   Lo, Wan Sheng ^d   Duggan, Laura J ^a   Emre, N C Tolga ^a   Kao, Cheng Fu ^b   Pillus, Lorraine ^d   Shilatifard, Ali ^c   Osley, Mary Ann ^b   Berger, Shelley L ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Histone; Methylation; Modifications; SAGA; Transcription; Ubiquitylation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H2B; RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; LYSINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UBIQUITIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0242361623     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1144003     Document Type: Article

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