Rad6 plays a role in transcriptional activation through ubiquitylation of histone H2B

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 184-195

  Kao, Cheng Fu ^a   Hillyer, Cory ^a   Tsukuda, Toyoko ^a   Henry, Karl ^b   Berger, Shelley ^b   Osley, Mary Ann ^a  

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

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene activation; H2B ubiquitylation; Rad6

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE N; LIGASE; LYSINE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN BRE1; PROTEIN GAL1; PROTEIN RAD1; PROTEIN RAD6; UBIQUITIN PROTEASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; EUKARYOTE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UBIQUITINATION; YEAST;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HISTONES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES; UBIQUITINS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0942290540     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1149604     Document Type: Article

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