Mutations in chromatin components suppress a defect of gcn5 protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1049-1054

  Pérez Martín, José ^a   Johnson, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEACETYLATION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 2642646222     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.2.1049     Document Type: Article

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