The replacement histone H2A.Z in a hyperacetylated form is a feature of active genes in the chicken

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 5633-5639

  Bruce, Kimberley ^c   Myers, Fiona A ^c   Mantouvalou, Evangelia ^c   Lefevre, Pascal ^a   Greaves, Ian ^b   Bonifer, Constanze ^a   Tremethick, David J ^b   Thorne, Alan W ^c   Crane Robinson, Colyn ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; ANTIBODY; HISTONE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERPHASE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; HISTONES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 26944498687     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki874     Document Type: Article

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