Switching on chromatin: Mechanistic role of histone H4-K16 acetylation

Cell Cycle

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1361-1365

  Shogren Knaak, Michael ^a,b   Peterson, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Chromatin; Euchromatin; Histones; Post translational modifications; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EUCHROMATIN; EUKARYOTE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

EID: 33746655498     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.13.2891     Document Type: Review

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