Histone acetyltransferase complexes: One size doesn't fit all

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 284-295

  Lee, Kenneth K ^a   Workman, Jerry L ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SUMOYLATION; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA REPAIR; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947532026     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2145     Document Type: Review

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