Transcription-coupled deposition of histone modifications during MHC class II gene activation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3431-3441

  Rybtsova, Natalia ^a   Leimgruber, Elisa ^a   Seguin Estevez, Queralt ^a   Dunand Sauthier, Isabelle ^a   Krawczyk, Michal ^a   Reith, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE; HLA-DRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RESTRICTION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TRANSACTIVATION;

5' FLANKING REGION; ACETYLATION; CELL LINE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HISTONES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; KINETICS; METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34250887493     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm214     Document Type: Article

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