The initiation and pattern of spread of histone H4 acetylation parallel the order of transcriptional activation of genes in the aflatoxin cluster

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 713-726

  Roze, Ludmila V ^a   Arthur, Anna E ^a   Hong, Sung Yong ^a   Chanda, Anindya ^a   Linz, John E ^a,b,c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING;

ACETYLATION; AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HISTONES; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 35448960889     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05952.x     Document Type: Article

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