Histone modifications dictate specific biological readouts

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-88

  Munshi, Anjana ^a   Shafi, Gowhar ^b   Aliya, Nishat ^a   Jyothy, Akka ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Research Centre Banjara Hills   (India)

Author keywords

gene expression and silencing; heterochromatin; histone code; histone modifications; therapeutic exploitation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR;

ACETYLATION; BIOTINYLATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EUKARYOTE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; UBIQUITINATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BIOTINYLATION; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; UBIQUITINATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 59849126153     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1673-8527(08)60094-6     Document Type: Review

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