A novel, enigmatic histone modification: Biotinylation of histones by holocarboxylase synthetase

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 721-725

  Hassan, Yousef I ^a   Zempleni, Janos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotin; Chromatin; Epigenetics; Histones; Holocarboxylase synthetase

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; HISTONE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HOLOCARBOXYLASE SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOLOCARBOXYLASE SYNTHETASES; LIGASE;

BIOTINYLATION; DROSOPHILA; FIBROBLAST; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRESS; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATION; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; HISTONES; HUMANS;

EID: 60549087188     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00127.x     Document Type: Review

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