Reciprocal epigenetic modification of histone H2B occurs in chromatin during apoptosis in vitro and in vivo

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 984-993

  Ajiro, K ^a,b   Scoltock, A B ^a   Smith, L K ^a   Ashasima, M ^a,b   Cidlowski, J A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Glucocorticoid; Histone modification; Lymphocyte apoptosis

Indexed keywords

FAS LIGAND; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; HISTONE H2B; LYSINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SERINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HEPATOMA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THYMOCYTE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; HISTONES; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOSERINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77952237479     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2009.199     Document Type: Article

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