Bre1p-mediated histone H2B ubiquitylation regulates apoptosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1931-1939

  Walter, David ^a   Matter, Anja ^a   Fahrenkrog, Birthe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Histone H2B; S. cerevisiae; Ubiquitin; YCA1

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE H2B; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN BRE1P; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BRE1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; HISTONE; MCA1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UBIQUITINATION; WILD TYPE; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CASPASES; CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HISTONES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSGENES; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 77953141540     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.065938     Document Type: Article

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