A dual role of H4K16 acetylation in the establishment of yeast silent chromatin

EMBO Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2610-2621

  Oppikofer, Mariano ^a   Kueng, Stephanie ^a   Martino, Fabrizio ^b   Soeroes, Szabolcs ^c   Hancock, Susan M ^b   Chin, Jason W ^b   Fischle, Wolfgang ^c   Gasser, Susan M ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

H4K16; histone deacetylation; methylation; silent chromatin; SIR complex

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; LYSINE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SILENT CHROMATIN; YEAST;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONES; LYSINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIRTUIN 2; SPODOPTERA; YEASTS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 79960072799     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.170     Document Type: Article

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