Investigation of the acetylation mechanism by GCN5 histone acetyltransferase

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Jiang, Junfeng ^a,b   Lu, Junyan ^b   Lu, Dan ^a   Liang, Zhongjie ^a   Li, Lianchun ^a   Ouyang, Sisheng ^a   Kong, Xiangqian ^a   Jiang, Hualiang ^b   Shen, Bairong ^a   Luo, Cheng ^a,b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5; ACETYL COENZYME A; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; P300-CBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ACETYLATION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYLATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; P300-CBP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84860540565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036660     Document Type: Article

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