Conservation and divergence of the histone H2B monoubiquitination pathway from yeast to humans and plants

Frontiers in Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-117

  Cao, Ying ^a   Ma, Ligeng ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

H2B deubiquitination; H2B monoubiquitination; H3K4 methylation; PAF complex; Transcriptional requlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887022734     PISSN: 16747984     EISSN: 16747992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-011-1000-6     Document Type: Review

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